does anyone remember braveheart . it starred mel gibson who also directed and was scripted by randall wallace . the film contains over 200 errors . does anyone remember the green berets . that the john wayne western where the duke saves a homestead called vietnam from a bunch of injuns from the commie tribe . if you watch we were soldiers you can`t help but be reminded of these two films . first of all what with that scottish lament that played three times in the movie  and four if you count the end credits . i mean what the connection between scotland and `nam . maybe wallace is using it in the vain hope that because braveheart was bombarded  undeservedly i might add  with several oscars then so might this film . whatever reason it included it really jars . gibson plays hal moore as a cross between william wallace and john wayne and i was expecting him to say something like they`ll never take our freedom  the hell they will and it impossible not to notice other similarities with the green berets like the subplot of a journalist picking up a gun and turning into a warrior and moore telling the journalist about guilt in a scene almost identical to the one seen in the wayne moviewhen not reminding the audience of other movies wws also fails to stand on its own legs  and it based on real events in 1965 but seems to lack an integrity needed to do the story justice  and it never feels like 1965 and lacks a sense of time and place probably because it was filmed in america not asia . hal moore might have brushed up on the french experience in indo china but if that the case then he was unique because the american military went out of their way not to read up on the french indo china war  and indeed when asked about the previous conflict westmoreland replied he had nothing to learn from the french who haven`t won a war since the days of napoleon so i was confused as to the portrayal of the nva in this movie  and when in 1965 the american high command  and brimming with hubris held the north vietnamese and vc in contempt . it like history has been rewritten in order to show the rice farmers of vietnam are superlative warriors . they are  and but very few americans believed this in the mid 1960sthere a couple of other things that confused me like how the wives back home get telegrams telling them their husbands are dead . no bodies are shown being flown back to base and no one on screen is seen referring to who been killed in the la drang valley . likewise we`re not seen reinforcements arrive on screen so how do we suddenly see the americans out number the nva . i put these down as directorial or editing blunders on the part of wallace who doesn`t strike me as much of a director  and and his biggest problem seems to be communicating the horror of the battle . take the scene where the american burned to a crisp is flown away screaming tell my wife i love her . this should have an emotional impact similar to that death scene in platoon but here there no impact . in fact i found the scene cliched and patronising  and and he not the only character to mouth the words tell my wife . while mutilated or dying  and i counted at least two other characters use the phrase . did characters actually say this at the battle . i`ve no idea but since randall wallace wrote the script i do have reservationsi sat in shocked awe watching apocalypse now  and platoon and the killing fields made my eyes water  and i laughed at full metal jacket  and i kept looking at my watch with the deer hunter  and and after seeing we were soldiers i felt totally patronised. 
does anyone remember braveheart . it starred mel gibson who also directed and was scripted by randall wallace . the film contains over 200 errors . does anyone remember the green berets . that the john wayne western where the duke saves a homestead called vietnam from a bunch of injuns from the commie tribe . if you watch we were soldiers you can`t help but be reminded of these two films . first of all what with that scottish lament that played three times in the movie  and four if you count the end credits . i mean what the connection between scotland and `nam . maybe wallace is using it in the vain hope that because braveheart was bombarded  undeservedly i might add  with several oscars then so might this film . whatever reason it included it really jars . gibson plays hal moore as a cross between william wallace and john wayne and i was expecting him to say something like they`ll never take our freedom  the hell they will and it impossible not to notice other similarities with the green berets like the subplot of a journalist picking up a gun and turning into a warrior and moore telling the journalist about guilt in a scene almost identical to the one seen in the wayne moviewhen not reminding the audience of other movies wws also fails to stand on its own legs  and it based on real events in 1965 but seems to lack an integrity needed to do the story justice  and it never feels like 1965 and lacks a sense of time and place probably because it was filmed in america not asia . hal moore might have brushed up on the french experience in indo china but if that the case then he was unique because the american military went out of their way not to read up on the french indo china war  and indeed when asked about the previous conflict westmoreland replied he had nothing to learn from the french who haven`t won a war since the days of napoleon so i was confused as to the portrayal of the nva in this movie  and when in 1965 the american high command  and brimming with hubris held the north vietnamese and vc in contempt . it like history has been rewritten in order to show the rice farmers of vietnam are superlative warriors . they are  and but very few americans believed this in the mid 1960sthere a couple of other things that confused me like how the wives back home get telegrams telling them their husbands are dead . no bodies are shown being flown back to base and no one on screen is seen referring to who been killed in the la drang valley . likewise we`re not seen reinforcements arrive on screen so how do we suddenly see the americans out number the nva . i put these down as directorial or editing blunders on the part of wallace who doesn`t strike me as much of a director  and and his biggest problem seems to be communicating the horror of the battle . take the scene where the american burned to a crisp is flown away screaming tell my wife i love her . this should have an emotional impact similar to that death scene in platoon but here there no impact . in fact i found the scene cliched and patronising  and and he not the only character to mouth the words tell my wife . while mutilated or dying  and i counted at least two other characters use the phrase . did characters actually say this at the battle . i`ve no idea but since randall wallace wrote the script i do have reservationsi sat in shocked awe watching apocalypse now  and platoon and the killing fields made my eyes water  and i laughed at full metal jacket  and i kept looking at my watch with the deer hunter  and and after seeing we were soldiers i felt totally patronised. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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