THE NICE GUYS (2016) - Discussion Thread

[bartleby_scriven]

This movie in particular doesn’t mention Vietnam (unless I missed it).

But if a movie is set in the '70s it usually feels obligated to include something about Vietnam (along with other '70s trappings: disco, bell bottoms, Nixon, porn). I actually can’t think of an example right now.

Sorry

[michaelm]

Actually, whippersnapper, Vietnam didn’t become a pervasive presence in film until the 80s. Obviously, it was there, explicit or not, in some 70s films, but it wasn’t until the 80s that the nation seemed ready to start processing or exploring it, whether via serious dramas like Platoon or cartoonish action films like Lethal Weapon. (And those are just two examples that deal with it explicitly and in the visible text of the film.)

[judas_booth]

The film didn’t NEED to bring up Vietnam. That wasn’t essential to the story. Let it go.

[bartleby_scriven]

no no no

no no

no

Movies made today, the 21st century, that take place in the '70s, the past (you’re old), feel obligated to include Vietnam.

[bartleby_scriven]

@Judas Booth

film didn’t NEED to bring up Vietnam. That wasn’t essential to the story. Let it go.

no

[judas_booth]

@MichaelM

whippersnapper, Vietnam didn’t become a pervasive presence in film until the 80s. Obviously, it was there, explicit or not, in some 70s films, but it wasn’t until the 80s that the nation seemed ready to start processing or exploring it, whether via serious dramas like Platoon or cartoonish action films like Lethal Weapon. (And those are just two examples that deal with it explicitly and in the visible text of the film.)

Well, actually…we did have THE DEER HUNTER, COMING HOME, and APOCALYPSE NOW in the 70s.

[judas_booth]

@Bartleby\_Scriven

Vietnam didn’t bother me anyway.

[michaelm]

@Judas Booth

Originally Posted by
MichaelM
Actually, whippersnapper, Vietnam didn’t become a pervasive presence in film until the 80s. Obviously, it was there, explicit or not, in some 70s films, but it wasn’t until the 80s that the nation seemed ready to start processing or exploring it, whether via serious dramas like Platoon or cartoonish action films like Lethal Weapon. (And those are just two examples that deal with it explicitly and in the visible text of the film.)
Well, actually…we did have THE DEER HUNTER, COMING HOME, and APOCALYPSE NOW in the 70s.

I said SOME 70s films, Judas! READ MAH WORDS!

[bartleby_scriven]

Anyways, if a detective movie is set in the '40s or '50s it’s assumed the men in the movie fought in WWII.

But if a similar movie is made in the '70s there’s no obligation to mention that, for instance, young Gosling was drafted and sent to Vietnam in 1965 after the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

[judas_booth]

@Bartleby\_Scriven

if a detective movie is set in the '40s or '50s it’s assumed the men in the movie fought in WWII.
But if a similar movie is made in the '70s there’s no obligation to mention that, for instance, young Gosling was drafted and sent to Vietnam in 1965 after the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

Maybe he went to Canada and drank some Molsen?

[bartleby_scriven]

Indulge me here, fellows. Let us examine the sociopolitical implications of the two wars and their effects on the American psyche.

[judas_booth]

@Bartleby\_Scriven

me here, fellows. Let us examine the sociopolitical implications of the two wars and their effects on the American psyche.

or, watch MASH.

[bartleby_scriven]

Well that’s Korea. Crowe’s character probably fought there.

[call_me_roy]

AMASH essentially used Korea as a backdrop to explain bureaucratic miscommunication that took place IN Vietnam though.

[bartleby_scriven]

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[nooj]

whatever happened to nevah breaking, bart?

so quickly you forget

[call_me_roy]

ACan we all agree though that the film MASH is incredible?

[call_me_roy]

ADid I get him to break?!

Gosling as Hawkeye in MASH reboot!!

[bartleby_scriven]

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[nooj]

I finally saw MASH a few years ago.

It was great!