04-04-2008, 11:06 PM
You're right I forgot, they wore kilts sown with the flesh of dead VC. Oh, and everybody had a necklace of human body parts. Thats how they designated rank because your uniform would get so dirty.
Actually, I guess with as much mythos and falsehood that does surround Vietnam era movies it is a much greater achievement than most of us give the movie credit for. Mel Gibson definately deserves some serious credit for the movie. It was really nice seeing a Vietnam movie that actually portrayed them as soldiers and not like a bunch of redneck serial killers fresh from Appalachia turned loose among the undeserving Asian continent, except for the hero who is the pacifist voice of reason as he disobeys orders and cowers most of the time.
Actually, I guess with as much mythos and falsehood that does surround Vietnam era movies it is a much greater achievement than most of us give the movie credit for. Mel Gibson definately deserves some serious credit for the movie. It was really nice seeing a Vietnam movie that actually portrayed them as soldiers and not like a bunch of redneck serial killers fresh from Appalachia turned loose among the undeserving Asian continent, except for the hero who is the pacifist voice of reason as he disobeys orders and cowers most of the time.
Derek D. Estabrook
