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re: Best Vietnam movie?
Posted on 8/19/22 at 10:57 am to boxcarbarney
Posted on 8/19/22 at 10:57 am to boxcarbarney
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Some of the scenes were stupid enough to pull me out of the movie. Like Barry Pepper's photographer taking pictures so aggressively that must have thought his camera could kill NVA soldiers and that his pictures would singlehandedly end the war
Or the wives receiving the "We Regret to Inform You" letters while the battle was still going on. Did it really happen like that? I don't know. But it was farfetched enough.
Or the Chinese guy bragging that his wife just gave birth to a son, so you just know something awful is going to happen to him. And sure enough, a few scenes later, he's turned into a fried eggroll.
Jimmy Nakayama died on Nov 17, 1965. His daughter was born on Nov 7, 1965. So there is truth to that scene.
This post was edited on 8/19/22 at 10:58 am
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Posted on 8/19/22 at 11:03 am to Cdawg
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If by weaker you mean the better half.
Although this is your opinion and therefore by definition can't be wrong, I will say that you are the only person I have ever heard claim the second half of FMJ was better than the first.
Posted on 8/19/22 at 11:08 am to TheTideMustRoll
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Honestly, though, the Vietnam War has yet to get its Saving Private Ryan treatment, or at least if it has I haven't found it yet. Filmmakers always seem to want to make a statement about the war, rather than just portraying what it was like for the men that fought it.
Yeah, it looks like there was a The Things They Carried movie in the works in 2020, but not sure the status of that. I know that's a little "literature"/esoteric for some but I could see it becoming what we're talking about.
Matterhorn is another that I think is ripe for the next definitive Vietnam movie.
This post was edited on 8/19/22 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 8/19/22 at 11:16 am to theantiquetiger
not saying any of these are the best, just throwing in some others to the discussion:
The Green Berets
The Killing Fields
Gardens of Stone
The Deer Hunter
The Green Berets
The Killing Fields
Gardens of Stone
The Deer Hunter
Posted on 8/19/22 at 11:16 am to boxcarbarney
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Or the Chinese guy bragging that his wife just gave birth to a son, so you just know something awful is going to happen to him. And sure enough, a few scenes later, he's turned into a fried eggroll.
Your comment is in poor taste. Jimmy was a real soldier who died in the service of our country...And his daughter was recently newborn when he passed
This post was edited on 8/19/22 at 11:18 am
Posted on 8/19/22 at 11:26 am to theantiquetiger
I had two uncles who were Marines in Vietnam. Both went through basic training at Parris Island (one in 1967, the other in 1968). Both said that the training scenes in FMJ were pretty spot-on for the era. They said that their DI's were some of the meanest sons of bitches God ever put on this Earth.
Maybe not the best Vietnam movie, but a little known one that is good is "Danger Close." It's a pretty accurate telling of the Battle of Long Tan.
Maybe not the best Vietnam movie, but a little known one that is good is "Danger Close." It's a pretty accurate telling of the Battle of Long Tan.
Posted on 8/19/22 at 11:27 am to Tigeralum2008
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Your comment is in poor taste. Jimmy was a real soldier who died in the service of our country.
Oops. My bad.
Posted on 8/19/22 at 11:30 am to theantiquetiger
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“We We’re Soldiers” is a great movie
Is it though?
It is a great, great, great book (We were soldiers once ... and young.)
It is a very so-so movie with a handful of memorable moments.
The best Vietnam War movie is The Boys in Company C. Another underrated one that is enjoyable (for different reasons) is Tigerland.
Posted on 8/19/22 at 11:54 am to theantiquetiger
Saving Private Ryan is up there for me.
Posted on 8/19/22 at 12:03 pm to Zap Rowsdower
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The Siege of Firebase Gloria.
“We’re in a deep-shite situation…”
Posted on 8/19/22 at 12:03 pm to Rufus T Firefly
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The Killing Fields
This movie is about Cambodia in the mid to late 1970’s
Great movie, but not about Vietnam
Posted on 8/19/22 at 12:04 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:We Were Soldiers Once … and Young.
Best Vietnam movie?
Posted on 8/19/22 at 12:24 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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Although this is your opinion and therefore by definition can't be wrong, I will say that you are the only person I have ever heard claim the second half of FMJ was better than the first.
I too, like the second half better than the first half.
Posted on 8/19/22 at 12:32 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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I will say that you are the only person I have ever heard claim the second half of FMJ was better than the first.
Animal Mother scenes >>> Pvt Pyle scenes
Posted on 8/19/22 at 1:05 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
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The Killing Fields
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This movie is about Cambodia in the mid to late 1970’s
Great movie, but not about Vietnam
Pretty depressing story, but you're right, it is a great movie.
The lead Cambodian actor won the Oscar and was actually a survivor of Pol Pot Cambodia. He went through all that only to be murdered in a robbery in Los Angeles in the '90s.
Posted on 8/19/22 at 1:10 pm to Gifman
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Saving Private Ryan is up there for me.
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Vietnam
Posted on 8/19/22 at 1:28 pm to jellyfish
Forget it, he's rolling.
Posted on 8/19/22 at 1:31 pm to Ace Midnight
I enjoyed Dead Presidents
Posted on 8/19/22 at 1:34 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:The film was a thinly-veiled commentary on the war in Vietnam.
MASHquote:
Uh, that Korean War
Posted on 8/19/22 at 1:42 pm to Dire Wolf
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that said, the second half of FMJ doesn't get enough credit.
I agree.
It's really a great "descent into Hell" section.
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