Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

It is very real and close to the reality of Vietnam. A lot of American movies make the American soldiers look bad. This is wrong. All the left-wing movie director did this in order to stop the draft. My Grandfather a United States Marine officer fight for America in Korea and Vietnam. He would not lie to me and he love freedom. We need patriotism in this country. Make America great again, President Trump!

'The Green Berets' is a film about a group of highly trained American soldiers and their role in the Vietnam War. This is a highly overt propaganda film, fitting in with John Wayne's controversial stance on the Vietnam War. This is the subject of great criticism, but each war film essentially conveys the message intended by the producers. It's just as propagandistic as 'Casualties of War' and 'Full Metal Jacket', and so I don't think that this line of criticism is too valid. This does not mean that I praise the film, however: irrespective of its political message, it simply isn't a very good war film. 'The Green Berets' lacks realism in many places, although a couple of over-the-top, grizzly scenes may cloud this. I'm also quite disappointed by the lack of idiosyncrasies and personality clashes amongst the soldiers; the interesting and witty exchanges that often grace iconic war films are wholly absent here, and any attempts at introducing such qualities often distract the viewer from the narrative, as they tend to manifest in the form of uninspired comedy. My disappointment was furthered by the lack of attention given to the enemy. I understand that in pro-interventionist propaganda, the opposition should never evoke sympathy or project charm, but the Vietcong forces in 'The Green Berets' are simply dehumanised, which I suppose is in equal parts wrong and lazy. The result is that the various traps and ambushes seem to come from out of the blue and are never seen from a non-American perspective. The Vietcong actions thus range from the inexplicable to the near-supernatural. This kind of approach was taken in the film 'Sands of Iwo Jima', a 1949 film similarly starring John Wayne, but this much earlier title didn't do this to the same extent, and it certainly pulled it off better. Moreover, and returning to the apolitical aspects of the film, the collaboration between John Wayne and Jim Hutton felt uninspired; I felt the same when I saw these two perform in 'Hellfighters'. A slightly more enjoyable performance comes from an unlikely source, i.e. the Star Trek, LGBT and social media icon George Takei. However, even Sulu's greatest efforts fall short of redeeming Wayne's vision of Vietnam.

John Wayne picks two "A-teams" of green berets for a special mission into South Vietnam. He has to bring along reporter David Janssen, who believes America should withdraw from the war. This one's controversial and divisive, principally among political types. I gotta tell you that sort of thing bores me to tears. Still, I've avoided watching this for years because of its reputation. I had no desire to see Duke in a clunker if I could avoid it. I was happily surprised when I finally did watch it. This is a pretty good war movie with some solid performances and a great theme song. The little Vietnamese kid was pretty treacly stuff, though. If you enjoy John Wayne movies, you should enjoy this one.

Proaganda films are always easy to criticize - more pose tan realism, more pathos than catharsis, more naiveté than pain. Well, not always like that. The Green Berets is not Platoon, or We Were Soldiers, and surely, not Apocalypse Now. I agree on that. But this movie is not as bad as it was described by oh so many critics. John Wayne is one of my all-time favorites, and here he is not at his best, but still he does a decent job. His Col. Kirby is a good soldier, a brave warrior, an honest man and a loving heart. He is no a killing machine, surely. His character is not in fact the main moment, which is good, the movie speaks more about other Berets and rightly so. I agree, here are many bad examples of real right-wing propaganda here, yes, and Viet Kong is shown in deep black color scheme, while South Viet Nam is almost angelic in depiction. Some exaggerations are obvious, and some bias is clear, too. But then, all the cast did a good job, and despite naive video effects, the battle scenes are very impressive. In their sheer brutality. This movie is a curious curio of that age, a certain great instance of pro-war sentiment. Must be watched with a grain of salt, but still can be very deep and tragic.