Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

Absolutely amazing

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Hey guys, It's me Drewpicklesfan and guess what I saw? Good Morning, Vietnam! That's #100 on my list!! Alright, so what do I think of this movie? I got to say, It was very funny because I think personally that the radio scene was so hilarious and it's amazing! The part where Robin Williams does the Wizard of Oz quotes and references, It was really interesting. I also heard on the movie that one of the characters said what Marx brother, Zeppo, The guy with the hat? That was so hilarious, I liked it a lot!! That was my short review on Good Morning, Vietnam the next review is going to be on The Truman Show so I got 99 more to go!

different by majority from its genre, it is more a film of one actor than an anti-war movie. Robin Williams does a real great job . but his brilliant improvisation gives roots and force to a delicate subject from recent American history. because it reflects the small things who are ignored by large frescoes. who are insignificant in many artistic exorcism against a tragic political error. it is more than the small confrontation of a radio man. it is a realistic, subtle and precise portrait of Vietnam. reflected not only by the genius of words but by a love story, frustrations of a lieutenant, special friendship, human emotions and the absence of the enemy. a film about few ordinary people. maybe an early version of " Life is beautiful ". and the waterfall of the words, music, ironies remind the discover of truth by a jester. this could be the motif to see this film. again.

Yes, a good man in the middle of a dirty war of which we don't see much anyway. A soldier of USA air force who is also a disc jockey is brought from Crete to Vietnam to amuse American troops through the Armed Force Radio in Saigon in 1965. He starts a half crazy humorous program that quickly wins the applause and pleasure of the GIs but at same time shocks and displeases his superiors that think he is not acting according to true military values and begin opposing themselves to him for the way he kids and jests with certain values and persons of the official politics. The situation becomes worse when he becomes friendly acquainted with some natives till he feels himself even sentimentally attached to a Vietnamese girl. Besides the humorous scenes there is also some slight drama everything well directed and excellently acted by Robin Williams as the main character.

Released in late 1987 when Vietnam films were popular, "Good Morning, Vietnam" chronicles the real-life story of Airman Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) as a DJ in Saigon, 1965. While Cronauer is a hit with the troops he incurs the wrath of his superiors for what they consider irreverent and subversive tendencies. When he's off the air Cronauer pursues a cute Vietnamese woman (Chintara Sukapatana) while befriending her brother (Tung Thanh Tran). Forest Whitaker plays Cronauer's friend at the station while J.T. Walsh and Bruno Kirby play his nemeses.While categorized as a war comedy, "Good Morning, Vietnam" is more of a war drama with amusing touches, simply due to Williams' antics. The film was a box office hit when it was released and hailed by critics. Roger Ebert, for instance, gave it a perfect rating. I didn't see it until a couple of nights ago – 27 years after its release – far removed from the hoopla of the period, and found it decent at best, although somewhat amusing. An example of the film's limitations can be seen when Cronauer performs in the presence of the troops in the second half; the sequence is somehow unconvincing. Nevertheless, there's an unexpected twist in the third act that piqued my interest and the movie is a necessary companion-piece to films like 1986's "Platoon" in that it provides the non-grunt, political side of the infamous conflict.The film runs 121 minutes and was shot in Thailand.GRADE: B-