I lost count of the movies/shows about Vietnam infantry combat and the yelling I did at the TV from the outright fakery.
I will give credit to Hal Moore and Galloway on the movie "We were Soldiers" for the realism and some reduction of hollywierdness in the typical combat movie. It showed that having the actual commander and journalist in the combat giving the movie producer the truth of what happened to have the movie portray more realistically what was happening.
Burkett in his book 'Stolen Valor' really opened some eyes. I was proud to be in the same unit, the 199th Light Infantry 4th Btn 12th Inf that First Lieutenant Burkett was a platoon leader in.
Spielberg did a great job in Saving Private Ryan. Epic movie. Probably my favorite scene is where Upham gets enraged when he sees the German who was shown mercy, blowing away his pals, and Upham enacts vengeance.