What movie are they watching in Jarhead?

[T_SQUARE]

In “Jarhead” they are watching a movie that I know I’ve seen a couple times as a kid, but I’m not sure what the name of it is. It is a Vietnam movie and the scene shown in “Jarhead” depicts a battalion of US helicopters flying over water to lay down a rocket attack on what is presumably a North Vietnamese village or base. There is also some catchy music playing in the soundtrack. I don’t think it’s Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, or Apocalypse Now, but those movies kind of run together, so it could be one of those.

Thanks in advance

[Palooka]

Apocalypse Now, definitely.

[Declan]

@T_SQUARE

In “Jarhead” they are watching a movie that I know I’ve seen a couple times as a kid, but I’m not sure what the name of it is. It is a Vietnam movie and the scene shown in “Jarhead” depicts a battalion of US helicopters flying over water to lay down a rocket attack on what is presumably a North Vietnamese village or base. There is also some catchy music playing in the soundtrack. I don’t think it’s Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, or Apocalypse Now, but those movies kind of run together, so it could be one of those.

Thanks in advance

It was apocalypse now and the music was Wagner

Best 15 minutes of the whole movie

Declan

[betenoir]

@Declan

It was apocalypse now and the music was Wagner

And this may be the first time Wagner has been called “catchy”

[Elendil_s_Heir]

Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries,” to be precise. I agree, the attack on the village is still awesome, after all these years. Just amazing.

And remember: “Charlie don’t surf!”

[bubastis]

Someday, they’ll remake Apocalyse Now, complete with Pearl Harbour style bomb-cams. Mark my words.

[Sampiro]

@bubastis

Someday, they’ll remake Apocalyse Now, complete with Pearl Harbour style bomb-cams. Mark my words.

And Wookies. And we’ll all say “Willard machete chopped first!” (I just hope they take out the scene with the stranded Playmates as that was as disturbing as the violence.)