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Currahee01

Some good Vietnam War movies, something along the lines of Platoon, Apocalypse Now, The Killing Fields. If anyone has any suggestions it would be much appreciated.

nix

Full metal jacket (a must see tbh)

Hamburger hill

Casualties of War

The deer hunter

I loved all of the above movies, another that springs to mind is "We were soldiers" but i didnt like it that much (Mel Gibson)

Magic Eight Ball

Tigerland

p to the e

As mentioned above "Casualties of War". it seems to be forgotten about a lot of the time. If you're looking for something a bit different try "Good Morning Vietnam". and although it was set during the Korean War give "MASH" a go.

the_syco

If you expand to WW2, check out the 2008 version of "Outpost".

Currahee01

the_syco wrote: »

If you expand to WW2, check out the 2008 version of "Outpost".

Looks more like a horror but will defo give it a go!

Have seen most of the above and enjoyed them all (FMJ in particular). MASH will be added to the list for sure.

nix

If your looking to expand from the vietnam war, try any of the following;

Heartbreak ridge
Brotherhood
Kelly's heroes
Where eagles dare


I've watched the above countless times, Kelly's heroes is one of my fav movies

rednik

The boys in company c. Good Nam movie from 1978.
The green berets. John Wayne's Nam effort.
I've read a lot of books on Vienam and the one that sticks out is The tunnels of Cu Chi. There is a recent movie about the tunnel rats but don't believe it is that good. Would love to see a decent movie made on this story.

Try to get the TV show Tour of Duty. An absolutly fantastic depiction of the Vietnam war, shame though that all the music was changed for the DVD release.

damonjewel

Not quite a nam film but a good film on the effects of the war is "Coming Home", and then there's "born on the 4th of july"

I remember seeing "Go tell the spartans" years ago and enjoyed it but its probably horribly dated and outclassed by the likes of Full metal jacket

Dont forget Rambo! :pac:

Ivona Tinkle

Born on the fourth of july

JP Liz

Hamburger Hill

Heaven and Earth

Casualties of War

Rescue Dawn

Currahee01

Thanks for all the replies guys, some good flicks there. Am already making enquiries about 'Tour of Duty', looks great!

L31mr0d

Good Morning Vietnam
Air America

I'll give another +1 to Rescue Dawn also

ReacherCreature

"We Were Soldiers" & "Full Metal Jacket" are what I'd recommend.

Currahee01

Currahee01 wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies guys, some good flicks there. Am already making enquiries about 'Tour of Duty', looks great!

It's currently airing on FX during the day.

RadioGaGa

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It's currently airing on FX during the day.

Whent its on FX is the music edited? I've only started to watch it but I noticed Paint it Black as the theme song.

Latchy

Not a Vietnam film but WW2 and one of my favs .

The camera work alone is worth the watch

RadioGaGa

RadioGaGa wrote: »

Whent its on FX is the music edited? I've only started to watch it but I noticed Paint it Black as the theme song.

I don't think they edited the music for TV but I've only seen bits and pieces of it on FX. It does loose a lot of impact when they use generic music in place of classics 70s music.

damonjewel

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I don't think they edited the music for TV but I've only seen bits and pieces of it on FX. It does loose a lot of impact when they use generic music in place of classics 70s music.

I understand 60's/70's music sets the tone for 'Nam films but sometimes i feel that it becomes all a bit pop video, where images are edited to fit the song.And in turn the films just become some vehicle for selling soundtracks. "What a wonderful world" in Good morning vietnam for instance illustrates my point.

Also there must be at least one film made about Vietnam through the eyes of the North Vietnamese? isn't there?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1tl0RNuvQo

damonjewel

damonjewel wrote: »

I understand 60's/70's music sets the tone for 'Nam films but sometimes i feel that it becomes all a bit pop video, where images are edited to fit the song.And in turn the films just become some vehicle for selling soundtracks. "What a wonderful world" in Good morning vietnam for instance illustrates my point.

Also there must be at least one film made about Vietnam through the eyes of the North Vietnamese? isn't there?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1tl0RNuvQo

While some films do go overboard with getting music and image to match it really works well for Tour of Duty. You'll hear troops discussing songs of the period and I always felt that the way the show used music to set the time.

While you can't bolame the makers of Tour of Duty for not getting the rights to the music for nonTV broadcasts back then it's really annoying these days when a show changes all the music for the DVD release. Season One of life was a real disappointment as all the music by bands such as the Rolling Stones and Queens of the Stone Age was replaced with bland indie music. Really took a lot away from some scenes and reduced the fantastic ending to merely satisfactory.

rednik

Oliver Stone has made a trilogy of Vietnam movies the last of which is Heaven and Earth. This is seen from the eyes of the Vietnamese and is well worth a watch.

dirtynosebeps

another one away from vietnam is savior with denis quaid. this is set around the bosnian war. one of the heaviest movies i've ever seen and T.H.B. i wouldn't watch it again.