Favorite Vietnam War Film

[HHJ]

 

[HHJ]

I served in the Marines so I'm biased. I've seen the first half of Full Metal Jacket over 25 times.

Why stop there?

 

[Bullitt68]

For a long time, I'd say The Deer Hunter, but over the years, that film has not so much lost its magic as Full Metal Jacket has just impressed me more and more and hit me harder and harder over time and over rewatches. It's Kubrick, so big surprise it's a masterpiece, but especially having been able to teach it in film classes and break it down with students, I just can't get over how fucking perfect it is to the note, to the frame. Just something like the sequence of shots from the over-the-shoulder with Pyle smirking at Hartman's crassness, then the "choke yourself" bit, then him standing back up no longer enjoying himself...the precision of the camerawork, the genius of the editing, the harrowing nature of the story from boot camp to war...Kubrick seriously has no competition. Best war films? Paths of Glory and Full Metal Jacket are in the top 10 maybe in the top 5. Best historical epic? Spartacus is in the mix at the top. Best period piece? Barry Lyndon is #1 with a bullet. Best satire? Dr. Strangelove is #1 with a bullet. Best horror film? The Shining is #1 with a bullet. Best sci-fi film? Shit, 2001 isn't just #1 with a bullet, it might just be the greatest fucking movie ever made regardless of genre!

Now for my hot take to piss people off: Apocalypse Now isn't just overrated, it's legitimately bad. Coppola seriously made two great films his entire career, The Godfather and The Godfather II. Everything else ranges from okay to dog shit.

Come at me, bro.

 

[Bullitt68]

Also, @HHJ: No love for Rambo: First Blood Part II? You've got Hamburger Hill and Good Morning Vietnam but no Rambo?

 

[pakimahi]

Fmj, and nobody mentioned casualties of war? It's best of the rest

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Fmj, and nobody mentioned casualties of war? It's best of the rest

I love casualties of war, highly underrated.

 

[HHJ]

Also, @HHJ: No love for Rambo: First Blood Part II? You've got Hamburger Hill and Good Morning Vietnam but no Rambo?

Are we speaking?? Who is this person who says Apocalypse Now is a shitty movie? What human being says this? I cannot hear.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Apocalypse now for me.

Never seen Hamburger Hill nor platoon.

I'll probably watch Hamburger Hill someday but I doubt I'll ever watch platoon. I hate Oliver Stone ever since natural born killers.

In fact, for Tarantino's 10th and final film I wouldn't mind if he remade that movie in his own way.

 

[Natural Order]

Deer Hunter for me, for sure.

 

[HHJ]

but I doubt I'll ever watch platoon..

Dont do this to yourself.

Get on it.

 

[Bullitt68]

Are we speaking?? Who is this person who says Apocalypse Now is a shitty movie? What human being says this? I cannot hear.

 

[HHJ]

 

[Contempt]

Vote, slut.

I would have but I didn't see the slut option

 

[HHJ]

I would have but I didn't see the slut option

Commas, how do they work?

 

[HHJ]

I hate Oliver Stone ever since natural born killers.

BTW I did not like NBK, but Platoon is a different story.

 

[Spounman]

Last time I went to watch this on a streaming service, they took the words off the helmet on the thumbnail, I imagine because millennials are pussys

 

[Natural Order]

Born on the 4th of July is great, so is Thin Red Line.

 

[Contempt]

Commas, how do they work?

Hey, I'm hung over... I dont see your damn commas

Vote #1 Slut

 

[HHJ]

Thin Red Line.

Aint seen this but I keep gettin this confused with The Big Red One


which is a WWII film w Mark Hamill and Lee Marvin. Won't forget this scene anytime soon IFYKYK

 

[Trupsi]

Never seen Good morning Vietnam, and never heard of Hamburger Hill.
I choose Apocalypse Now, it's a masterpiece.
Platoon is also very good.
I should rewatch Full Métal, as I don't remember much but the classic scene in the barracks.
Seen recently Casualties of War, man that movie put me on the nerves...but yeah solid flick.