The movie Full Metal Jacket, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is accurate in terms of history, setting, and behavior but contains small inaccuracies here and there. The chronology and events depicted in the movie are realistic and correct. The locations, buildings, and costumes are also accurate, as well as the characters behaviors. There are certain values, feelings, and emotions that the director wishes to convey, and he does so perfectly.
The movie’s depiction of the Vietnam War is very accurate. The North Vietnamese attack on the base where Joker, a journalist for the US military, resided was part of the Tet Offensive. The movie shows that the Tet Offensive happened on the correct day because earlier in the film, fireworks went off in celebration of the Lunar New Year. The attack on the US embassy was also mentioned, and that part is also accurate. The journalism that happens during the war is also accurate; the journalists used
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The movie does not show the Vietnamese jungle a lot but when it does, the jungle is not as green and lush as it should be. The buildings shown, especially the ones destroyed by the war, are very accurate. The base shown in the beginning of the film, where the recruits go through boot camp, is also accurate. The gear, uniforms, and weapons of the soldiers are also accurate.
The behaviors of the characters are probably the most accurate of all. During boot camp, Private Pyle, a recruit, develops a conditioned called psychosis. Psychosis was a common problem for soldiers, and there were many suicide attempts throughout. The way Joker changes throughout the movie are also realistic. During the ride on the helicopter, Joker meets a gunner who shoots women and children without discretion. Joker is horrified, and he too will abandon some of his morals by the end of the film. What is also accurate are the Vietnamese women who offer the US soldiers sex in exchange for
Most movies are made just for your personal entertainment. On the other hand, movies can be historically accurate and educate the student on a topic, such as the Revolutionary War. Though The Patriot is a fictional movie, it is historically accurate in the militarily, socially, and economically sections/parts of the Revolutionary War. For starters, the military part of The Patriot was historically accurate because the British army were very strict and they were very organized and proper when fighting.
People back home were naive to the actions that were being taken in Vietnam because they were lacking in communication. In the novel “Fallen Angels” you can tell that the soldiers were very timid with what they said in their letters that were sent back home. Most letters sent back home were about the little things that brought them joy like playing games with kids. Not many actually said they went into battle or fought in a bullet parade. They would ask them what it's really like over there because they could see what was happening on TV, but media blocked a lot of reality from the war and the graphic effects.
O’Brien describes himself as an unreliable narrator a couple of times throughout his book, but every thought and feeling of the characters he writes is very real, giving the reader glimpses into what Vietnam was really like. One story told by Rat Kiley embodies the transformation from innocence while in Vietnam. Having someone ship a girlfriend to spend time with them in Vietnam is not very realistic in a war setting; however, the evolution of her character is. Women are often pictured in literature as innocent beings, incapable of taking care of themselves, as in the introduction of the character Marry Anne. She was just "this seventeen-year-old doll in her goddamn culottes, perky and fresh-faced, like a cheerleader visiting the opposing team’s locker room.
A more fact based inaccuracy was the cannonballs. Cannonballs in that time period did not blow up, they simply "mowed" through rows of enemies. Also the French helped much more than the movie shows. They stopped the British from sending fresh troops and supplies to America. The most inaccurate thing in it is when Mel Gibson and his two 10 year old sons wipe out about 25 redcoats without suffering a single scratch.
In The Wednesday Wars, the Vietnam war, which also took place in the 1960s, is mentioned numerous times throughout the novel, causing Mai Thi, a vietnamese student, to face discrimination from her peers and teachers. “On the last day before holiday break, (Mrs.Bigio said) to Mai Thi: ‘... You shouldn’t even be here, sitting like a queen in a refugee home while American boys are sitting in swamps on Christmas Day. They’re the ones who should be here. Not you.’” (Schmidt 95).
Mrs. Rogers died of an overdose in the book but in the movie the ski lift fell. General Macarthur was hit in the head in the book, but in the book he was stabbed. Mr. Rogers was hit in the head with an axe in the book but fell rockclimbing in the movie. Philip Lombard was shot in both the book and had a fake death in the movie. Dr. Armstrong was found dead in the water in the book but was found dead in the snow in the movie.
Throughout the film, it shows the scenery, clothing worn by the characters and the guns that they used as well. This was a major role in keeping the film true to the Revolutionary period in American history. Although characters such as Benjamin Martin and his family are fictional, there are many pieces that are essential to the film’s plot that are true. Certain events such as the battles, and people are illustrated in throughout the movie for historical accuracy. The restriction on civil liberties was a major factor prompting Americans to rebel.
They are starting to become less and less of themselves, war, and Vietnam itself is changing them. They are doing stuff that, if they were not in the middle of a war, they would never do. This is also depicted when it talks of the men talking and shaking hands with the dead, which is something that anyone, with a rational human mind, would never do. One way that they try coping with this mental weight or pressure is telling the “true” war stories. They make up, or do not make up, stories that for even a little bit, can take their mind off the war.
The Vietnam War was a war the United States should have never been involved in. The “Domino Theory” was a direct cause of the war. The war resulted in much death; innocent civilians and young Americans were killed. The Vietnam war also resulted in rioting, distrust for the United States government, and the loss of many lives. 58,000 Americans were killed and 300,000 were wounded.
The movie overall effectively conveys the ruthless nature of war and wartime sexual violence by presenting numerous
I believe that she may have written about actual places and people she saw or made a collection of stories from other soldiers to create this novel. I believe she also wanted to be extremely accurate in her descriptions to ensure the reader felt the sense of desperation that her and her people felt during that time. She uses her novels as a form of protesting the Vietnamese government so what she writes has to be accurate or it loses its effectiveness. The only thing in this book I found to be fiction was the story itself. Everything surrounding the story in book lines up with what was going on in that time period.
Is Apollo 13 historically accurate? Apollo 13 was made in 1995. The movie was based on the real-life space mission of Apollo 13. It was directed by Ron Howard. The main characters of the film were played by Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Bacon.
This quote from a Vietnam veteran briefly describes the ugly turn the battle took and how hard it was on the army. There was simply nothing glorious about the Vietnam War in its time. People felt as if it were a pointless struggle that could have been avoided, it appeared to have brought out the dark side of the United States, and it seemed more of a loss than a benefit in the long
Vietnam’s rainy season and humidity caused constant dampness, causing soldiers to always be covered in sweat, dust, and have wet uniforms. While all of this conditions played a vital role in American soldiers ability to fight off the Vietnamese, the worst was the jungle itself. The jungle was dense and dark no matter the time of day, he describes it by saying, “the dense forests that dimmed the brightest noon and turned midnight into the absolute blackness known by the blind” (Caputo 35). Vines and trees
All in all, the movie Hacksaw Ridge is very accurate to the real life events that took place in 1945. The movies gives an accurate portrayal of the main characters, the setting, and what went on during World War II at Hacksaw Ridge. Overall amount of deaths throughout this battle is estimated at around 160,000 people. In the end, The U.S. defeated the Japanese at the battle of Hacksaw Ridge on the island of