how did "we were soldiers" ever get made?

[MRT144]

within the first 10 minutes theres so much that is pulled from today and put into the past. like white people who didnt know what "whites only" meant. or "i dont want to make orphans". people in 1964 didnt think like this or were ijgnorant of their own society!

gibson better die!

[alva]

???

[Berzerker]

its a good movie...and the guy he's depicting advised on the film I believe.

[FrostyBoy]

The movie is full of crap.

[Ted Striker]

There's no anti-British theme in that movie it must not be a Mel Gibson movie

[Sava]

lol tah t mOVIE sucked man!

it was bliek battlefidl gvietman, but klike, it asn't as good as bf1992 ri mean 1924 or qwhgver

the thinf read line sucked ass too , don't see tha shtr1

[MRT144]

just the whole thing with the wives and the white woman being oblivious to racism...

unless she was magically transported back there from the far future theres no possible way she was unaware or would protest the way she did.

[Sikander]

The movie was disapppointing, especially considering the great cast etc. But the book rocks.

[BeBMan]

I was surprised though that the Vietnamese weren't painted as quasi-Nazis.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by BeBro
I was surprised though that the Vietnamese weren't painted as quasi-Nazis.

Thankfully Harold Moore (the guy Gibson plays in the film) and Joseph Galloway (co-author of the book with Moore) wouldn't allow it. They actually met the NVA commander and interviewed him, but he wasn't much use as a source, preferring to repeat propoganda rather than share much information.

[Ned]

Yeah the book was good.

MRT, I saw the movie some time ago, so I do not recall what you are talking about WRT to the "wives" issue. The movie was a Vietnam war movie that is based on a real battle, the first between the North Vietnamese and the US Army.

The movie and the book have different endings, as the book is tells what really happened and the movie has a "Hollywood" ending.

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by BeBro
I was surprised though that the Vietnamese weren't painted as quasi-Nazis.

Yeah now that I remember, that was a shining aspect of this movie, it painted the North Vietnamese in a respectful light, showing the bravery of the soldiers and the intelligence and fortitude of the generals.

[Gatekeeper]

"Band of Brothers" is a pretty hard-hitting mini-series.

[Ted Striker]

Band of Brothers is the l33t

Lt. Compton > entire enemy army

[Flip McWho]

Yeah Band of Brothers is by far the best war anything out there.