The Green Berets

Media:	DVD
Directed by:	John Wayne, Ray Kellogg, Mervyn LeRoy
Starring:	John Wayne, David Janssen
Release date:	14 September, 2004
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The Green Berets

Average rating: Stars

Major Character Lacked Authenticity

Regardless of whatever you think about this film, in the real world (then and now), one simply does not find any active US Army Special Forces colonels who diplay the big-belly girth, hearty avoisdupois and bulbous jug-derrier that John Wayne carried, lumbering through this movie. Yon Duke had a lean-and-hungry look: NOT.

The Green Berets - John Wayne, David Janssen

Popular--no... Enjoyable--yes!

Ok, this movie is not very popular in some circles, and it's not highly regarded in any film critic circles, BUT I like this movie. Why would I like a movie this unpopular? Because it portrays a part of the war that we don't often get to see. Hey, it's highly anti-communist, and it shows why our men were dedicated to fighting against it. The war was very cruel, and many things that happened were not good, but our men were fighting for the freedom of men--not just the Vietnamese, but the whole free world that was being threatened by Communism. I think that the way our soldiers were treated coming back was disgraceful, and I'm thankful for a movie like this that actually portrays them as the heroes they are. This allows me to overlook some of the weaknesses of the movie. If you are a film critic don't even bother with this, but if you like patriotism, hate communism, and like seeing the good guys beat up some bad guys you'll enjoy this movie!

John Wayne, David Janssen - The Green Berets

A Good Film!

I enjoyed watching this film! It is very emotional and the group dymanics are a major part of this plot.

As the other reviewers have pointed out, one will notice that this film has a slant which is in favour of the Vietnam war and maybe that it isn't exactly accurate. It has some propaganda mixed into it, but what can you expect from a war time film? Without reference to what side this movie is advocating, I think it is generally a good and interesting film with good acting.

That being said, the bias of the film is not as strong as some would like to make it seem. The war was a very decisive issue and was a major dividing line in the 1960's and 1970's. I think we can sit back now, and watch this film for what it is worth. Even if we don't necessarily share the patriotic feelings that the maker of the film seems to have. We do well to realize that it is an interesting film put together by people who had a particular perspective on this war.

The film has more depth beyond who was wrong and who was right. The young kid who is distraught at the end brings to light that the greatest causulties of war are not the soliders, sometimes they are the survivors who were never even enrolled into the war.