Poll: The best Vietnam film.
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Odd, I voted for "We Were Soldiers" because it didn't wimp out in the battle scenes and make it a Hollywood Western with palm trees. If the patriotism was a little thick in places, that's because that's how the actual guys portrayed in the movie thought. Now if you want your Ah-murican pay-tree-ot Vietnam movie then the aforementioned "The Green Berets" is for you, starring The Duke... corny propaganda by today's standards, but oddly enough still worth watching, if for no other reason, to see the arguments for intervention.H.R.Shovenstuff post=18.71861.741185 said:
FMJ was a great movie, but just a bit too surreal sometimes for me... and "Apocalypse Now" is really-really weird, though of course some scenes were brilliant. (Not just the famous helicopter attack, but also "don't look at the camera!")
I definitely have to look up "84 Charlie Mopic" though, given that friends of mine also recommended it after we saw "Cloverleaf".
-- Steve
I'd guess that we see eye-to-eye on this. I've seen Green Berets, and enjoyed it for what it was- as you said, a fairly typical John Wayne movie with a Vietnam setting. (The "Spooky" scenes were particularly memorable.) You could move the setting back thirty years without too much rewriting.Anton P. Nym post=18.71861.744221 said:
I voted for Platoon. I've only saw it once but it was great. We Were Soldiers comes in a close second.
Tropic Thunder, great movie sure but most definitely not about the Vietnam war in the sense of this thread, but you're welcome to argue semantics. I'd say We Were Soldiers, for the intense action sequences and both decent acting and a good soundtrack (Sgt. Mackenzie remains one of my favourite songs, that's the song played repeatedly, for example when the helicopters are taking off from the base). Then again, Good Morning, Vietnam certainly had a plot that kept me entertained, and Robin Williams is a good actor for the role.
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For the love of all that is holy, unholy and somewhere in between, I hope that you are kidding.
If you are a honest Uwe Boll fan...My god. I hate him for 3 reasons:
1) He has non-consentual intercourse with games then makes that into a movie.
2) He's a German doing the above.
3) He's all of the above, and his name just sucks.
If you are a honest Uwe Boll fan...My god. I hate him for 3 reasons:
1) He has non-consentual intercourse with games then makes that into a movie.
2) He's a German doing the above.
3) He's all of the above, and his name just sucks.
Are you actually going to make a point or just insult people. I'm not a great fan of Boll, but I don't hate him. Also, he's German, so what? Him making a movie about Vietnam would be good, I mean, how much bias is there in an American making a film about one of the only wars they ever lost?[zonking great said:
Voted for Apocalypse Now, which I think is the best film that happens to take place during Vietnam. Notice my wording. I wish I could vote twice because I also think that Full Metal Jacket is the best film about the Vietnam experience, with Platoon following closely behind.
Now, We Were Soldiers I thought was a fine film that shot itself in the foot towards the end. As the photojournalist dramatically dropped his rifle and heroically picked up his camera, I allowed one cheesy moment in this highly emotional war movie. Then the film cut to a montage of him taking pictures against a black backdrop with photos of Vietnam battles swimming by. Come the fuck on. All disbelief built up throughout the movie had been shot in the head and left for dead. I just can't go back and watch a movie that so thoroughly destroys itself.
Now, We Were Soldiers I thought was a fine film that shot itself in the foot towards the end. As the photojournalist dramatically dropped his rifle and heroically picked up his camera, I allowed one cheesy moment in this highly emotional war movie. Then the film cut to a montage of him taking pictures against a black backdrop with photos of Vietnam battles swimming by. Come the fuck on. All disbelief built up throughout the movie had been shot in the head and left for dead. I just can't go back and watch a movie that so thoroughly destroys itself.
I liked FMJ but I've voted Platoon. Some of the scenes in that were very seriously horrific(Eg: the interrogation of the villagers). And the death of Sgt. Elias was both epic and sad.
None of the above. I vote for Hamburger Hill. absolutely fantastic film.
Of the ones present though, Full Metal Jacket. Especially the first half.
Edit: I just realised this is a two year old necro'd thread XD
Of the ones present though, Full Metal Jacket. Especially the first half.
Edit: I just realised this is a two year old necro'd thread XD
Full Metal Jacket. Honestly I think it's the only Vietnam movie I've seen.
My dad praised Good Morning Vietnam and I've heard a lot of good stuff of Apocolypse Now, I may watch them soon.
My dad praised Good Morning Vietnam and I've heard a lot of good stuff of Apocolypse Now, I may watch them soon.
