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I`ve only really seen The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now. Oh and Good Morning Vietnam but I don`t think that counts. So what do you reckon is the best `Nam movie? Or even the best war movie. Cross of Iron with James Coburn is a classic. |
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platoon, jacobs ladder (sorta) but nothing tops apocalyple now |
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i'd say apocolypse now |
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either apocolypes now or full metal jacket |
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yeah i only just saw Apocalypse now yesterday. Amazing and frightening. i think it displayed the true horror of war. It was awesome in it`s literal sense. |
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full metal jacket |
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yeah watch jacobs ladder, the film takes place in vietnam but most of the scenes are in new york.fabulous!!! |
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Full Metal Jacket DO YOU SUCK DICK?! -SIR NO SIR! BULLSHIT, I BET YUO COULD SUCK A GOLF BALL THRU A GARDNE HOSE |
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"is that you, john wayne? |
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look at this file on Vietnam. Read the part about Background. "US economic and military aid to South Vietnam grew through the 1960s in an attempt to bolster the government, but US armed forces were withdrawn following a cease-fire agreement in 1973" Unreal |
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Full Metal Jacket or Apocalypse Now i can't decide. |
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DEFINATELY full metal jacket. |
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full metal jacket was the shit! apocalypse now still owns it tho |
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full metal jacket, apocalype now, deer hunter & good morning vietnam are all great films. jacobs ladder i don't think has anything to do with vietnam at all. i thought it was about what happens to you just before you die. |
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Jacob's Ladder is about a guy dying from a wound sustained while fighting in Vietnam. but yeah, it's not really a Vietnam movie as much as it's a movie about a guy hallucinating as he dies. |
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don't forget hamburger hill either... I probably like full metal jacket the most read a good book recently called the sorrow of war, written in the perspective of a vietcong |
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what on earth are you talking about? maybe you should watch the film again. it is nothing to to with any war |
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yeah, full metal jacket rocks |
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i've seen it many times. it starts out with a bunch of his fellow soldier buddies going crazy and killing eachother. he gets stabbed by another american soldier. he fades in and out of reality. he dreams that the reason for his hallucinations is because the govt is testing a drug called "the Ladder" on the soldiers because the war is not going well. so yes, it has much reference to the vietnam war. maybe you should watch it again. |
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vietnamese sluts part 4: suckys revenge |
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i knew this was going to happen! the films isn't about flashbacks. none of it is real, its a dream. during his death he lives out the rest of his life. Jacob is confused as he begins to see hellish creatures in his normal world, as his dead son comes back to see him and he's living with a girlfriend instead of his wife. He begins to realise that these devils are not chasing him in order to destroy him, they are angels, freeing Jacob from this earth. And, at the end of the film, they do just that. |
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evolume is right. vietnam is CONSTANTLY referenced in Jacob's Ladder. It's in the beginning of the film, the end of the film and frequently in between. there are flashbacks to vietnam, conversations with lawyers, shrinks, girlfriends, war buddies,thugs, drug scientists and chiropractors about vietnam. then there is the coda after the film and before the credits that briefly mentions theorized government drugs tested on american soldiers. incidentally i have an older friend i went to film school with who is a vietnam vet. he has had four children die before the age of nine. all from chromosome damage consistent with the symptoms of radiation poisoning. he and many of his company were exposed to 'agent orange' in vietnam. the government still admits nothing. |
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it's definately not a film about vietnam though. |
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but the movie does start out with him fighting, and then goes straight to him at his girlfriends house.... i agree with earth leakage that the film is not about vietnam, but it does have lots of refferences, therefor i agree with both of you. |
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yes, i know. but you said it "it is nothing to to with any war." and that was an incorrect statement. I know the movie is supposed to be a dream. it is a dream he has while he is dying from a wound sustained during combat that is why it ends with a couple army guys bagging him up or whatever. if he's dead, how could he dream that? he can't because that part is not a dream it is the reality. |
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i said this "jacobs ladder (sorta)" |
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Full Metal Jacket Apocalypse Now platoon born the 4th of july |
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indeed. "sorta" is an apt description. |
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ok maybe i exagerated a bit |
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i guess it was like saying i watch sabrina the teenage witch for the storyline |
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oh shit!!!!! i totally forgot about platoon.... god damn. |
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shame |
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ya i only watch sabrina for the tits. |
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i used to watch it cause of salem the cat. fuck that was a funny pet |
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salem is the master. i want a talking cat. its so cool, man. and sabrina as a wife. |
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i want allison hannigan to be my bride. |
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i think melissa joan heart was way cooler on clarissa explains it all.... i miss that show, i had the biggest crush on sam, and how cool was it that she had an alligator!? elvis was the shit. |
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and this thread used to be about war movies... haha, ohh how the topics change |
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oh the topics they are a- changing! |
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so nobody likes "born the 4th of july"? |
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*takes out azure ray.... puts in bob dylan* |
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nacmat> is that the movie whre the main character goes into a mcdonalds, and freaks out because he was too late for breakfast? |
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is melissa joan-hart in it? |
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born on the 4th of july was hilarious. tom cruise in a wheel chair screaming out penis. -sheds a tear- a true hollywood moment. wow, this is the first messageboard ive ever joined where i acually reached 1000 points. i guess i really like you ppl, and this messageboard. here here to xltronic! |
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that one is with michael douglas and is great... but dont know the tittle in english "dia de furia" |
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falling down |
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I am sure that when you reach 16000 you will betray us |
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falling down is the tittle? did you like that one? |
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said the elder god. |
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