pappy… This Nam vet demanded his money back after FMJ. It was anti-American propaganda. Platoon was nowhere near reality. Apocalypse Now was a pretty neat movie, but had little to do with Vietnam.
The Green Berets (John Wayne), Hamburger Hill (Clint Eastwood) and “We Were Soldiers” (Mel Gibson) were the only Vietnam movies that didn’t have anti-American themes. What a coincidence that the leads were all pro-American actors!
From my little experience with Hollywood types, I would guess that they really believe that it is their duty to instruct us in the reality that only they know. They are an ignorant, loud bunch of fools – rich fools.
I don’t go to the movies any more. After they come out, if they don’t turn out to be America-bashing, I might watch them on PPV (a whole lot cheaper than the movies). Occasionally I’ll watch an America-basher, if I can get it for free, just to see what the latest PC line is.
But Hollywood’s propaganda has turned me off over the years. And they really “jumped the shark” when they changed the villains in Clancy’s “The Sum of All Fears” from middle eastern terrorists to local right wingers.
Oh, and it’s been 20 years since the Iron Curtain crumbled. Why don’t we see movies about the horrors of the USSR – now thoroughly documented?
