Movie Platoon

[-tronski-]

Just before the main characters pill box is blow up by a rocket, that they just escape, there is an NVA guy shouting orders on what sounds like a bullhorn.

Anyone ever seen a translation of that dialog? 

...yeah...I guess I got too much time on my hands.

the statue of liberty is kaput!

Yeah.  The best war movies seem to be ones that have the anti-war crowd cheering, and the 'Gung ho' crowd cheering too.

After 'Saving Private Ryan' and the 'Band of Brothers' everything that came before seems pretty lame now.

What are the movies that rise above?   Platoon is a good candidate.   'Midway' and 'Tora Tora Tora' for their time were fantastic.

The newest thing always seems better, but there is plenty of great war films that pre-date SPR....The Dambusters, Full Metal Jacket, Bridge on the River Kwai etc etc...essentially SPR is just like the classic movies just getting from A to B once you get passed the inital 20 mins....I'm pretty sure the new Pacific mini series may set a new bench mark.

 Tronsky

[jimson]

That the one with a mostly all black LRRP squad that had an army photography attached to them on a mission that they found out later was basically a suicidal decoy mission?  If it's the same one, it was a good movie.


ack-ack

Hmmm......

Only one black guy, the rest white. Don't remember it being a suicidal decoy mission.

However, it was a LRRP squad, and there was an army camera man attached to them, also a green 2nd lieutenant.

It was filmed through the perspective of the camera man, documentary-like, along the lines of "The Blair Witch Project" style.

The similarities to what you describe makes me think it is the same flick.

Good film.

[jimson]

I think there's a country singer in the film,

Dwight Yoakum

[Fencer51]

Peter Jackson is remaking "The Damn Busters".  That oughta be interesting at least.

[Curval]

If you haven't seen Kokoda 39th Battalion, I suggest you do. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoda_(film)