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i thought the movie was good when it came to showing some of the stresses and challenges the veterans experienced both in Vietnam and after they left Vietman. However, I thought the movie was bad (poor) when it displayed a pro-Democratic Party anti-Republican Party bias, especially since it was a Democratic Party president (John Kennedy) who first introduced American troops (advisers at the time) into Vietnam and another Democratic Party president (Lyndon Johnson) who greatly escalated American involvement in the war. It was a Republican president (Richard Nixon) who started the withdrawal of American troops out of Vietnam that finally concluded when South Vietnam fell to the Communists in 1975. The U.S. couldn't stay in Vietnam forever, and I feel it was a mistake to escalate the huge amount of military personnel and material to Vitenam. If any involvement was needed, it should have been limited to Special Operations Forces personnel (like Green Beret for example), operating in the country as advisors to the South Vietnamese military. It started that way under Democratic Party president John Kennedy, but after Democratic Party president Lyndon Johnson took over, it greatly escalated to over half a million American troops in Vietnam. The producer of the movie (Oliver Stone) is a Vitenam veteran, but he is also a Leftist pro-Democratic Party supporter, and his Leftist pro-Democratic Party bias shows as he tries to make Republicans look bad in the movie and Democrats look good.
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Born On The Fourth Of July starts off by laying out the all-American, white middle class life Tom Cruise had. That sets up the whole movie because he eventually comes to question everything he grew up believing in. It's not an instant transformation after he comes back from Vietnam but a slow process where Cruise tries to figure out who he is as he returns to America. That's what makes the story powerful. It's one of Cruise's more memorable roles because he starts off playing his usual cocky character and then goes in a totally opposite direction becoming reflective and contemplative about his country and upbringing.
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This movie is well done, a little over done in some areas and regardless of today's critics - Brought me back to a time I rarely talk or try not thinking about. A tough time for our nation and a tougher time for us vets. All of us gave some but some gave all - may we never forget. Not a movie for the faint of heart - God Bless America.
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I'm an anti-war Vietnam vet, went through the Tet Offensive and a conversion experience from stupid patriot to well informed American. This movie is very well done, acting and the roles people played back then are replicatious, I highly recommend this movie because it's
a more comprehensive viewpoint of the time and the war. There never has been an American war in which so many soldiers and veterans refused to support it. One point of view says Nixon had to end the ground war because his troops flat-out were refusing duty by the whole unit. This movie demonstrates the frustration of coming home injured from a war everyone hated; what a drag. Ron Kovic's story is on-going and he recently got married and seems like a very happy man who conquered his disability. I love this movie. Watch it. Then read the book.
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I admit that I must credit getting the idea to see this film Born On The Fourth of July less than 10 hours ago when I was going through some of my books in my apartment and I saw this film referenced in the book Wild Thymes by Sally Van Slyke. Born On The Fourth stars Tom Cruise in the role of Ron Kovic. This film is a who's who of multiple actors/actresses playing the roles of the characters who indirectly andor directly influenced Ron Kovic's life. This film touches on multiple sensitive scenes/issues that include: healthcare, events surrounding women and children, how the dynamics of a person's life is seen through the lens of the person's parents, friends, other professionals, protests etc. It is tempting to say more involving the plot points though I prefer to take into account others viewing this who still want to view Born On The Fourth of July.
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I read the book before seeing the movie. Based on a true story, the movie captures the essence of the book. A very fallible, but talented young man is influenced by the events of his time and does what most of us would consider the right thing by signing up to serve his country. Unfortunately, what he was told and the "ground truth" turn out to be two different things and his ideals are shattered by a series of agonizing events that leave his body and psyche ruined and almost hopelessly broken. The homecoming scene is possibly my all time favorite movie scene. Difficult and painful to watch, it is a scene that was repeated in thousands of households across the country in the late 60s and early 70s as thousands of traumatized GIs returned home to a nation that had somehow changed, grown, a nation in confusion, a nation of shattered ideals, less innocent. The homecoming scene captures every aspect of this new, alien world, from the confused, sympathetic looks of the neighbors to the new clothing styles, new hair cuts. The country was experiencing Woodstock and Altamount, Watergate, the moon landing, Charles Manson, the fall of Saigon, protesters burning flags. America had changed and Kovac must find his place in this new, foreign, less idealistic world. Incredibly, Kovac triumphs against all odds, growing stronger, deeper from a prolonged agony that most of us can't even begin to fathom. His spirit triumphs over his devastated body to become an elected politician. His amazing transformation is completed in the final scene as he goes from an innocent young boy to a wheel-chaired politician speaking to millions of people. Truly one of the greatest movies ever made.
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Great story and acting. Cruise won many accolades for his role as Ron Kovic, and they were well-deserved. Cruise is a dynamo and a heartbreaker here. His enthusiasm and patriotism as an all-American boy from Long Island growing up in a can-do and win-at-all-costs sports and military culture is endearing, and when his bewilderment and growing anger at the mistreatment and disrespect he receives from American public on his return as a parapalegic veteran erupts in brawling rage we want to cheer him on. The movie, directed masterfully by Oliver Stone, himself a Vietnam vet, brings us back to that time when "the music died" and the American dream split in two. Kovic finally achieves success as an activist fighting for soldiers and veterans rights, ironically fulfilling his mother's earlier prophecy, while the family watches JFK give his famous "Ask not what your country can do for you" speech on television, that "I can see you Ronnie, speaking before a lot of people, saying important things, just like him..."
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This film struggles when it comes to keeping your interest constantly, but it stings to watch. Everything goes wrong and it all starts when a young boy wants to go fight for his country in a violent and disgusting war in Vietnam. Tom Cruise gives his best performance, often making one think about how all of this could happen and how hurtful it is to not be treated like one deserves. He comes right back after killing innocent people as they all did and suffers even more, trying to live a normal life as a cripple. It gets worse and worse as the film goes on, like Ron getting attacked at a Republican convention for trying to protest war in vietnam and also not being able to have sex with a prostitute. I might never watch it again, but if you start to watch, you will not be disappointed by this tragedy. Also, the ending is very anti-climatic as much as "W." was.
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