Best Vietnam Film?

[MuggsyB]

I'm not sure it's the best but the first 45 mins of Full Metal Jacket is rather intense.  Kubrick was probably a genius.

[Judge Smails]

Agree Full Metal Jacket is the best. Apocalypse Now a close second. Platoon third.

[MuggsyB]

Agree Full Metal Jacket is the best. Apocalypse Now a close second. Platoon third.

The Deer Hunter?

[MuggsyB]

Best Kubrick Film?

Dr. Strangelove?

A Clockwork Orange?

The Shining?

I think I'd probably go A-Clock-O. 

[Pakuni]

Best Kubrick Film?

Dr. Strangelove?

A Clockwork Orange?

The Shining?

I think I'd probably go A-Clock-O.

Paths of Glory, but they're (almost) all great.

[reinko]

Don't laugh, but the first Rambo is great Vietnam movie and pretty good all around movie too.

[MuggsyB]

Don't laugh, but the first Rambo is great Vietnam movie and pretty good all around movie too.

I agree. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Apocalypse Now by a country mile for me

[MU82]

I remember that after I watched The Deer Hunter, I thought at the time it was the best movie I had ever seen. To this day, I haven't seen many things more intense in a movie than the Russian Roulette scene. Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now and Platoon would have to be 1-2-3 in some order.

But if we're talking about the Vietnam War movie I "enjoyed" the most, it would have to be Good Morning, Vietnam, with Robin Williams at the height of his career.

[MuggsyB]

Best War Film?

I recently saw Glory for the first time in awhile.  Excellent film.  I'm not including documentaries.  That World at War 10 part doc is absolutely phenomenal.  Patton?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Best War Film?

Inglorious Basterds is my favorite,  not sure if best, but favorite

[MU82]

Inglorious Basterds is my favorite,  not sure if best, but favorite

Good call. I LOVED that movie, and thought it should have won the Oscar that year. I didn't expect it to be as funny as it was, while also being great story-telling and wonderfully acted.

[Pakuni]

Best War Film?

I recently saw Glory for the first time in awhile.  Excellent film.  I'm not including documentaries.  That World at War 10 part doc is absolutely phenomenal.  Patton?

Does Tropic Thunder count?
If not, the aforementioned Paths of Glory.

[MuggsyB]

Inglorious Basterds is my favorite,  not sure if best, but favorite

Inglorious Basterds is excellent.  "Dammit Hirshburg".  I think Tarantino is only making one more film. 

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I've seen two Vietnam related films in the last month.  Both are recent movies and I enjoyed and recommend.

The Last Full Measure - Based on a true story (an A. Lincoln quote)

Last Flag Flying - Based on a novel and ties in Vietnam to the invasion of Iraq.

[real chili 83]

Watched Green Berets yesterday. The Duke playing himself.

[Silent Verbal]

Watched Green Berets yesterday. The Duke playing himself.

Never seen it, but have always wanted to as a curiosity.  Isn't it the only pro-Vietnam War movie ever made?

[real chili 83]

It might be.

Lots of good one-liners. The scene with Puff is 100% Hollywood.

[CTWarrior]

Inglorious Basterds is excellent.  "Dammit Hirshburg".  I think Tarantino is only making one more film.

The first scene with Landa interrogating the French farmer is bone-chilling and one of the best scenes ever filmed, IMO.  The rest of it is fantastic, too.  Pulp Fiction is tremendous, but I think Inglorious Basterds is Tarantino's best.

[CTWarrior]

Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now and Platoon would have to be 1-2-3 in some order.

I essentially agree with this list with regards to Vietnam war movies.  It is funny, war movies are often uplifting with a happy ending (a group of misfits come together to blow up a bridge or something), but the Vietnam war movies never seem to be.  As a result, they don't do much for me, compared to other war movies.

[CTWarrior]

Agree Full Metal Jacket is the best. Apocalypse Now a close second. Platoon third.

Full Metal Jacket is half a great movie.  If I come across it on TV, I don't watch after basic training is over.

[CTWarrior]

Best War Film?

I recently saw Glory for the first time in awhile.  Excellent film.  I'm not including documentaries.  That World at War 10 part doc is absolutely phenomenal.  Patton?

The Bridge over the River Kwai is a favorite of mine.

[Coleman]

Full Metal Jacket is fine.

But the answer to this is Apocalpyse Now and it isn't even close.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Full Metal Jacket is half a great movie.  If I come across it on TV, I don't watch after basic training is over.

Same here

Full Metal Jacket is fine.

But the answer to this is Apocalpyse Now and it isn't even close.

meh, gets boring AF after they reach Kurtz's outpost, should have been about an hour shorter IMO

[Billy Hoyle]

Does Tropic Thunder count?

If Die Hard is a Christmas movie then yes, it counts.