Good Morning, Vietnam

GOOOD MORNING VIETNAAAM!!!!! ONE WORD “CLASSIC”… R.I.P ROBIN WILLIAMS 🙏🏼🕊️

Robin Williams' best movie!!

A good pick for Robin Williams fans!

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This is one of my favorite movies. I love it!

I like the total package! Shipped on time and arrived in great shape.

One of my all time favorites. Funny throughout but a few spots that hit this old softy right in the feels.

I loved this film when it first came out, and love it more now. Robin Williams is poetry in motion. Not a frame wasted. Wonderful editing. Great 60s music. Memories of what it felt like to be in your 20's and in the middle of a youth quake. Riots, school takeovers, Black Panther brothers, the death of Che, the Venceremous Brigade in Cuba. We thought we'd live forever and never grow old. Watching this slice of Nam and the young American men fighting over there made me weep, making it difficult to see the movie through the fog of tears. So very long ago!When the movie came out I was eager to see it because I knew J. T. Walsh and was thrilled to see him in a film with Robin Williams, my favorite entertainer. When J. T. and I met in 1983 in NYC, he was a struggling Off-Broadway actor with great talent. He was in an Off-Broadway play with another young unknown named John Goodman. I knew after watching the play they were destined for bigger things. John hit the lottery with Roseanne and J. T. broke the ice with Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway. In 1983, I could have never forseen J. T. dying at 53 and Robin at 63. When Good Morning, Vietnam came out they were two young, dynamic, talented men with their entire lives ahead of them. Watching this film now, in 2014, it breaks my heart knowing how their stories end.The reaction from the audience in the Times Square movie theatre was electric. We had never seen anything like this before. A fresh take on the war in Nam. How could you make light of Vietnam when so many American men and women didn't come home? Or your friends came home but were hooked on drugs and their souls were shattered forever. They left their youth in the rice paddies and on muddy roads.This is my favorite Robin Williams movie with The Birdcage a close second. There will never be another entertainer like him. He was one-of-a-kind. Unique. Brilliant. Electrifying. He walked that high wire every performance without a net. This film is a living testament to his talent. My grandchildren will watch this many years from now and laugh as hard as I did. My daughter wore his Mork rainbow suspenders for years. I wish I had kept them.You can almost feel the humidity as you watch the film. It is very emotional to see the gun boats on the rivers and deltas as James Brown blasts from their portable radios on deck. As they man the machine guns and wait for the enemy to show himself, these great 60s classics give them a chance to briefly exhale. When the Vietcong heard the music in the distance, what were they thinking? Here come those crazy American kids? Did some of them wish they could be US soldiers and return to America? Escape from the Nam they grew up in. This movie makes your heart break and opens up your imagination to 'what if?'Because Robin Williams left us only a few weeks ago this film is difficult to watch. However, you are so thankful he made it and you have a chance to revisit his incredible talent. To me, this is a special film because Robin was so new to the big screen and showed a vulnerability he would not in future films. When I first ordered it the day after Robin died, it was sold out on amazon. Not surprised at all. Happily waited for it to be re-issued.This is how I am spending Labor Day 2014. Remembering Vietnam, J. T., all my friends who fought there, and remembering what it felt like to be in my 20's living overseas and protesting the war. There will never be another war like Nam. Next time the war will come to us and will be fought on our streets. Think it can't happen? Read the headlines. There won't be funny scenes and rock n' roll when ISIS arrives.We will always have Good Morning, Vietnam to remind us of our youth and how we spent it.Thank you, Robin. Thank you J. T. You will always be with us through your incredible bodies of work. So blessed to have witnessed your talent.

When you watch this movie you begin to realise the extent of RW's talents. His comedic energy and timing is remarkable, and more so because his ability to draw you into his character with that skill is something that so many actors don't have. He will make you laugh and cry, within one short rollercoaster ride, in one scene. That mesmerising talent clearly came at a price. He was nominated for the Oscar for his portrayal of Adrian Cronhaur and like us doubtless many feel he should have won. He had drawn on experience of entertaining servicemen something he did repeatedly throughout his career when there were wars and places he had been told not to risk going to. A testament to his soul. A film which was probably met with resistance by the great American powers that be, Good Morning Vietnam will forever be a true classic, and a terrific reminder of war, what goes on behind it, and the efforts of those who want to make a difference.

Actually I was invited to watch the film with some friends at the cinema but never went. Saw snippets Seen the entire film in late 90's only. But now I got the VHS because I prefer to watch nondigital films in nondigital formats, if possible :)Wiliams was powerful here - very good quality quality humor and has nice story because it was still in 60's with fresh spirit& songs to fit the story which gives more essence to the film. Very well done. 5 stars most definitely!

This film isn't 5 stars, it's 10 stars!!I remember the first time I watched this with my mum and the whole way through, we laughed our heads off!Robin is again absolutely hilarious and brings a brilliant performance to the film. He has to be the reason the film went to box-office success because I can't imagine another actor playing the role of Cronauer as well as Robin did!Not only is this one of my favourite films, it's one of the films I mention when I get asked what's your favourite films?So seriously buy this DVD now - it's worth it!

This is one of the best films ever made, ever! My only issue is with the dvd itself, this is not the uncut version of the film. According the the IMBD listing there's seven minutes of footage missing on this edition which is a real shame. it's still great value though and i don't regret snapping it up. They've done wonders with the image on screen but the audio is still awful even after fiddling with tv settings and knocking volume right up - subtitles very helpful.

I first saw Robin in this film and was immediately hooked by his comic genius. I have been told most was unscripted. This is one of his best films, with humour, pathos and showing his bi-polar sides. It also reminds me of Vietnam. There are touches on a darker side to bullying in the army and the futility of a war with such caring people. Loses a star for a weak ending but ignore that - this is a must see.