What is it good for?

So, it's almost December, and the Christmas season is upon us. So I'm going to watch some war movies.

Whaaa?

I know it doesn't really fit in well with the mood around this time of year, but after working on M*A*S*H for over two months, I want to dive into one of the most fascinating and deeply-steeped genres of film: war. I'll be watching a few new movies, as well as re-watching a few of my old favorites over the course of the next thirty-six days (until December 1st). I'll be reviewing them too, along with everything else I see (for the most part). The eleven-part war docket will look something like this:

APOCALYPSE NOW (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
BAND OF BROTHERS (HBO Miniseries, 2001)
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925)
DOWNFALL (Oliver Hirschbeigel, 2004)
DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
JARHEAD (Sam Mendes, 2005)
M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970) (HBO Miniseries, 2001)
THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO (Michael Winterbottom, 2006)
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (Steven Spielberg, 1998)
SCHINDLER'S LIST (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
THE THIN RED LINE (Terrence Malick, 1998)

I'll see you on the other side.