Good Morning Vietnam

[Bamboo Grove]

Just watched the movie for the first time since leaving South-East Asia. It's great to be able to find good movies on youtube (the other one I've just watched was The Green Mile.)

Now then, I thought the Vietnam movie was actually very good, it wasn't about the battles and the fighting or who was right and who was wrong but a lot about how difficult it is to behave according to totally different cultural values. The director has really been able to show the differences (in a short period of time) between western and eastern cultures, for example with the hero trying to date the girl (actually played by a Thai actress Jintara, whom the missus picked up immediately but that's another story.)

During my Thailand years I was lucky enough to have a couple of good friends who actually were in Vietnam and they all said that they don't like to watch movies about the war as the movies are all bs. I know, there are some VN veterans in this forum, what do you say about this movie?

[MURF]

Hy big fella how are u.
Did you see me or rather my left arm in the movie.
Funny story really,we were employed after getting off a bus on ko san road really early in the morning,half drunk but not sober -on the up so to say.In the scene of the american football game,,,,none of us irish,english,swedish or aussie 'actors' knew how to play amrican f/b so we payed rugby sort of !!!!!!!!!!.
Only my letf arm made the cut

[Bamboo Grove]

MURF, I'm as Gooner as ever, will go to watch a match in October again. Tell me where in the movie (which scene) that was and I'll watch it again.

[johnnyk]

Not the same movie but a friend of mine is in Apocalypse Now, the scene with the Playboy bunnies. He was in Thailand and the movie scouts were rounding up falang to be extras in a few scenes.
He got paid, about $20/day and free food, which helped out his backpacking journey. We rented the vid and, sure enough there he was in a crowd of guys!

[Bamboo Grove]

I actually did couple of these "acting" jobs in Hong Kong in -88 and was offered a 3 week job because I was able to speak a bit Cantonese. Didn't take that one as I had to hurry north to Beijing were I had promised to meet some friends coming there by the Trans-Siberian. Always like to think what that job would have been like.

[lomuamart]

I actually did couple of these "acting" jobs in Hong Kong in -88 and was offered a 3 week job because I was able to speak a bit Cantonese. Didn't take that one as I had to hurry north to Beijing were I had promised to meet some friends coming there by the Trans-Siberian. Always like to think what that job would have been like.

Come on. Own up. You're either Bruce Willis or Brad Pitt in disguise

[Randy Cornhole]

a friend of mine is in Apocalypse Now

Now thats cool. Its my fave vietnam war film by far.
Just as an aside - did you know that over twice as many viet vets have committed suicide since the vietnam war than were killed in it...!!!

I can only claim to have been the Queen video 'I want to break free' sadly no film work has come Cornholes was to date...

[hhfarang]

Now thats cool. Its my fave vietnam war film by far.

Mine too, and my favorite line is: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning"... in the context of the movie of course...

[bladerunner2120]

hmmm>>>maybe i should look at it again, i wasnt so impressed when i first viewed it but i did like "The Quite American" and i was there not long after it came out.