A Bright Shining Lie

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Crafty G @CraftyGorilla Jan 6 Neil Sheehan's 'A Bright Shining Lie' is up there with Stanley Karnow's 'Vietnam: A history' as books on Vietnam go. This film is an absolute insult to the book, and an appalling adaptation of it, omitting so many important elements of the story. The paperback was about 2" thick. The version this filmmaker read must have been a comic book adaptation. See more 06/20/2016 where have all the flowers gone? See more 11/21/2011 "It is not true that we are here to solve problems, sir. WE are the problem." See more 11/09/2010 Interesting HBO movie based on the experiences of John Vann soldier, and military advisor, during the Vietnam conflict. A revealing story of cover-ups, and mistakes that are ultimately revealed about all wars. Decently done. See more 10/27/2009 I didn't like the film too much because I'm kind of anti-war and this film does glorify war... which it shouldn't. However, the lead actor was good and this helped the film along. I didn't know anything about the Vietnam war, and this film was as informative as it was entertaining. More films should be like it in that way. See more 07/11/2009 For a movie about war, it's really boring. Bill paxton gives a good performance, as does the majority of the cast but this isn't a very outstanding film merely a merdiocre one. See more Read all reviews

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