The Quiet American
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Movie Reviews of The Quiet American
Movie Review: Clearer storyline than "The Constant Gardener"
Summary: 5 Stars
Before I viewed "The Quiet American" I watched "The Constant Gardener," both great stories. But this movie was presented in a much clearer way for the viewer. I do not enjoy movies that you have to fight to understand it at times. I want to be entertained not frustrated. Let the viewer first understand the message and then have the appropriate feelings and thoughts. Thank you for the presentation of "The Quiet American" in that it allows that.Movie Review: Location shots in Ho Chi Minh City
Summary: 5 Stars
Recreating the Saigon of the 1950s must have been a challenge in the bustling metropolis that is modern Ho Chi Minh City. However the wide avenues that the French created are still testament to the time when Saigon was regarded as 'The Paris of The East'.
Notre Dame Cathedral, The General Post Office, The Continental Cafe, The Opera House and The Caravelle Hotel are timeless, and the GPo featured often as a backdrop in the movie.
I was inspired to visit Vietnam by this excellent movie. I ended up living there for 6 months, seduced by the beauty of the women, sights, sounds, colour and the vibrancy of Saigon city life.
A visit to the War Museum is mandatory. If the US ever needs justification for 9/11, look at the brutality of their forces killing 3,000,000 'dehumanised monkeys'. The US war machine, in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Vietnam and Korea has blighted the Asian landscape for all time. Yet they wonder why they are reviled. USA, Uneducated, Stupid, Animals!
Movie Review: "A Third Force to Run Vietnam..."
Summary: 4 Stars
A very good movie, The Quiet American, sheds light on a series of horrendous murders and bomb explosions carried out in French Indochina in 1952. When an English reporter and an American doctor meet in Saigon they quickly become friends, yet they both soon realize that all is not as it seems in this restless, but picturesque part of the French Empire...
The movie does an GREAT job of presenting Vietnam and its complexities in the 1950's; the film describes American (covert) efforts at expelling their French allies from SE Asia and replacing their presence with a US backed South Vietnamese Nationalist government, while in the background the Communists lay in waiting.
The following dialogue really steals the show:
"Not the French and not the Communists."
"The Americans?"
"We are not colonialists."
Moreover, the film shows very accurately how many NGO's have served and continue to serve as fronts for covert operations set up by various states/organizations intent on undermining and destabilizing governments across the world.
Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, and the rest of the cast have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least! All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows allowing for a highly entertaining movie.
The plot, the setting, and the music are all EXCELLENT.
Overall, it is a movie definitely worth watching, as it is one of those films that gets you and keeps you thinking long after it's over!
Movie Review: Quiet, But amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
I must share with you that I was so moved by the Beauty of this film and love story. I bought the movie and and share with friends. I loved the scenery of Vietnam. I had to go and visit after seeing this film. I stayed at the same hotel where the bombing scene was shot. I have never been to this country before, and can't seem to get my adventure out of my head. I posted site of my journey with photos...
www.pbase.com/ckuhn55
Took the train from Hanoi to Saigon...see my pictures..SEE the MOVIE
Movie Review: Very Good
Summary: 4 Stars
Very good movie. The slow pacing works well because the cinematogrpahy is beautiful, and the music are excellent. Michael Caine gives, indeed, a great performance. FYI - this movie was made before 9/11, and so any criticisms that the ending was meant to draw a parrallel to the American-Iraq War are nothing but conspiratory.