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Posted: 5/15/2018 8:54:53 AM EDT

[#1]

Poll fail, no We Were Soldiers.

Posted: 5/15/2018 9:21:42 AM EDT

[#2]

Voted Platoon.

I expected Hamburger Hill to get more votes.

Posted: 5/15/2018 9:27:01 AM EDT

[#3]

We Were Soldiers

Posted: 5/15/2018 9:30:54 AM EDT

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I'd have to say We Were Soldiers. It is one of the very few Vietnam War related movies out there that doesn't portray our troops as a bunch of drug addicted, baby killing psychos.

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This. It's the only Vietnam movie that doesn't piss me off.

Posted: 5/15/2018 9:35:48 AM EDT

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While relatively unknown, Purple Hearts also starred The Gunny.

I liked it. It's not a bad movie-but probably not on par with some other choices.

Posted: 5/15/2018 12:57:57 PM EDT

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Coming Home in a Body Bag.

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Shame Body Bag 2 never came out. Some kind of production problems with the director.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:00:51 PM EDT

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Tropic Thunder

Change my mind.

(I'm actually somewhat embarrassed to admit the only one on that list I've seen is Good Morning Vietnam)

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Wow!

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:02:29 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/15/2018 1:04:05 PM EDT

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Go to YouTube and watch the making of Platoon. Pretty crazy how the cast was made to live and eat like soildefs would in the jungle back then.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:04:37 PM EDT

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I win beeches! 21 and a wakeup!

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Posted: 5/15/2018 1:05:24 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/15/2018 1:05:37 PM EDT

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This.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:05:38 PM EDT

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Out of those options Platoon is the clear winner. Tom Berenger was fantastic in that movie, as were many other actors. It has aged well to boot.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:08:51 PM EDT

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We Were Soldiers.

Go Tell the Spartans. One of the best for the early period.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:09:14 PM EDT

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There is a Aussie film Odd Angry Shot is a good watch.

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Yes, that's good, too.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:10:25 PM EDT

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You missed Uncommon Valor.

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And Gardens of Stone

Pole fail!

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:11:41 PM EDT

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Forrest Gump.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:14:52 PM EDT

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We Were Soldiers deserves a spot.

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Posted: 5/15/2018 1:15:03 PM EDT

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We Were Soldiers deserves a spot.

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This. And this would be my vote.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:15:11 PM EDT

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We Were Soldiers deserves a spot.

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Great Movie and better book- the movie only shows 1/2 the battle.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:17:36 PM EDT

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While relatively unknown, Purple Hearts also starred The Gunny.

I liked it. It's not a bad movie-but probably not on par with some other choices.

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Was also going to post. Good for chicks to watch as well and has Cheryl Ladd in it (Nice!).

My Plt Sgt was a Vietnam vet, served 18 months in a rifle platoon near Da Nang and used to say it was his favorite.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:19:05 PM EDT

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We were Soldiers needs to be on the list. One of my friends is a retired army Colonel who served 3 combat tours in Vietnam, one advisor, one infantry, one special forces. He has seen pretty much every Vietnam movie ever made, and tells me We Were Soldiers is the most realistic. He says not perfect as he can roll off a list of small technical errors, but he believes it catches the feel of the early-mid war period when he was there on his second tour.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:26:28 PM EDT

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The Siege of Firebase Gloria...R. Lee Emery...

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:35:36 PM EDT

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I like Apocalypse Now just for the Air Cav scenes, it's kinda boring after the village raid IMO. For Vietnam to have been the helicopter war, Apocalypse Now and We Were Soldiers were the only movies to really incorporate them at all.

Posted: 5/15/2018 1:38:16 PM EDT

[#25]

Missing in Action 2

Posted: 5/15/2018 2:00:16 PM EDT

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Pole impound? Lmao.

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I had to check to see if this was a gene5 thread.

Posted: 5/15/2018 2:03:15 PM EDT

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84 Charlie Mopic

Dog Tags

Posted: 5/15/2018 2:20:14 PM EDT

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We were Soldiers

Posted: 5/15/2018 2:24:37 PM EDT

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We Were Soldiers deserves a spot.

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Damn good movie, from the list in the "pole" I went with Hamburger Hill.

