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The Magistrate

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2. It's A Good One, Sir

Reply to vercetti2021 (Original post)

Tue Aug 3, 2021, 01:48 AM

Aug 2021

The 'two fathers' plot is one helluva stretch, but what you see is pretty straight as far as what happens.

Allow me to suggest another, not on Vietnam but earlier, 'The Thin Red Line'. It is based on a book by James Jones, now largely forgotten as an author but worth recollection. The movie is better then the book, though odd in spots. It is exquisitely observed.

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Watched Platoon for the first time [View all] vercetti2021 Aug 2021 OP

The writer and director, Oliver Stone, was in Vietnam. He volunteered applegrove Aug 2021 #1

It's A Good One, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2021 #2

You are right about the movie being better than the book. murielm99 Aug 2021 #3

while Barber's "Adagio for Strings" has been the background for so much through history... hlthe2b Aug 2021 #4

Like most boomers I remember the Vietnam era very well. Can't watch film about it without crying Walleye Aug 2021 #5