(CNN) -- Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Milius, author of some of Hollywood's most famous lines from films such as "Apocalypse Now," "Dirty Harry" and "Jaws," is a student of history -- especially the history of war. Five years after his HBO's mini-series "Rome," Milius is currently in pre-production on an epic film about the life of the infamous warlord Genghis Khan. Milius, who penned legendary lines such as "Apocalypse Now's" "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," and "Dirty Harry's" "Well do you [feel lucky], punk?" names a few war movies he doesn't like -- and a few others that are his all-time favorites.
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Oscar-nominated writer John Milius rates war films, including "The Hurt Locker"
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Milius, who wrote "Apocalypse Now" calls Oscars Hollywood's "senior prom"
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"Avatar's" private army idea sort of sounds like Blackwater, he says
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"Inglourious Basterds" director Quentin Tarantino has "loosened up the whole stodgy industry"
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