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Posted by Jackson on Feb-22-2005 22:07:

Best Nam war film?

Apocalypse Now is on tv at the moment (Sky movies for those in the uk)
Not seen all of it before, just wondering what do you think is the best Vietnam war film?
I'd probably say "We were soldiers" with mel gibson. Great film.

Posted by Boomer187 on Feb-22-2005 22:08:

my step dad who is a vet says Platoon is the most realistic....well he probably meant it was similar to his experience.

also full metla jacket is just classic.

Posted by Jackson on Feb-22-2005 22:10:

Full metal jacket is quite good...not my fave though...
Tigerland is a good film...eventhough its just training for the nam war its still good.

Posted by tribu on Feb-22-2005 22:43:

I'm partial to Hamburger Hill

Posted by Billabong on Feb-22-2005 23:22:

Platoon is great, i also like born on the forth of july, and the deer hunter.

Posted by jonSun on Feb-22-2005 23:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187

full metla jacket is just classic.

Without a doubt, Classic.

Posted by Acton on Feb-23-2005 00:05:

full metal jacket
apocalypse now
platoon

nuff sed :P

Posted by Absolut_Vodka on Feb-23-2005 00:57:

Platoon all the way

Posted by dj tek on Feb-23-2005 01:26:

RAMBO : First Blood PT 2 !!!!

Posted by prolikewhoa on Feb-23-2005 01:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Billabong
Platoon is great, i also like born on the forth of july, and the deer hunter.

hehe i was born on the 4th of july

Posted by DTMMfam on Feb-23-2005 03:44:

I haven't seen platoon, but apoc now was just great. Who could forget that chilling ending?

Posted by torontotrance on Feb-23-2005 03:46:

Full Metal Jacket but was'nt apox redux a vietnam war film...that ranks 1st in my view.

Posted by N|te-L|fe on Feb-23-2005 03:58:

FMJ all the way

Posted by j_spot on Feb-23-2005 04:14:

GOOD MORNING VIETNAM

Posted by Minhaj on Feb-23-2005 04:22:

quote:
Originally posted by j_spot
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM

+1
some kid in my school told me they had Tiesto's Adagio for Stings on platoon

Posted by Kooshtie on Feb-23-2005 07:27:

^ yea its in the movie....not "tiestos" but the original rendition...

quote:
I'd probably say "We were soldiers" with mel gibson. Great film.
we were soldiers wasnt vietnam..it was korea

Posted by Jackson on Feb-23-2005 14:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Remiks
we were soldiers wasnt vietnam..it was korea

Plot Summary for
We Were Soldiers (2002)
In a place soon to be known as The Valley of Death, in a small clearing called landing zone X-Ray, Lt. Colonel Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) and 400 young fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons, all troopers from an elite American combat division, were surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. The ensuing battle was one of the most savage in U.S. history. We Were Soldiers Once...And Young is a tribute to the nobility of those men under fire, their common acts of uncommon valor, and their loyalty to and love for one another.

Link

Posted by mongeone on Feb-23-2005 14:41:

Re: Best Nam war film?

quote:
Originally posted by Jackson
I'd probably say "We were soldiers" with mel gibson. Great film.

It`s a fkn disgrace that Mel Gibson did that movie considering his father moved him and his brother from Hawaii to Australia so that they wouldn`t get called up to fight.

Posted by Jackson on Feb-23-2005 14:44:

Full Metal Jacket Soundboard

Just so you can have some fun.

Posted by Jackson on Feb-23-2005 14:47:

Re: Re: Best Nam war film?

Posted by Sand Leaper on Feb-23-2005 15:24:

Re: Re: Best Nam war film?

quote:
Originally posted by mongeone
It`s a fkn disgrace that Mel Gibson did that movie considering his father moved him and his brother from Hawaii to Australia so that they wouldn`t get called up to fight.

http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/...ts.html#hominem

I can't be arsed to dig up the whole background info load on this movie, but We Were Soldiers is based on authentic experiences by vietnam vets, among other things a book written by Hal Moore and Joe Galloway, who both participated at the battle of Ia Drang. Jury's still out on how true Gibson is to the book and the rest of his material, but saying that the movie is disgraceful just cos Gibson didn't fight in the war himself is both unfair and fallacious.

Also, Apoc Now isn't really a nam war movie, as Nam just provides the setting. The points made in the movie are not about war per se. It's a brilliant movie nonetheless with hair-raising imagery, but for a movie truly about Nam I'd suggest Platoon or FMJ. IMO, Apoc Now is more about what man is really capable of when pushed far enough.

Posted by Psy-T on Feb-23-2005 16:44:

of all the ones mentioned, i enjoyed tigerland the most

Posted by SuperSloth on Feb-23-2005 18:58:

To my knowledge, and talking to Vietnam Vets. "Apocalypse Now" best describes the Horrer that the soldiers seen in the jungle that actually took place. To this day a few of the vets still sleep with a gun or a knife at there side.

Posted by Omega_Blue on Feb-23-2005 19:00:

full metal jacket is definitely a classic. my favorite nam movie is the one based off of "heart of darkness." I think it was apocalypse now.

Posted by Ondrayce on Feb-23-2005 19:06:

I had a junior high school teacher who was in Vietnam. At the time he had said that the most realistic Nam movie sequences he had ever seen came from Forest Gump.

My fav is also Apocalypse Now.