Friday, October 16, 2009

Review of Good Morning, Veitnam.Way to stay optimistic, Robin!

Good Morning, Vietnam is a story of the war in Vietnam, a talk show Airman, and terrorism! Well, it may seem a bit off putting and odd, and it is, Good Morning, Vietnam is packaged together very nicely and tied in a nice Robin Williams bow. Robin Williams delivers one of his best performances here. He's a sarcastic U.S. Airman who is shipped to Vietnam to do a radio show as a morale booster. He does fantastically at trying to stay optimistic and experiencing the horrors of war at the same time. Forest Whitaker also stars as the exact opposite as Williams, a worried, down on his luck nerd but they find chemistry and it shows on the screen. I'm pretty sure it was filmed in Vietnam and it looks beautiful. You can see a lot of the citizens are a bit crazy and funny. The soundtrack flips between feel-good tunes like James Brown and classical polka songs depending on who's dominating the radio at the moment. It's really fun to watch the different Marines go at it. The Verdict:Good Morning, Vietnam isn't always slapstick and while it is full of hilarious moments, it's about war and it has it's sad moments as well. For Williams' performance alone, it's worth a watch.I give it four bottles of shampoo shipped from Wisconsin out of five. 4/5.

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My Top Ten Favorite Films (as of 8/10/10)

  • #1- Fight Club
  • #2- Apocalypse Now
  • #3- Young Frankenstein
  • #4- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • #5- Unforgiven
  • #6-The Deer Hunter
  • #7- Taxi Driver
  • #8- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
  • #9- Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
  • #10- The Big Lebowski