First movie which I saw, based on Vietnam War, was ‘Rambo II’. But at that time I hardly knew anything about VW, and I was too much fascinated by Rambo, the great. After that I saw Rambo I, and I got an idea that it was not just a war and what terrible things it did to people, on both the sides. Then after quite some time I watched ‘Full Metal Jacket’, by great Stanley, and this movie gave me quite a information on what Vietnam war was, what it did to merican soldiers and how so many of them had almost lost their mental balance. I really liked the movie, mainly the first half, depicting funny and not-so funny incidences at military training camp, that training officer, his marching song, that poor fat fellow and many more. Second half was not that entertaining and more of an eye opener. It showed the effects of war on the psyche of soldiers, Vietnamese people and on that God-forsaken country.
Next movie was ‘The Deer Hunter’. Quite a long movie, almost 3 hours, but worth watching. It shows the life of Deniro and Christopher Walken, who are real close friends, enjoying their time in US of A, and then they went to VW, and how their lives were changed irreversibly. First hour shows the life of a group of friends, who work in a factory and enjoy their lives. Their unique hobby is deer hunting, and Deniro is really good at it. Then in next hour shows their VW stay and how each of them went through it. Last one hour showed that what VW did to soldier’s psyche. Walken lost control of his life and never recovered.
Platoon was the next. This one shows two entirely different army captains, fighting in VW, but with completely different view. One just wants to kill each and every Charlie and the other who just wants to end the war. Between the is a rookie, who is really confused as to who is right and who is wrong. In all a really good movie.
Next movie was ‘The Deer Hunter’. Quite a long movie, almost 3 hours, but worth watching. It shows the life of Deniro and Christopher Walken, who are real close friends, enjoying their time in US of A, and then they went to VW, and how their lives were changed irreversibly. First hour shows the life of a group of friends, who work in a factory and enjoy their lives. Their unique hobby is deer hunting, and Deniro is really good at it. Then in next hour shows their VW stay and how each of them went through it. Last one hour showed that what VW did to soldier’s psyche. Walken lost control of his life and never recovered.
Platoon was the next. This one shows two entirely different army captains, fighting in VW, but with completely different view. One just wants to kill each and every Charlie and the other who just wants to end the war. Between the is a rookie, who is really confused as to who is right and who is wrong. In all a really good movie.
After this I watched, greatest of them all, ‘Apocalypse Now’. It had mix of all of the above ones. It shows the methods used by American army in VW, frustration of American soldiers and the after effect of this.
-- Mishra
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