Posted: 5/15/2018 2:28:54 PM EDT

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"Hamburger Hill."

Absolutely hated "Platoon" and that POS Oliver Stone.

Posted: 5/15/2018 2:43:49 PM EDT

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Yup. Pretty good movie.
Its on youtube. Or was.
84c mopic i liked as a teen

Attack on fire base gloria, iron triangle ,

Platoons a great film as well.

Boys in company C.

Lots of them.

Posted: 5/15/2018 10:43:38 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/15/2018 10:45:34 PM EDT

[#33]

No Platoon Leader? Fail!

Posted: 5/15/2018 10:47:01 PM EDT

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lot of solid movies in this thread.

Posted: 5/15/2018 10:48:27 PM EDT

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Out of those options Platoon is the clear winner. Tom Berenger was fantastic in that movie, as were many other actors. It has aged well to boot.

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"I am reality."

Platoon (1986) - I Am Reality Scene (8/10) | Movieclips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bw8UM1eLFo

Posted: 5/15/2018 10:50:23 PM EDT

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In that pole, I'd say Apocalypse Now. Missed some greats (already mentioned), including We Were Soldiers.

Posted: 5/15/2018 10:51:43 PM EDT

[#37]

Where the fuck is We Were Soldiers?

Posted: 5/15/2018 10:54:35 PM EDT

[#38]

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Now brush your teeth in a rapid vertical motion.
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Posted: 5/16/2018 1:12:19 AM EDT

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I bought 317th Platoon and then donated it to the local library.

It's that good.

Best review I've seen.

Directed by Pierre Schoendorfer, a Dienbienphu survivor, and photographed by Raoul Coutard, who shot "Breathless" (the real one, Godard's) and Truffaut's best films, this is in every way the best, most real and gripping filmed drama of the Indochina wars ever made. It was photographed in glorious black-and-white on location in Cambodia. If you were a combat veteran, line doggie or LRRP in Vietnam this wonderful movie will resonate with you. The little details are there, sounds, faces, jungle rivers, all of it. If you weren't there and want to know what it was like then you should purchase this film. No other film comes close to the understated realism and gritty reality of Schoendorfer's masterpiece -- and I've seen them all. This is a true masterpiece of the war film genre and the best "Vietnam movie" ever made. Trust me.

https://www.amazon.com/317th-Platoon-Jacques-Perrin/dp/B075RVGLD3#customerReviews

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Apparently the French still show it during officer training to show what jungle warfare looks like and also the proper relationship between fresh officers and seasoned NCOs (for those who haven't seen the film, the platoon's adjutant is a WWII Wermacht vet from Alsace-Lorraine on his third long tour fighting in Indochina).

Some screen shots for those who haven't seen it yet:

Posted: 5/16/2018 2:33:29 AM EDT

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We Were Soldiers?

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Probably that

company c
C mopic

Go tell the Spartans

Posted: 5/16/2018 4:08:09 AM EDT

[#41]

Born on the 4th of July

Is one, not the best.

Posted: 5/16/2018 4:33:52 AM EDT

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BAT*21
Flight of the Intruder

I voted FMJ.

Posted: 5/16/2018 4:53:24 AM EDT

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Oats Studios - Volume 1 - Firebase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm0V24IEHao

Posted: 5/16/2018 5:06:35 AM EDT

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Voted Apocalypse Now
Can’t vote Platoon because: Oliver Stone
Go Tell the Spartans with Burt Lancaster should be on the pole

Posted: 5/16/2018 5:15:06 AM EDT

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Was also going to post. Good for chicks to watch as well and has Cheryl Ladd in it (Nice!).

My Plt Sgt was a Vietnam vet, served 18 months in a rifle platoon near Da Nang and used to say it was his favorite.

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While relatively unknown, Purple Hearts also starred The Gunny.

I liked it. It's not a bad movie-but probably not on par with some other choices.

Was also going to post. Good for chicks to watch as well and has Cheryl Ladd in it (Nice!).

My Plt Sgt was a Vietnam vet, served 18 months in a rifle platoon near Da Nang and used to say it was his favorite.

Not the best, but one of my favorites. Great date movie.

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