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Post by Andrew on Aug 21, 2006 10:35:00 GMT -5
I'd like to get caught up and start watching the films made about the Vietnam War. However, I don't want to watch the best, and then watch one which is lesser and miss the point of the lesser film. For those in the know, would you kindly rate what you've seen? I've only seen Apocalypse Now and Killing Fields. So the list of which I'm aware:
Killing Fields
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Good Morning Vietnam (do I have to watch this one? Hehehehe)
Casualties of War
Thin Red Line
Hanoi Hilton (something like that?)
I'm sure I'm missing many. Mostly I just want to make sure I see the good ones. Non-American stuff would be good to see as well.
Heck, we could even make a poll out of this.
Other thoughts I had along these lines:
Nazi holocaust of the Jews
Prison camps in general
US imperialism, in South America and elsewhere
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Post by erik on Aug 21, 2006 12:25:20 GMT -5
With respect to Vietnam, here are my picks:
PLATOON
FULL METAL JACKET
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
THE DEER HUNTER
COMING HOME
APOCALYPSE NOW
World War II:
SCHINDLER'S LIST
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
CROSS OF IRON
World War I:
PATHS OF GLORY (early Stanley Kubrick opus, circa 1958)
With respect to questioning US foreign escapades:
FAHRENHEIT 9/11
THE FOG OF WAR
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Post by robertaxel on Aug 21, 2006 12:43:39 GMT -5
I echo Erik's recommendations and add:
Pork Chop Hill (Korean War)
Why We Fight (excellent documentary similar to Fog of War - notable for showing Eishenhower's legendary 'farewall' speech and making that the theme of the film)
Robert
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Post by erik on Aug 21, 2006 13:09:54 GMT -5
I'd also recommend Kubrick's DOCTOR STRANGELOVE, because it makes a serious point about thermonuclear war by savagely satirizing the Cold War politics that made the threat of such a war a daily fact of life for so long.
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Post by Andrew on Aug 21, 2006 13:39:46 GMT -5
Thanks already...I forgot about Born on the Fourth of July...I saw that in the theatre. Proved Tom Cruise's abilities. Hard to take him seriously, but really, as an actor, he's had some amazing moments. Probably should see that one again.
Already lots of great recommendations.
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Post by Kathy ~ on Aug 21, 2006 13:40:35 GMT -5
IN MY DVD LIBRARY:
PLATOON
FULL METAL JACKET
THE DEER HUNTER
APOCALYPSE NOW
AND FOR OLD TIME SAKE, I ADD "THE LONGEST DAY" TO THE OTHER WWII ERA.
PEARL HARBOR I HAVE NOT SEEN. THAT'S MY.. SHOULD I ?
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Post by robertaxel on Aug 21, 2006 13:57:56 GMT -5
IN MY DVD LIBRARY:
PEARL HARBOR I HAVE NOT SEEN. THAT'S MY.. SHOULD I ? NO.. Just about ruined Ben Affleck's credibilty as an actor, and confirmed Michael Bay as a hack... Robert |
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Post by Kathy ~ on Aug 21, 2006 15:48:48 GMT -5
THANKS.. PLUS I HEARD IT WAS LONG AND DRAWN OUT.. I DO LIKE BEN THOUGH...
MORE ON THE COMEDY SIDE... WAS HE IN "DOGMA" WITH MATT ?
I'M FUZZY IN MY MOVIES..
THERE WAS ONE FLICK.. PERMANENT SOMETHING !! I HAD IT & LENT IT OUT.. DRUG RELATED I THINK..
OFF TOPIC ON WAR MOVIES.. SORRY..
SHOOT, THROW IN GONE WITH THE WIND.. I SAW DR. STRANGELOVE ADDED ( ERIK -- YOU LOVE THAT FLICK).. !!
GRANTED, GWTW DOES NOT CAPTURE THE CIVIL WAR IN TRUE PERSPECTIVE, BUT FOR IT'S TIME.. THERE WERE SOME GRAPHIC SCENES...
THANK YOU
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