tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post3341197412152945031..comments2024-03-25T06:50:31.379-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: CRACKER? The Siege of Firebase GloriaWar Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-25077480507404421462024-02-07T20:32:16.599-06:002024-02-07T20:32:16.599-06:00Watched this movie several times and decided to co...Watched this movie several times and decided to comment on a few things<br /><br />When the clamor mines were planted in the VC base , how did the get detonated?<br /><br />Air Cav patches had a red stripe and I’ve never seen them with anything other than a black stripe.<br /><br />The (3) Huey’s kept circling the base firing rockets, but none had rocket mounts?<br /><br />Just some observations Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-17335810143361360072021-11-07T01:53:06.549-06:002021-11-07T01:53:06.549-06:00Yeah buudyYeah buudyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10494643347707242941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-70626298790989672872021-11-07T01:51:46.881-06:002021-11-07T01:51:46.881-06:00Hey cracker ur brain has crumbled as u are wrong a...Hey cracker ur brain has crumbled as u are wrong about every issue except maybe one. The medical facility on fbg is more than an aid station w/a first aid box but a remote roughly organized mock hospital that served particularly seriously wounded infantrymen who needed immediate attention where ambulatory services were heavily impeded by fierce assault which would likely killed more than saved. Extraction of wounded from heavily seiged outposts was near impossible (extremely dangerous) & could not afford more than a few seconds on pad to off load supplies and dust off or die.when as hot as such a base. There were cases of women volunteers in rwmote hostile stations in Nam. Also,have you ever heard of timed detonators? Magic not needed dummy!!!. Also, your critisism of haf & nard dialogue is cheesy when recounting an emotional event of the death of nards son & nards emotional state being resentful of his courrier under extreme pressure like that. You would be balled up in a corner sucking ur thumb if in such an actual situation. Chances are too that they ran out of claymores due to the heavy numbered assault they were under daily. Your critisisms are baseless and mute! As for the commented opinion of a proffesional over a wb critic like u eg SFBG vs BTF. I'll go w/the pro every time. Find a job your good at.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10494643347707242941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-72100805185161106502021-03-20T23:11:26.447-05:002021-03-20T23:11:26.447-05:00I've probably seen this 5 times. It's awe...I've probably seen this 5 times. It's awesome - kinda' like the 'Roadhouse' of Vietnam films.<br /><br />Plus, EVERYONE wanted to see the Senior Drill Instructor in action...Rusty L. Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12218842689372468432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-57504467653213800082019-01-04T23:55:48.616-06:002019-01-04T23:55:48.616-06:00btw....i wrote that comment. wings hauserbtw....i wrote that comment. wings hauserWings hauserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07088374484442013212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-10141019808938602592019-01-04T23:53:47.814-06:002019-01-04T23:53:47.814-06:00wow.....i was just trying to make it thru the Phil...wow.....i was just trying to make it thru the Philippine heat....i hated the fucking director. if u look close youll see a pile of dead dogs in the village....real dogs murdered at the order of this director....the best thing about film? i got paid....Wings hauserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07088374484442013212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-28347473935974524032018-08-09T10:34:16.926-05:002018-08-09T10:34:16.926-05:00Thanks for backing me up. Come join my War Movie ...Thanks for backing me up. Come join my War Movie Lovers Group on Facebook.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-57523517710141322602018-08-06T18:20:05.984-05:002018-08-06T18:20:05.984-05:00As a combat infantryman who served in Vietnam I ha...As a combat infantryman who served in Vietnam I have to say this movie is by far the most disgusting, disturbing and inaccurate portrayal of America's involvement there. I can only assume that it was written as a farce(a pathetic one at that). I only hope that everyone involved in the making of this piece of trash, upon their death find themselves in the 60s and early 70s Vietnam repelling an assault on FB Gloria in Hell with Satan commanding the Firebase.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17949790621364094148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-82363542331546525652018-04-19T21:37:02.042-05:002018-04-19T21:37:02.042-05:00I'm not David Hogg, but your referring to him ...I'm not David Hogg, but your referring to him tells me who you are.<br /> War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-50933475065621239192018-04-16T07:34:48.835-05:002018-04-16T07:34:48.835-05:00I enjoyed Siege of FB Gloria and loved seeing Erme...I enjoyed Siege of FB Gloria and loved seeing Ermey<br />in character again. Something tells me this reviewer is David Hogg. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-43193123986584269722018-04-07T12:20:52.960-05:002018-04-07T12:20:52.960-05:00Very interesting. Thank you very much. I love th...Very interesting. Thank you very much. I love the connecting to Westerns. That makes a lot of sense.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-40401562307628090172018-04-04T01:08:10.338-05:002018-04-04T01:08:10.338-05:00I am stupidly late on this, and that anon will def...I am stupidly late on this, and that anon will definitely not see it, but man, you want a truly non-pc war movie? It's gotta be fucking Cross of Iron. You just try and make something on *heroic* Nazi soldiers today.<br /><br />The bitter truth is Gloria is focus grouped to hell and back, if you watch a ton of bad war movies at once (like Pearl harbor) you'll come to realise how paint by numbers it is. I'm no vet, nor do I even know any, but I HAVE worked in Hollywood, and you begin to understand the particular formula "military consultant" pencil pushers need at a bare minimum to secure US military technical assistance on movies. It has a ton of elements, historically inaccurate tactics despite the wealth of information about the event (done so you only ever sympathize with explicitly named "enemies"), both sides have a "token" that run against our standard perception (honourable VC vs American Psycho, look at many bland Iraq War movies to see similar), women's inexplicable inclusion in a combat zone (later on through the late 80s to today they must also always be a love interest)<br />Actually gonna stop myself there and tell you what I picked up on, as an easy way to tell. Bad war movies are engineered by consultants as glorified modern Westerns, complete with "brave noble savage charges" and "imperiled pioneer women", with a small twist of "not everyone is uniformly bad/good"<br />Go ahead and replace the M16s with Kentucky rifles, and the VC with Mohawk wearing Indian braves.