The Deer Hunter
and
All Quiet On The Western Front by Remarque.
"I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another."
- Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet On The Western Front
Originally posted by Elamef37Two of my favorites as well.
The Deer Hunter
and
All Quiet On The Western Front by Remarque.
"I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another."
- Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet On The Western Front
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Platoon!
What fear the Americans had against little untrained Asians....!
That fear caused them to rape, pillage and destroy small villages of indigenous peoples because they went in, yet again, blindly into a world of policing that was none of their business! 😛... 😲😲
Was Vietnam threatening America? No, the Vietnamese were all terrorists, of course! 😛
Then again, it was just a fictional film, wasn't it?
Originally posted by BadwaterThank you. Breaker Morant is something I have never seen or heard about, but just read up on the internet, and appears to be very interesting. Is it moving, in a similar way of Platoon, in that young men were thrown into something they didn't understand, or have any idea what they were actually being there for?
Platoon is also one of my favorites. It is closely followed by Saving Private Ryan but I still think Platoon is the superior film.
My favorite, however, is Breaker Morant.
Originally posted by BadwaterI felt Saving Private Ryan was dishonest, grotesque 50s' style sentimentality. And I think Spielberg made amends, somewhat, by producing Band Of Brothers.
Platoon is also one of my favorites. It is closely followed by Saving Private Ryan but I still think Platoon is the superior film.