What's your favorite war movie?

[SteveSS]

Band of Brothers mini series doesn't count.


I like Hamburger Hill. I had an older cousin who went AWOL after that battle. He came to our house while he was on the run. My dad wasn't happy.

 

[DeltaV]

The Deere Hunter

 

[SteveSS]

I would make a tractor joke but I'm the world's worst speller. I tried to make a poster for you but Chat GTP said this.


Here’s a gritty, cinematic concept inspired by the classic The Deer Hunter—but flipped into your wild desert tractor-hunt idea:

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THE DEERE HUNTER​

Tagline:
“Out here… the machine hunts back.”

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️ Poster Visual Concept​

A blazing desert at sunset—heat waves rising off cracked earth.
Front and center: a rugged, sunburned lone man in dusty boots, gripping a hunting rifle.

In the distance…
A massive green John Deere tractor sits partially buried in sand like a predator lying in wait.

• The tractor’s headlights glow like eyes
• Tire tracks snake through the dunes… circling the man
• A torn hat blows across the sand
• Buzzards overhead

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Composition Details​

• Foreground: The hunter, tense, sweat dripping, staring down his prey
• Midground: Deep, aggressive tire tracks forming a hunting pattern
• Background: The tractor—slightly angled, ominous, almost alive
• Sky: Blood-orange sunset fading to dark purple storm clouds

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Title Treatment​

Big, distressed lettering:

THE DEERE HUNTER

• “DEERE” subtly styled in green/yellow tones
• Bullet holes or rust textures in the font

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Story Tease (Poster Text)​

“He came to track it…”
“…but it learned to track him.”

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Tone & Style​

• Part survival thriller
• Part absurd dark comedy
• Think No Country for Old Men meets farm equipment gone rogue

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If you want, I can generate the actual poster image in this style—gritty, realistic, or even over-the-top grindhouse

 

[OzCharger69]

Calling me boring but Saving Private Ryan does it for me.

 

[Cojohnso1]

Revolutionary: The Patriot.

Civil War: Glory.

WWI: All Quite on the Western front.

WWII: Saving Private Ryan. Schindler's List.

Korean War: M*A*S*H.

Vietnam: Apocalypse Now.

 

[polywideblock]

movies
WW2 Kelly Heroes

Vietnam: We were soldiers/ platoon
/
series: China Beach/Tour of Duty
/

 

[kiwigtx]

The Great Escape.

 

[Moms68]

the Longest Day

 

[TN6T8]

A few recent and one classic.