Platoon.

[MasterBlaster]

To compare any film about the Vietnam conflict with Apocalypse now is ridiculous. Apocalypse now is set during the war, but is more than war film. I would go as far as to say it's not a war film at all, more of a cinematic essay on the collective and individual insanity of war. It has a depth and grandeur to equal the writing of Chekhov. The shear scale of Coppola's tour de force work alone makes anything else seem like a TV movie. The film is stacked full of quotable lines that have become as part of our culture as one would hope they would. "Charlie don't surf", " I love the smell of napalm in the morning", "We train men to drop fire on people, but our commanders won't let them write F*ck on their airplanes". The sound design by Walter Murch is astounding. Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro has never bettered the awesome beauty of this film. In Cinematic terms Apocalypse Now is a work of Genius. It is both literary and accessible.

I love the work of Oliver Stone, but Platoon despite being a fantastic war film is simply that, a war film.

 

 

The dickins you say.

[Mick Stockbridge]

[ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bb3Oim4huKg&feature=related[/ame]

[welwell]

Platoon gets my vote all day.

Willem dafoe is a legend in this movie

[Jason James Gairn]

Platoon gets my vote all day.

Willem dafoe is a legend in this movie

 

What about at night?

[slasherscot]

Killing Fields is my favourite

[Peter]

Forrest Gump for me.

[Buzz]

Forrest Gump for me.

 

 

LOL

 

We were soliders isn't bad for a modern hollywood balls up.

[High Scale]

To compare any film about the Vietnam conflict with Apocalypse now is ridiculous. Apocalypse now is set during the war, but is more than war film. I would go as far as to say it's not a war film at all, more of a cinematic essay on the collective and individual insanity of war. It has a depth and grandeur to equal the writing of Chekhov. The shear scale of Coppola's tour de force work alone makes anything else seem like a TV movie. The film is stacked full of quotable lines that have become as part of our culture as one would hope they would. "Charlie don't surf", " I love the smell of napalm in the morning", "We train men to drop fire on people, but our commanders won't let them write F*ck on their airplanes". The sound design by Walter Murch is astounding. Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro has never bettered the awesome beauty of this film. In Cinematic terms Apocalypse Now is a work of Genius. It is both literary and accessible.

I love the work of Oliver Stone, but Platoon despite being a fantastic war film is simply that, a war film.

 

 

Hey! lets not forget that Apocalypse Now was based on the book Heart of Darkness, that had nothing to do with the Vietnam war.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Darkness

[Jason James Gairn]

Hey! lets not forget that Apocalypse Now was based on the book Heart of Darkness, that had nothing to do with the Vietnam war.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Darkness

 

Not forgotten at all. Did anyone see the Tim Roth version? rubbish.

[arbogrunt]

'I love the smell of 2-stroke in the morning...'

 

I haven't got any particular favourite, I like bits from all the films mentioned. A few of my mates were extra's in 'Full metal jacket', which makes me laugh every time I watch it 'This is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for shooting, this is for fun'...classic stuff!