snake36bravo Posted November 17, 2010 Share #26 Posted November 17, 2010 Don Cheadle, Steven Weber, Courtney B. Vance, and Dylan McDermott were just a few whose careers were made by this film. Underrated film that only made 13 million box office. The script writer was a Vietnam Veteran who based his characters including names on those he served with. He would also write "Heartbreak Ridge" and 'The Lost Battalion". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted November 17, 2010 Share #27 Posted November 17, 2010 My favorite part is when Languilli holds up a magazine and says "love this Camaro", the perfect scene for a military collector/Chevy guy like me! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted November 18, 2010 Share #28 Posted November 18, 2010 My favorite part is when Languilli holds up a magazine and says "love this Camaro", the perfect scene for a military collector/Chevy guy like me! Rob Yeah!!...thats one of my favorite scenes too!!......mike (chevy guy!) :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjones5452 Posted November 18, 2010 Share #29 Posted November 18, 2010 One reason I feel it's so good is that all the guys WERE basically nobodys, and didn't feel they had to compete with a big name star and his ego, or any body else's for that matter. All they had to do was act, and they did it in such a natural way that it comes across as real. It is the one thing that, for myself, I have not seen in ANY war movie made to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted November 18, 2010 Share #30 Posted November 18, 2010 Yeah!!...thats one of my favorite scenes too!!......mike (chevy guy!) :thumbsup: Hey Mike, A military collector who likes vintage Chevy's? We have a lot in common! :thumbsup: Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted November 19, 2010 Share #31 Posted November 19, 2010 Just watched it the other day on DVD. I’d almost forgotten what a well-done film this is. They got the effects of dismounts out in the open under indirect fire down with chilling effect. The scene where the grunts are passing among some trees and they simply disappear when the explosions go off, man, that just gives the shudders every time I see it. I even went frame-by-frame on the DVD to see the break in the editing and you don’t see it. Looks like the stunt guys were really vaporized by close-in explosives. I’ve never seen that effect done so realistically before or since. It’s tough to watch but a true testament to the moviemakers who did such a good job on the effects. No “thermonuclear grenades” in this film! And at the start of the movie, the guy who gets blown into the air from a mortar round and you can hear him coming by his scream until he lands right in front of the camera. I bet plenty of VN vets watching this movie got up and left (or turned off the DVD) after seeing that part. God knows I don’t groove on watching scene like that but I am very impressed when a true effort is made to portray these horrors as correctly as possible. The producers should be commended for the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake36bravo Posted November 23, 2010 Share #32 Posted November 23, 2010 The opening sequence which transitions from the Vietnam Wall back to the war is a very powerful one for me. Having been to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, having cried there myself because of it's impact is something I will never forget. The movie starts by honoring the dead and taking you back and ends with a reflective poem penned by a man who lost his life along with twelve others extracting members of RT Pennsylvania inside Cambodia. He is listed on Panel 12W Line 040. Essentially starting with the wall and going back to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted January 11, 2011 Share #33 Posted January 11, 2011 Does anyone know if this movie was in any way based on John Del Vecchio's novel "The 13th Valley"? Even though the movie was based on a real event, it seems to me some of the characters and events may have been inspired by the novel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squad leader Posted January 23, 2011 Share #34 Posted January 23, 2011 One of my favorite Nam movies. The F4 Phantom Napalm strikes are very impressive. Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kman1752 Posted January 23, 2011 Share #35 Posted January 23, 2011 Awesome movie, definately my favorite Vietnam movie :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted January 23, 2011 Share #36 Posted January 23, 2011 I still can not quite warm up to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookie Posted January 26, 2011 Share #37 Posted January 26, 2011 My Company, C/158th AVN Bn, flew the first assault onto Dong Ap Bia. Confusion did abound in our opinion and it didn't make us feel warm and fuzzy when we gave it back...and then went back and retook it later. The crumps of the mortars and arty in the film made me set up and take notice. Guy's dissappearing or flying through the air are much more realistic than some dude who throws his arms straight up into the air and then slowly falls to his knees--hell, being blown backwards off your feet when you took an AK in the chest was pretty common place. The guys I've carried back were hit by hammer blows, not love pats. FYI-Some of the units never went to the subdued Screaming Eagle patch. They stayed colored until they stood down to go home. I wore mine colored until 1986. Here's a photo that Ken Mayberry, Phoenix 50 took going to Hamburger Hill on the west wall of the A Shau. Can you make out the craters from the B-52 air to surface artillery strikes? Cheers, Bookie Phoenix 62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted October 27, 2011 Share #38 Posted October 27, 2011 I watched this clear through twice this weekend. I'm glad you guys recommended it. Definitely gives a much more sober picture to the war than any other Vietnam movie I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted October 27, 2011 Share #39 Posted October 27, 2011 Green Beret and Hamburger Hill are my favorites Nam movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk 101 Posted November 12, 2011 Share #40 Posted November 12, 2011 My Favourite War movie for sure,, :thumbsup: just the subdued patches let it down IMO :thumbdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beezman Posted November 14, 2011 Share #41 Posted November 14, 2011 One of my all-time VN movies favorites. I watched it on TV in the late 80s, and unfortunately it was dubbed in French. Translating this GI slang was probably very difficult, although translaters made a commendable effort to keep as close as possible to the original text. But it just doesn't work. When a French actor has to say the translation of "It don't mean nuthin'", of course without that deep African-American accent, the result sounds off, as do most of the dialogs. Now that my English level has improved, I really need to watch it in original version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwhawkman Posted November 19, 2011 Share #42 Posted November 19, 2011 It was really interesting watching "Vietnam In HD", especially when one of the soldeirs who fought at "Hamburger Hill" talked about his experiences in Vietnam on the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted November 20, 2011 Share #43 Posted November 20, 2011 My dad let me watch this not long after he let me watch Platoon when I was little, one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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