<br />Behind Enemy Lines managed to get away with no love interest somehow, but the plotline is a very obvious "white hat vs black hats" setup, with the tracksuited sniper being the "implacable corrupt lawman"<br />I don't really know why the US and Hollywood came together upon this formula as the "winning combination" but if I had to guess, it was truly a direct replacement for the Westerns the Boomer generation grew out of, hence the shoddy repainting job. They are all elements that demographic would *expect* to see in "heroic tales", as well as a result of "our" sliding scales of acceptable targetable minorities.<br />Injuns are out? Japanese are in. Japanese are out? VC are in. VC are out? Arabs are in. (Russians and Germans are always ok though because they're white and that hits no domestic oppression points) The most formulaic war movies of their era, I notice always follow this pseudo Western construction. It is just sometimes less noticeable because a culture or people justify the use of human wave tactics in the setting (Japanese banzai charge, the lack of a fear of death among Islamic radicals, for example), but if you look for other Western elements they begin falling into place. (Hence the lack of, as you pointed out, modern fortifications like barbed wire, as it was not "built" like a movie taking place in the *1960s* but the 1860s)<br /><br />Sadly, the use of beautifully structured wide pan shots is NOT one of those elements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-55654335862180467182018-01-31T19:01:31.508-06:002018-01-31T19:01:31.508-06:00It amazed me how many people think the movie is go...It amazed me how many people think the movie is good. Some even think it is great!War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-30470229241973735572018-01-30T02:53:25.342-06:002018-01-30T02:53:25.342-06:00Sat down to watch this film yesterday. I have alwa...Sat down to watch this film yesterday. I have always been a huge war movie fan and been keen to see anything Vietnam related. The recent Ken Burns doc was fantastic so seeing this had come up on Netflix I was happy to give it a go. Wish I had read your review first. It is spot on. As a film it is terrible. The acting, the dialogue, the story, the plain stupidity of everything that happens in it are just bad, very bad. Obviously it is cheap and has a lot of the negative cliches of 80s film making. I'd like to think of something positive to say about the film, but I can't. I did enjoy the review though, thank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-23648496428242737172018-01-29T18:13:15.844-06:002018-01-29T18:13:15.844-06:00Not as far as I know.Not as far as I know.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-21188364014931785642018-01-27T15:02:40.876-06:002018-01-27T15:02:40.876-06:00Is this movie based in facts?Is this movie based in facts?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06518705139126050178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-39693275720564883822017-09-08T20:44:11.111-05:002017-09-08T20:44:11.111-05:00I have read enough about the war to know that both...I have read enough about the war to know that both sides committed atrocities. What I was trying to say was I found no evidence that American soldiers went out after a battle and executed the wounded. I feel that type of atrocity was unrealistically depicted.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-68313744960792336662017-09-06T01:00:05.325-05:002017-09-06T01:00:05.325-05:00I hate to tell you this- But atrocities happen all...I hate to tell you this- But atrocities happen all the time- both sides- I know it is hard to believe that the "godly" Americans would never unnecessarily do something wrong- but unless you have been under fire- you don't know what the hell you are talking abut.BRFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249533985543335952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-83953406828147492602017-04-09T14:30:05.855-05:002017-04-09T14:30:05.855-05:00One thing about "Boys" was that it was o...One thing about "Boys" was that it was one of earliest Vietnam War movies, coming before the onslaught of Vietnam movies in the 80s. And the boot camp D.I. performances seemed pretty spot-on Kevin Mullinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440806344590906113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-45921655887287991962016-12-25T18:35:31.165-06:002016-12-25T18:35:31.165-06:00Osiris also does a good job satirizing the dialogu...Osiris also does a good job satirizing the dialogue in "Hamburger Hill". The oft repeated line is "It don't mean nothing".<br /><br />I would have a hard time deciding which was worse - Gloria or Boys. Both have their fans and neither can I explain why. War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-69670186230654490442016-12-25T01:13:54.599-06:002016-12-25T01:13:54.599-06:00"Firebase" is pretty bad...some of the d..."Firebase" is pretty bad...some of the dialogue reminded me of Robert Downey Jr's Sgt Lincoln Osiris in "Tropic Thunder" ("ain't nothin' but a thaing!")... but I liked "Boys in Co C", particularly the boot camp scenes...definitely nowhere near as bad as "Windtalkers", or "Casualties of War"!Kevin Mullinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440806344590906113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-55629865864063254252016-09-04T12:51:18.710-05:002016-09-04T12:51:18.710-05:00I think it was a good movie.
I think it was a good movie.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-66662502783555465982016-06-26T23:10:03.403-05:002016-06-26T23:10:03.403-05:00I guess I have to give this movie a second chance....I guess I have to give this movie a second chance. Not looking forward to it.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-44242391176368340452016-06-25T10:44:01.656-05:002016-06-25T10:44:01.656-05:00Watched this show last night, I think your review ...Watched this show last night, I think your review a tad harsh. The writing was a bit amateurish, the VC tactics obviously not realistic, and there were other holes, but the movie had a decent premise and worked as entertainment. I would put it about C-. There are a few scenes I thought worked well, Murphy on the mine, thought as you pointed out, parts of the raid were silly, was a good scene. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902281646849650749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-31165474413037474292016-05-10T21:08:35.185-05:002016-05-10T21:08:35.185-05:00I know it has its fans, I'm just not one of th...I know it has its fans, I'm just not one of them. I had no reason to dislike the movie other than it is a bad movie.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.com