• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    I think the only country that’s legit happened to was Iraq,

    M*A*S*H (Korea)

    Jarhead (Iraq, but the first time)

    Lone Survivor (Afghanistan)

    The Men Who Stare at Goats (Guantanamo Bay Torture Facility in Cuba)

    Letters from Iwo Jima (Pacific Theater - WW2)

    Saving Private Ryan (European Theater - WW2)

    Heartbreak Ridge (Grenada)

    The Good Shepherd (Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuba)

    Full Metal Jacket (Vietnam)

    Rambo (Vietnam)

    Apocalypse Now (Vietnam)

    We Were Soldiers (Vietnam)

    Good Morning, Vietnam (Vietnam)

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      I don’t think you’ve seen some of these movies if you think it has anything to do with how sad it made them.

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        MASH is about saving war casualties and they make light of it all the while

        Saving Priyate Ryan is a WW2 movie that happens whether or not Matt Damon is involved

        Jarhead is an accurate portrayal of the Suck

        Not sure what point OP is trying to make here

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      I don’t know about the others, but MAS*H seems to be heavily anti-war. Hawkeye obviously has deep contempt for the war and generals, and the more pro-war characters are decipted as insufferable pieces of shit.

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      Yes, because fucking Rambo of all movies is about how bad american soldiers felt about what they did.

      Thanks for the laugh

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        The first Rambo was definitely about PTSD and how the act of killing fucks up American soldiers.

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          It’s funny, but it’s not true.

          It’s something like “the gallant people of Afghanistan” and always was.

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              Possibly.

              The English language version is here at 2:30

              https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9pV1JrRI4w

              It’s not out of the question because Afghanistan were on our side back then, and by on our side, I mean America gave them weapons to fight the Russians, and then abandoned them immediately the second Russia gave up.

              It’s just I’ve never seen any real evidence of it… It’s always just that one still which seems to be from a second or so before the real one.

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        I think you’re confusing Rambo First Blood, which is about how fucked up he was after coming back from Vietnam, with the Rambo sequels, which are about how cool it is to blow stuff up.

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      Just to pick one, Jarhead is not repeat not a war film. It’s about the Suck and sometimes you train for training sake

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      Yes, because fucking Rambo of all movies is about how bad american soldiers felt about what they did.

      Thanks for the laugh

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        Rambo is just dood in ban danna shooting musheen gun and holding big nife.

        I’m just being a dick. I haven’t seen it since I was around 7 so that’s all it was for me haha.

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          It’s actually about how shitty US vets are treated by the US. But the pew-pew takes lead in the eyes of most viewers, yes.