Post by Popeye Doyle on May 6, 2018 14:56:11 GMT
Platoon - Seems the most personal and real.
Born of the Fourth of July - Oliver Stone's second film about 'Nam. Tom Cruise delivers probably the performance of his career.
The Deer Hunter - A bit too self indulgent but well acted and directed.
Full Metal Jacket - Maybe the funniest
Apocalypse Now - As Coppola said at the Cannes Film Festival, "My film is not about Vietnam; it is Vietnam." Whatever that means. Still, a big, grandiose film when directors still took risks. One of the most visually striking films, too.
We Were Soldiers - Remember when Mel Gibson still had leading man status? Here, he channels John Wayne in one spectacularly violent battle against the man in the black pajamas. I remember being horrified one scene in particular - a guy who gets napalmed has the skin peeled off his legs.