dont feed the trolls
Is there a more ambitious project in kino history?
Anthony Mitchell
Jayden Ramirez
Very good. It's an insanely ambitious and loooong movie that was severely truncated for a theatrical release which I think is where most of the hostility towards it stems from. It was a total disaster when it came out but now that there are longer versions available (that albeit still are not entirely according to Cimino's vision since he was pressured in to finishing filming earlier than he wanted to by the studio) it's garnered more of a following.
Gavin Peterson
I've watched Apocalypse Now, FMJ, Platoon, Hamburger Hill, and The Deer Hunter. They were all so bland and mediocre that I genuinely can't remember which tired cliche scenes and characters belong to which film. Its all just blended into a flavorless stew. If Dad rock was a film genre it would be Vietnam flicks. If you've seen one you've seen them all.
Luis Wright
War and Peace (1967)
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Aiden Perez
No
Christopher Parker
thanks, i'll check it out
Jason Sanchez
ben hur maybe
Jonathan Wright
>I've watched Apocalypse Now, FMJ, Platoon, Hamburger Hill, and The Deer Hunter. They were all so bland and mediocre that I genuinely can't remember which tired cliche scenes and characters belong to which film. Its all just blended into a flavorless stew. If Dad rock was a film genre it would be Vietnam flicks. If you've seen one you've seen them all.
Elijah Carter
Even as just a "vietnam flick" it actually accurately depicts the metaphorical chaos of the war much better than any other vietnam film. Is it technically accurate from an army fag pov? No not at all. A special forces officer (18A) wouldn't be going alone in the jungle to take an O5 special forces officer without an ODA. The MACV-SOG (closest depiction of Captain Willard) guys were badass but they didn't conduct even special recon missions alone. Hell most officers don't even really go outside the wire that often beyond captain. But other aspects like the kid dropping acid were actually very accurate. By 68, drug use began to surge in country with a lot of guys even getting their hands on opium that was coming in from Laos. Psychedelics were less common than weed but still generally accessible. That depiction of the "smells like napalm" O5 is also a completely accurate depiction personality wise of a lot of prior-enlisted officers still in I know that've deployed since 2001. Hell one captain I did a detail for legit expressed sadness for the fact that he was medically retiring and wouldn't be able to deploy anymore. He's getting a full pension for the rest of his life but all he wants to do is go out and kick doors in with his team. The film obviously goes into so much more than just a simple depiction of war but even that it does so well.
Jordan Myers
Lord of the Rings