Vietnam War Movies

[Salvation]

This is from the Movie Review thread and a discussion that was on going a while ago.

1. If you could chronologically state the ones you have seen

2. Which of those did you find the best?

Let me start:

I first saw Full Metal Jacket, followed by Apocalypse Now, then Platoon.

The obvious omission from the quartet if Deer Hunter, of which I only saw the first half and felt it was too much of a drag.

The best of those is Apocalypse Now, followed by FMJ and then Platoon. Platoon wasn't as good as it was made out to be. Feel the potentially-excellent second half of Deer Hunter might also topple Platoon.

I'm inclined to think the chronology of films watched on the Vietnam War matters a lot when it comes to rating how good they were.

Err...those based on the Vietnam War like Good Morning Vietnam and Forrest Gump for instance don't count.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Not in chronological order (because I can't remember) but my favourites are:

Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Hamburger Hill

I am fairly certain I'll get lynched for this, but I don't like The Deer Hunter or Apocalypse Now.

 

[Decotron]

The Deer Hunter is class.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

The Deer Hunter is class.

It bored the absolute piss out of me. Like the OP, I couldn't sit through the whole thing. And I've tried a couple of times.

 

[Team Brian GB]

I watched 'We were Soldiers' the other day, great film.

 

[Decotron]

It bored the absolute piss out of me. Like the OP, I couldn't sit through the whole thing. And I've tried a couple of times.

One of the greatest films ever made imo

Give it another chance when your in the right frame of mind for it. Trust me its a masterpiece

 

[crappycraperson]

Apocalypse Now
Deer Hunter
FMJ

Have not seen Platoon yet.

Anyone who finds Deer Hunter boring should stop watching movies.

 

[Decotron]

I watched 'We were Soldiers' the other day, great film.

Yep very true to what actually happened over there aswell by all accounts. Found parts of it unrealistic though, probably due to the rating it got. Could have been a better movie in parts but i did really enjoy it.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Apocalypse Now
Deer Hunter
FMJ

Have not seen Platoon yet.

Anyone who finds Deer Hunter boring should stop watching movies.

That's a lot of people. Obviously I didn't look at all of the 318,000 hits.

the deer hunter is boring - Google Search

 

[mr.suave]

I'm with you on Apocalypse Now. To be fair, I haven't seen it in a while but I don't think much will have changed since then.

Deer Hunter, however, is fecking epic and I'd be lying if I didn't say I enjoyed it... it's slow-paced but fecking intense and the acting is superb.

Platoon is good as well, but all Vietnam films pale in comparison to FMJ for me. The entire first half of the film is insanely quotable.