Saving Private Ryan bye a long shot. But the Deer Hunter and Platoon were also very good. I liked Apocalypse Now alot, but it is a tad over-rated. We were soldiers, Full metal Jacket, and The Thin Red Line have no place on that list. OK, maybe Full Metal Jacket, but definitely not the Thin Red Line.
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I personally enjoy war movies that take a particular interest in the psychological aspects of a war on its soldiers. With that in mind:
Full Metal Jacket: with its amazing training sequence, which still remains powerful.
The Thin Red Line: I don't think there's been a better film that delves into how war effects a soldier. A lot of people dismiss it because of its tone poems and whatnot, but to me it remains my favorite. Beautifully written, acted, and directed.
I admit the training scenes in Full Metal Jacket were very good, but great, and the suicide scene was excellent, but after they actually go to Viet nam, the film looses its way. And after its over one has to ask"so what's the point?" i felt
As for thin Red Line, it was well acted, but the characters weren't very compelling. And i strongly disagree that it delves so deeply into war's effect on soldiers. The Deer Hunter was the best in that category, with Born on the Fourth of July a close second. Apocalypse Now was also descent in that in portryaing soldiers' reactions to being at war and Saving Private Ry an did an excellent job with showing how soldiers can become completely traumatized by combat and the horror of fighting in a war. Thin Red Line covered that material a bit, but not as well as the other films mentioned.
Both film sare good and original, but in my opinion aren't comparable to some of the other war films out there.
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I agree, but i'm not half as credible as you, since I have never been in the armed forces. It seems like a bad story to tell. It is hard to feel sorry for people who betch about not getting any combat. I would think that they would be thankful that they wouldn't have tofight. But what do i know.
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the marine who wrote the book anthony swaford(sp) went through the same stuff any grunt in the marines geos through. i read the book and most of my buddies did to. some of what he wrote was true but most of it was BS. he sounded like a drama queen.
True I don't remember seeing any war scenes in that movie, if you count the part where it's in China but their really was'nt a battle or anything like that.
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