I haven't seen many but my favourite one is probably Apocalypse Now. Many others I have forgotten their title.

I dont like war films that much however "Heaven & Earth" is quite good. And I've seen "Miss Saigon" (musical) in the theatre which was wonderful.. I should go see it again.

Heaven & Earth, must be the Korean film that discussed before in the Korean forum about human flying to heaven.

eeeee.. don't think so.. http://www.oscarworld.net/ostone/default.asp?PageId=16 check it here...

i watched the quiet american... that's about the only Viet war film i've seen... felt kinda insulting...

why is it insulting to you ?

This one is about the VN war and human going to hell

when i was watching it.. that's how i felt.. i think it was more on the american side.. where all the Viet seems like traitors and b!tches... that is true, but that's not all of it...

How about movie like "Hamburger Hill" which depicts the American GIs were in the front line and did all of the fighting against the VC.

My dad acted as a corpse in this movie

It was shot in the Philipines, and my Dad happened to be in the refugee camp, that was selected to act as corpse and such. He used the money to go to Singapore

I don't remember the name of it, but....tht guy from Hollow Man acted in it..I think..

lol.. that's cool... where u from Tetsu?... btw, is that Johnny Depp.. i mean Kevin Bacon?... sleeping hollow.. and hollow man...!!! ugh!!

i thought the Americans were portraited mostly as unsophisticated or crude (that's why it's a big deal when you find one that's quiet and wouldn't drink and yap non-sense all the time). The film also accuses the American attempt to control South Vietnam's politic through brutal plots and manipulations (when the Quiet American turned deadly near the end)
The movie was pretty fair, IMO. there were b!tches and traitors (were there ever in a Vietnam war movie), but there were patriots too (the Vietcong were definitely Vietnam's patriots in the film)

Apocolypse Now is also one of my fav. I also liked Platoon and We were soldiers.

My dad (Vietnamese born Chinese) escaped from the VN war, and ended up in Philipines, but then went to Singapore.

I was born in Singapore, but..Im in Canada right now, b/c my uncle sponsored the family here.

As for the actor, he looked kinda like this guy:



Not sure if its him though

I guess I'll take "We Were Soldiers" because that's the only movie that depicts more of NVNA than any other movies, am I right?

^ .. i guess u r right too... but there are ppl who dun like the VC like me... they are patriots, but they only care about the country and not the people.. aren't the ppl makes the country?.. i believe the south ppl are also patriots... and isn't that make the movie give out wrong impression...??

i can't c the pic.. anyway, it seems Canada rules this Vietnamese chat !! .. what's Vietnamese born Chinese... ?? Vietnamese born in China or Chinese born in Vietnam?... btw, my dad lived in Phillipines for sometime too.

Well it is 'supposed' to but still the American side owns at least 80% of the movie. I think it's an upgrade compared to other movies that make VC and NVA seem like jungle rats and suicidal maniacs.

Yeah. That's what I like about it. At least it's 20% of the other side.

The one thing that i've noticed about Vietnam War movies is that they all depict U.S soldiers were the one that did all the fighting.

i noticed that too... so gay...!!

i remember some big Vietcong had said after the war,"it was about the ideology, the ppl had nothing to do with it". (still can't remember her name)

"Aint the ppl make the country?" i guess you've made a good point there, but it's complicated when you involved south ppl. There were south ppl who were with the Vietcong's Liberation front and considered themselve patriots. and there werew south ppl who were in the government and also considered themselve patriots. Though One fact that took away the south government's credibility from the eyes of most Vietnamese was half a million American soldiers on Vietnamese soil (and thousands more from Aus, South Korea, etc). because it showed that the south governemnt was not about the people either, but about "The Free World vs Communism"

I'd say more lesbian!

geez i noticed that too. I wonder why that many south soldiers died ? sleeping and eating too much ??

i'm not good with name either...

i'm not sure i understand u correctly... u said that the south is more like " The Free World vs Communism"... but didn't the North attack first?... and the South was just defending it... and fighting freedom is like fighting for the people...


and Tuan, shush dun mock the way i talk!

I think they didn't fight for democracy, although some did gave up their lives for it. But most of them were fighting because it was well paid! Right? That's just me.

i dun think ppl would die for money...

you mean that ppl fought cuz they got money? I dont think so.. what's the sense of getting money when some wounds cannt be healed, time cannt erase the pain...

what i meant to say was the South was ganging up with the foreign troops on the north, under the banner of "the Free World" (I don't mean to say the South was fighting "for freedom" because i wouldn't know if it actually was or not, I just meant to say it was fighting under the banner of the "Free World"). The north got helps from the Soviet and China and fought for ideology (communism) too, but it looked better because, supposedly, there was no foreign troop in the North. sorry if i actually confused you.


what i meant was that i didn't agree with American film makers about making it looked as if all combat were done by American troops and not south Vietnamese troops.
Soldiers in the south mostly fought because they were forced to (bi bat buoc phai di linh). some fought because they hated the communists., some fought because their love ones got killed by communists, etc
I think the reverse of what you said was true during the war. some (wealthy families) paid well so they didn't have to fight, but i don't think they were paid enough to fight and die

thx for clearing that up. but it's really who u asked.. 'cuz both side have ppl fight for both.. the ideology and the people... and i agree with VA

Thats because most of these films, if not all of them are made by Hollywood so of course there would be some bias.

Chinese born in Vietnam

any who

I've seen quite a few, but..remember none of their names.

The only film that's been fairly objective so far was Good Morning Việt Nam.

Apocalypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Full Metal Jacket, Indochine and Platoon are all great films.

best viet war film is the one with that kid who has to live with all these different ppl and travel around vietnam cuz his paents were killed by the frendch forgot what it was called.A bright Shinning lie and we were soldiers are kick @$$