... judged accordingly. It is important I stress that I am not reviewing them as films. At various interludes I will draw upon information from Michael Herr's book Dispatches, critically accepted as the best book about Vietnam, therefore it should provide a good reference point when assessing these films authenticity. The ... only extended urban combat of the war, and was Kubrick's focus for Full Metal Jacket. Like Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket had Michael Herr on script writing duties to add even more authenticity, but while The Deer Hunter was so historically inaccurate, and Platoon p...

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