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Old 05-17-07, 03:45 PM
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Your favorite VIETNAM WAR film?
Air America
Apocalypse Now
Bat*21
Birdy
Born on the Fourth of July
The Boys in Company "C"
Bullet in the Head
Casualties of War
Coming Home
Dead Presidents
The Deer Hunter
Distant Thunder
Flight of the Intruder
Full Metal Jacket
Gardens of Stone
Good Morning, Vietnam
Hamburger Hill
Missing in Action
Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
Operation Dumbo Drop
Platoon
Rolling Thunder
A Rumor of War
Some Kind of Hero
Southern Comfort
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Tigerland
Uncommon Valor
The Walking Dead
The War at Home
We Were Soldiers
White Badge
Word of Honor
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Old 05-17-07, 03:53 PM
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Platoon by far.
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Old 05-17-07, 03:57 PM
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Is Southern Comfort a Vietnam movie? I haven't seen it in a long time but I thought it was National Guard versus Hicks.
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Platoon by far.
Ditto
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Old 05-17-07, 04:23 PM
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Full Metal Jacket
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Full Metal Jacket
What paulringodamon said.
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Old 05-17-07, 04:49 PM
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Even though you don't have it listed....

The Green Berets
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Old 05-17-07, 04:55 PM
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FMJ hands down just because of the first half of the film w/ Hartman.
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Old 05-17-07, 05:20 PM
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I like Platoon, Apocalypse Now, and The Deer Hunter almost equally, though if I had to choose one, it'd be Platoon.
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Old 05-17-07, 09:01 PM
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I have a soft spot for Hamburger Hill.
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Platton hands down
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I've got to say my favorite Viet Nam movie by far is...

The Green Berets!

Long live The Duke! (Just a damned entertaining movie with a great cast led by John Wayne!)
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In order of preference:

Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Casualties of War
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Old 05-17-07, 10:30 PM
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Apocalypse Now
"What's up with your ass now, *****? Haha!"

The Deer Hunter
"Di-di mau! Mau!"

Full Metal Jacket
"Get some, get some, yeah, get some baby!"

Platoon
"You lie, no you lie! You VC!"

I love the absurdity in Vietnam War movies.
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You do know that The Duke made The Green Berets like uncle-sam poster of the day and thousands of young men and women ran-off to inlists in Vietnam to die for un-just clause.So hats off to John Wanye for helping in the war-machine that was Vietnam.The Us govement made (3 Billion-dollars in just 4 years from the blood of young men and women).That does not set well in my heart! how about you guys.
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Or maybe they just like the movie.
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1. Apocalypse Now

2. Full Metal Jacket

3. Rambo: First Blood
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Originally Posted by cranberries fan
You do know that The Duke made The Green Berets like uncle-sam poster of the day and thousands of young men and women ran-off to inlists in Vietnam to die for un-just clause.So hats off to John Wanye for helping in the war-machine that was Vietnam.The Us govement made (3 Billion-dollars in just 4 years from the blood of young men and women).That does not set well in my heart! how about you guys.
Or maybe the North VietNamese really were the bad guys (and they were) and that entire region would have been better off had they been defeated. But that's a political discussion (and it's not just black and white), and we're talking about movies.

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Or maybe they just like the movie.
Exactly.
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There's too many!

Deathdream, Tigerland, and Casualties of War-just to go with some outsiders.
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Forrest Gump

jk, Platoon.
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