Go Tell the Spartans
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Movie Reviews of Go Tell the Spartans
Movie Review: Early Vietnam
Summary: 4 Stars
Most Vietnam movies make a strong statement against the war. THE GREEN BERETS makes one in favor of the war. This one is different. Instead of having as its primary purpose the making of a political statement, it merely tells a story from the early days of the war.
Burt Lancaster plays an officer assigned to command a remote hamlet in Vietnam. He is a competent officer who values the lives of his men and those he is there to train and protect. He does not suffer fools gladly. When he gets an assignment to check out a remote village, he sends some of his men to do so. He is told that the location is a strategically important one. His force comes under more fire than expected and gets into trouble. Lancaster must wheel and deal with the political types in order to get the support he needs for his men. Eventually, though, he is told that the place is no longer important and to withdraw his men. He is to leave the natives behind to the mercies of the Viet Cong. This does not sit well with him or an idealistic corporal under his command. He evacuates the Americans as ordered but then stays behind with the native troops to try and help them out.
The title comes from a famous Greek inscription of the Spartans. They were ordered to hold a pass. They did so to the last man. The inscription reads, "Go tell the Spartans that here, obedient to there orders, Leonidas and his 600 died." That is the gist, not the actual message. It is the message of the movie.
Movie Review: Early Viet Nam
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed this movie. I had seen it years ago and liked it then. It isn't an elaborate Hollywood production and looks more like a made for TV movie. However, it does a nice job showing the problems faced by the US military in Viet Nam right from the early days of just being advisors to the South Viet Nam Army. It was a mess then and became a huge mess later. If you watch this film with an open mind and disregard the low budget production then you will probably enjoy this movie. If you are looking for an Apocalypse Now, Platoon, or Full Metal Jacket type production you will be very disappointed.Movie Review: Early Viet Nam Flick
Summary: 4 Stars
Not a bad Viet Nam War movie (like some of the REAL BAD stuff out there). Tells the story of the Advisors assigned to MAAG in the early stages of the war before the creation of MACV. Sort of anti-war in theme but does tell a fairly accurate account of what Advisors had to put up with....no support, Viet Cong in the platoon/company they were advising, no air or artillery support, graft, corruption of the Vietnamese Military, etc, etc........shows how REALLY screwed up things were then...and why me should not have gotten involved. Overall not an Academy Award winner but OK. Worth watching.Movie Review: One of the better early Vietnam War Films
Summary: 4 Stars
This film deals with the early days of our "adventure" in Vietnam. It showes the challenges of being a leader in a war that just seems to go around and around. It also showes some of the up coming problems that the Army faced. I.E. An out of touch higher command that could not come to grip with the nature of this war, a rising drug problem, careerist officers, a corrupt local govenment and a enemy who is everywhere and no where all at the same time. Couple with this an old time Regular Army Officer who wants to do the right thing and you have one hell of a good story to tell.Movie Review: FULLSCREEN release is not for the movie purist
Summary: 4 Stars
I have watched this movie before on VHS. So when I saw that AMAZON had it on DVD I was delighted. However, then I noticed that it was released in FULLSCREEN. I would hope that the studios would re-release the movies in the aspect ratio that the movies were originally released in. I will not purchase any FULLSCREEN movies.