Best Vietnam theme movie?

by **cavalierlwt** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 1:46 pm

For me, Platoon, hands down.
Watching that movie is actually hard at times due to the extreme brutality. In high school (when the movie came out) I was waaay to pro-war, I liked Rambo, that type of BS. Seeing this movie gave my attitude a 180 degree adjustment. It made me realize that real life war wasn't fun, wasn't a game.

by **hightimber** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:15 pm

Full Metal Jacket for me......at the end of this movie, I'm typically exhausted. A lot of tension in this one.

The part where the female sniper is asking them to put her out of her misery leaves me breathless.

by **Colonel Ingus** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:25 pm

Er what? Those are two of the goofiest movies to pick as examples. Those are crap revisionist history movies.

A couple of more realistic, (still somewhat slanted but at least more realistic) movies are Hamburger Hill and The Boys from Company C.

Watch Hamburger Hill, Thats a brutal and realistic movie of the times.

by **Jeffro** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:26 pm

Originally posted by hightimber
Full Metal Jacket for me......at the end of this movie, I'm typically exhausted. A lot of tension in this one.

The part where the female sniper is asking them to put her out of her misery leaves me breathless.

Both of those movies are at the top...

And in third is "we were soldiers"

with mel gibson...

The battle scenes are intense :cool:

by **JimmyTango** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:43 pm

Originally posted by Colonel Ingus

Watch Hamburger Hill, Thats a brutal and realistic movie of the times.

Not to mention horribly acted, directed and written. I have seen made for TV movies with more emotional impact.

BTW, platoon was based off of Stones own experiences in the war. I would not called it a revisionist history movie.

by **shockwave203** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:46 pm

We were soldiers

the movie doesn't go in-depth very much in terms of character exploration or how soldiers felt during the war, nor are there a lot of relationships between people in the movie.

the only reason I think it's the best 'nam movie is because of the battle. most of the movie (atleast half, probably closer to 3/4) is fighting, and people have said it's very very realistic.

by **Drax** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:54 pm

Apocolypse now f00s!

by **Colonel Ingus** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:13 pm

"Stone's own experience"? Pray tell, what exactly were "Stone's own experiences"? Were they anything like his experiences with the JFK investigation?

Everything Stone does is revisionist history.

by **SHWoff** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:23 pm

http://forums.powervs.com/showthread.php?threadid=7792&highlight=vietnam+movie

by **NGame** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:42 pm

Platoon is my least favorite film when it comes to Vietnam. It felt as if Stone had added too much of Hollywood glitz. Whatever his experiences in the conflict were, I doubt they were similar to the film. I didn't find it emotional or touching in any way. As a matter of fact, it just made me hate the main characters more since they continued to backstab each other until Sheen ends it all by killing Scarface after the stupidest napalm strike ever scripted.

We were soldiers had some great action but not much of plot. Still, it conveyed the brutality of war and it's effect on human beings.

Which leads me to the greatest cold war film epic of all time!

DR STRANGELOVE! Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.

by **lil_Tigga** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 4:02 pm

i would have to say Apocolypse now

by **RCinator** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:29 pm

Deer Hunter.

by **JimmyTango** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:42 pm

Originally posted by Colonel Ingus
"Stone's own experience"? Pray tell, what exactly were "Stone's own experiences"? Were they anything like his experiences with the JFK investigation?

Everything Stone does is revisionist history.

If you say so. Because you were there, and saw what he saw, huh?:roll:

by **hightimber** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:13 pm

Originally posted by Colonel Ingus
Er what? Those are two of the goofiest movies to pick as examples. Those are crap revisionist history movies.

A couple of more realistic, (still somewhat slanted but at least more realistic) movies are Hamburger Hill and The Boys from Company C.

Watch Hamburger Hill, Thats a brutal and realistic movie of the times.

Good suggestions but is it OK for me to like Full Metal Jacket?

by **Murgatroyd** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:21 pm

I suggest seeing "The Fog of War", it's about the secretary of defense during the Vietnam war, basically an interview with him. Very interesting things he talks about, and a good movie all-around, really puts into perspective how much of a science we've made out of war.

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