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Holden Lewis's avatar

I was 30 when the movie came out -- too young to remember the events that were depicted from the 1960s, but old enough to watch with a critical eye. I hated it, and my friends loved it.

A lot of things bothered me about it, but the two main problems were punishing Jenny for being sexually and politically active, and the notion that people in the past did silly things, like don white hoods, but you're being divisive if you dare to talk about it. It still pisses me off.

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Eliot Wilson's avatar

I don't especially like the film either. Whereas I could watch True Lies pretty much every week.

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Chris Williams's avatar

Come back soon for my thoughts on that one!

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Ashley Holt's avatar

When first seeing the film upon its release, I recall counting how many classic, overplayed 60s tunes were crammed into the Vietnam scenes. 21, as I recall.

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Chris Williams's avatar

That sounds about right.

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Matthew Brady's avatar

Damn, nicely put! You've done a great job of capturing what's wrong with this movie and how irritating it can be to try to explain that such a beloved character and story is just a pleasant bow on a rancid message.

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Chris Williams's avatar

Thank you!

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Andrew Feld's avatar

And of course, as has been pointed out many times, there’s always a label on the box of chocolates showing you what’s in each one

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Tom Van Dam's avatar

It's odd.

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