KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

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Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Tracy Winters The Duke goes to Vietnam with a flag wrapped around his body (and his mind) to fight a modern day war with World War II patriotism and the result is a can of rotting spam.Wayne's cronies Cabot and Hutton are along for the ride to try and show that America is truly #1, though it's hard to think Vietnam was a place where Wayne's officers would put on a tuxedo in the evening and frequent the posh nightclubs of Saigon.Not a war movie for the guys who served in Vietnam nor for anyone else who is concerned with true history, because this film is baloney.'Provo' is played by Luke Askew, the hippie whom Peter Fonda picks up on the highway in 'Easy Rider'.

sddavis63 I suppose you have to give John Wayne credit. By 1968 the Vietnam War was already becoming unpopular, protests against it were erupting, America's allies were publicly opposing it. Making a movie that would be essentially a defence of U.S. involvement in Vietnam took some guts. Of course, Wayne's fan base was likely made up of the more conservative types in American society, but still. Making a pro-Vietnam movie in 1968 would have been cutting increasingly against the grain. And, no doubt owing to Wayne's stature, even anti-Vietnam actors wanted roles in this - notably David Janssen as anti-war reporter George Beckworth, who follows the unit as a war correspondent, and Star Trek's George Takei, who took on the role of Captain Nim, a ruthless South Vietnamese officer.Now, I'm no expert on the Vietnam War or anything military to be honest. But to my amateur eye, this seemed rather well done and the military scenes seemed authentic. Of course, it's the reverse of what we usually associate with movies about Vietnam. In this, the U.S. is noble, and fighting for a just cause against the atrocities of the communist, North Vietnamese enemy. In fact, all that is made so clear that in the end Beckworth becomes a supporter of the U.S. involvement. And, unlike most Vietnam movies, this movie doesn't focus on young draftees but on the special forces, who likely were much more professional and who probably had higher morale.Perhaps in a reflection of one of the basic reasons for the unpopularity of the Vietnam War, the prime weakness of the movie for me was a lack of clear focus or purpose. The movie has a tragic figure - the young Vietnamese boy who has only a dog as a companion and who bonds with one of the U.S. soldier. In the end, it finally settles into a purpose - to capture a senior North Vietnamese general. But for the most part, this just depicts war.It does provide an interesting and alternative perspective that's worth watching - and it shouldn't be dismissed for its bias, it should be evaluated on its merits. On that basis, it isn't great, but it's a worthwhile watch. (6/10)

Ben Larson You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure that a Vietnam War movie starring and produced by John Wayne would be hugely pro war. Every time someone had anything to say, they came out in favor of the war. Sure, Charlie was ruthless, and the boogieman (commies) was everywhere, but to produce a war movie that shed not one drop of blood is a real stretch. Everything is so nice and neat. All brutality takes place off camera, and we listen to the stories of Charlie's ruthlessness. The one good thing about the film was seeing the versatility of the C-130.1968 also gave us Lee Marvin and The Dirty Dozen, and much better acting, with back up by John Cassavetes and Jim Brown.

denis888 Proaganda films are always easy to criticize - more pose tan realism, more pathos than catharsis, more naiveté than pain. Well, not always like that. The Green Berets is not Platoon, or We Were Soldiers, and surely, not Apocalypse Now. I agree on that. But this movie is not as bad as it was described by oh so many critics. John Wayne is one of my all-time favorites, and here he is not at his best, but still he does a decent job. His Col. Kirby is a good soldier, a brave warrior, an honest man and a loving heart. He is no a killing machine, surely. His character is not in fact the main moment, which is good, the movie speaks more about other Berets and rightly so. I agree, here are many bad examples of real right-wing propaganda here, yes, and Viet Kong is shown in deep black color scheme, while South Viet Nam is almost angelic in depiction. Some exaggerations are obvious, and some bias is clear, too. But then, all the cast did a good job, and despite naive video effects, the battle scenes are very impressive. In their sheer brutality. This movie is a curious curio of that age, a certain great instance of pro-war sentiment. Must be watched with a grain of salt, but still can be very deep and tragic.