Favorite Vietnam Movie

[grinningghost]

My favorite Vietnam movie, even though it isn't technically ALL Vietnam, is "Forrest Gump". I just love Lt. Dan.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Full Metal Jacket

 

[snoopy]

The Deer Hunter. A very difficult movie to get through, but one I'll never forget.

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

Good Morning Vietnam.

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

though I also like Apocaplypse Now.

 

[Galahad]

Originally posted by Briar Rose 7457
Good Morning Vietnam.

My vote too! Can't beat the Vandellas.

 

[Jungle Skipper]

Well...themovie M*A*S*H....technically they were in Korea...but we all know what it was really about!

Jungle Josh

 

[shortbun]

I liked em all, they all make me cry. I think Deer Hunter had
the most impact but Apocalypse Now was really good too.
I think Full Metal Jacket was about more than Vietnam; that
just happened to be the setting. It could have been filmed
during the Iraqi adventure we are going through now and is
about the horrors of any war.

 

[two4ruff]

Good Morning Vietam

I like laughter through tears

 

[Magix]

Apocalypse Now. Most technically brilliant film ever made, if you ask me.

 

[Blondie]

Good Morning Viet Nam, hands down!

 

[Kitty 34]

I like Forrest Gump, too.

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

We just watched a documentary about Vietnam in my 20th Century US History class.
It was called Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.

One of the most striking things I have ever seen. It left an incredible impression on me.

 

[Desnik]

Platoon

 

[nemo1987]

Originally posted by daughter_of_amid_chaos
We just watched a documentary about Vietnam in my 20th Century US History class.
It was called Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.

One of the most striking things I have ever seen. It left an incredible impression on me.

same here! i absolutely loved this and made me laugh in some parts and cry i others. i do not usually like documentarys or anything like them, but this one truely struck a special place in my heart.
**Sarah**

 

[Broken8ball]

Being able to take Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and make it into a a movie such as Apacolypse Now without losing any of the undercurrent and themes makes it one of my favorites. The scene with the helicopters flying in formation while playing Ride of the Valkryies is an amazing shot. It also has one of my favorite movie lines "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

The Green Berets is also a great movie. I have seen it dozens of times. Its even better on DVD since they cut so much for the TV runs.

Mel GIbson's recent movie We Were Soldiers is very emotional for me. Not only does it portray the heat of battle but that was my father's unit. He was there and it is hard seeing all those people die. I understood why he doesn't talk much about that war.

 

[parrothead365]

The Green Berets, you just can't beat the "Duke"

 

[jimmalru80]

Apocalypse Now. Brando, Sheen, Duvall.

 

[Margie J]

Platoon

I saw it after talking to a cousin who was in Viet Nam. Before that talk I had no real idea of what that war meant to the Veterans and why my cousin was so messed up later. When I was watching the movie I imagined my cousin actually seeing those scenes for real. It has a meaning to me that makes me cry to this day.

 

[Boots]

Good Morning Vietnam here.