Vietnam |
"We Were Soldiers"
"Full Metal Jacket"
"Platoon"
“Hamburger Hill”
"Forrest Gump"
The general consensus seems to be that each movie has something that rings true, based on each veteran's personal experience, but none portrayed the War in Vietnam as it really was.
Hollywood tries, but it cannot duplicate what cannot be duplicated.
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“I am only one, but I am one. I can't do everything, but I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do, and by the grace of God, I will.” ~Everett Hale
I know this about the best Viet Nam movies, but I would like to mention and recommend a Viet Nam book which I think is marvelous: The Thirteenth Valley by John Del Vecchio.
ReplyDelete"In The Shadow of The Blade, from www.arrowheadfilms.com. Not a Hollywood movie; it's a documentary about a restored Huey's trip across the country on its way to the Smithsonian in DC. 1 of the pilots is the son of Maj Kelly, a Dustoff pilot whose famous last words were "I will leave when I have your wounded!" At each LZ it is met by Vietnam veterans, and there is extensive commentary by those vets - including Hal Moore. The title song was written by Rodney C Riley, a former grunt. 2 of his best lines are "I'm 10 years older than I was last week", and "Nobody's gettin' outta here till they hear that sound!"
ReplyDeleteJim Van Doren
Dustoff medic,
'65-'66