Been spending lot of time with my dad and he loves old war movies.
We’re watching Hamburger Hill (1987) and it’s odd because it’s an old-fashioned style war movie, despite being from the 80s and despite it being about Vietnam.
Ignoring the stupid 80s racial commentary re: black/White (blacks are an underrepresented minority in combat MOSs), and some elements that have become too cliche in war movies since then, it’s really a good old school war movie that focuses on the soldiers’ stories.
There are some too long battle scenes, but the bulk of it is soldiers dealing with human issues in their downtime. I think the first firefight wasn’t until 40 minutes in. There’s political commentary about war (appropriate) but no Poz. For instance “nigger” and “faggot” are said without it being a thing. The concerns of the gooks are given no fucks.
Almost felt like a Patton-style war movie set in Vietnam.
7/10 I am surprised I didn’t see this when it came out.
We’re watching Hamburger Hill (1987) and it’s odd because it’s an old-fashioned style war movie, despite being from the 80s and despite it being about Vietnam.
Ignoring the stupid 80s racial commentary re: black/White (blacks are an underrepresented minority in combat MOSs), and some elements that have become too cliche in war movies since then, it’s really a good old school war movie that focuses on the soldiers’ stories.
There are some too long battle scenes, but the bulk of it is soldiers dealing with human issues in their downtime. I think the first firefight wasn’t until 40 minutes in. There’s political commentary about war (appropriate) but no Poz. For instance “nigger” and “faggot” are said without it being a thing. The concerns of the gooks are given no fucks.
Almost felt like a Patton-style war movie set in Vietnam.
7/10 I am surprised I didn’t see this when it came out.