What makes a person interested in making war movies? What is it about them that makes people want to sit for 2 hours and watch a movie where people die for their good deed? It's not easy for me to sit and watch movies like that. Is it just for the money? Is it to honor our country?
I don’t know much about the Vietnam war, but I do know it was long and possibly the most bloodiest of wars. South Vietnam ended up losing as well. This war is very similar to the war in Iraq, pointless in every aspect. Too many people died for something that will never change. America thought they could fix the communist problem in Korea and failed miserably. I learned about this war in school several times but none of the information stuck. I honestly don’t care to learn about this particular war or any war for that matter. There is nothing more depressing than talking about and learning about millions of death. While the intention of war is to fight for your belief in what’s right, killing does not make things right. I remember watching a documentary on Vietnam during class one day and all that was showed was bombs being dropped. It was hard for me to sit and watch such terror being glorified. What do young kids think of this? Do the people making these movies really think killing people is ok? My uncle had served in the Vietnam war. He died when I was younger so I didn’t get a chance to really talk to him, but my mother said he was deeply disturbed after he came home from war. It changed him. He would never talk of the war did not watch or allow his children to watch any war movies. This to me says the Vietnam war was one that was too tragic for words.
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I agree with everyhing you are saying.It seems like we go into war for not valid reasons. Whenever i hear that 1 single soldier was killed i have to stop and think that each soldier has a family, and many lives are affected by the death of 1 soldier!! It really bothers me.
"There is nothing more depressing than talking about and learning about millions of death. While the intention of war is to fight for your belief in what’s right, killing does not make things right." This is exactly how I feel about war. Killing people does not solve a problem, it only creates a bigger one. However, I think that despite how depressing it is to learn and talk about millions of people dying, it's also important that we don't ignore it. History repeats itself, so if we try to neglect such an significant topic, we're doomed to repeat it. Same goes for if we never learn our lesson. Which clearly, the country has yet to learn because we are still living through a war. It's a chain of depressing events that, unfortunately, don't seem to be ending anytime time soon.
I agree on the fact that war is a very depressing and touchy subject. Thousands of books and movies have been based on Vietnam and we all question the intentions of the author or director. Are they simply trying to make money out of a very sensitive subject or are they paying tribute to the soldiers lost their lives in battle? I also agree on the fact that some of the wars that the United States have participated in are very pointless and have caused many families indescribable pain.
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