To: Michael.SF.
Not perfect, with a lot of errors, but "Siege of Firebase Gloria" was not bad. Anything with Gunny Ermey has to be fine.
"Hamburger Hill" had it's moments. "Full Metal Jacket" was fine for the boot camp part, the Hue segment was too Kubrick.
"Pvt Ryan" captured a lot of the confusion and individualism, but Hanks ruined it with his angst.
To: doorgunner69
"Hamburger Hill" had it's moments. "Full Metal Jacket" was fine for the boot camp part, the Hue segment was too Kubrick.
Agree with both assessments.
I think Hamburger Hill shows the futility and idiocy of the VN War better than any other ... although Platoon (for all its misrepresentations) is a close second.
And when people ask me if boot camp was as bad as portrayed in FMJ, I say - No, it was worse ... a lot worse.
51 posted on
05/31/2015 5:57:10 AM PDT by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: doorgunner69
Big Red One
Sands of Iwo Jima
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95 posted on
05/31/2015 10:53:11 AM PDT by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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