Hadrina
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Fatma Suarez
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Mathilde the Guild
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
yangcaiqiliu
It is very real and close to the reality of Vietnam. A lot of American movies make the American soldiers look bad. This is wrong. All the left-wing movie director did this in order to stop the draft. My Grandfather a United States Marine officer fight for America in Korea and Vietnam. He would not lie to me and he love freedom. We need patriotism in this country.
Make America great again, President Trump!
stackja
I see negative reviews.Probably not politically correct for some it seems.John Wayne made a statement.At the same time, John Wayne knew a movie had to engage the audience.The politics at the time were divided.It seems again that reviews were and are divided.Movies of an earlier war were accepted.These movies even today are accepted.The opponents of that earlier war were not well received.Again it seems some wars are not acceptable.Even if war aims are well meant.
cemab4y
This film was NOT loved by critics. Most critics were unable to shed their political views. There were very few films, supportive of the US effort in Indochina. And regardless of the critical panning, this film was a money-maker. The Duke lost a tub of money on "The Alamo".This film has some errors, and the special effects look primitive by contemporary standards.Nevertheless, the Duke felt (correctly) that a film needed to be made, in support of the US war effort. True, the Duke never served in the military, he had medical problems, and he was refused enlistment in WW2.
John T. Ryan
THAT THE Vietnam WAR era served to ignite a sort of National metamorphosis in the country is one fact about that period in our history that is undebatable. Whatever position one embraces In the political spectrum, all agree on this. The discussion quickly livens up when it comes to matters of who, what, when and why are interjected into the debate.THE STORY FOLLOWS closely the tenets that are expounded in the original story by Robin Moore. In short, war is Hell and the United States Armed Forces have been put into harms way with the best of intentions. With that, we are reminded that, as so eloquently worded in that old proverb; "The Road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions!"AS FOR THE film, It manages to tends to balance its elements very well. The dramatic, dialog laden scenes, that are so necessary in moving the story, are countered by the proper number of battle scenes to maintain its status as a war & action movie.THERE HAVE BEEN critics who dismiss THE GREEN BERETS as being a sort of cultural anachronism; comparing it to THE SANDS OF IWO GIMA. Our positions that all of our service men serve us and without our Armed Forces, we wouldn't have the freedom to even write our amateur reviews for IMDb.com. (This last observation, we hope and pray, will be realized by the present Administration in Washington; before it's too late. Can you say "Vladimir Putin?")PERHAPS THE TRUE culprit in this controversy is the Lyndon Johnson Administration. LBJ, himself, had made a statement that, "I don't want to have an outhouse bombed without my approval!"* Added to that, Ddfense Secretary Robert McNamara's habit of micro-managing everything and it is a small wonder that the conflict, in spite of what was one of the greatest military build-ups in history, lasted as long as it did.IN LATER YEARS, after the conflict was over, we heard a discussion on the radio (on the G. Gordon Liddy Show, to be exact). It featured some former military big wigs, who agreed that the War could have been won by taking out 27 military targets. It is food for thought, whether or not this bit of the hypothetical is agreeable to you.AT AROUND THIS same time, a daily and Sunday Comic Strip spin off appeared. TALES OF THE GREEN BERET was scripted by Ronbin Moore and illustrated by comics' living legend, Joe Kubert.PERHAPS ONE TRAGEDY that was a by product of that period of time is that attitude and treatment of the Vietnam Veterans. They were always being portrayed in motion pictures as psychotic killers or worse. And it took what, about 20 years or so for us to have "Welcome Home Parades" for them.
