To me, this movie is perfection.

Strong and Moving!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

It is very real and close to the reality of Vietnam. A lot of American movies make the American soldiers look bad. This is wrong. All the left-wing movie director did this in order to stop the draft. My Grandfather a United States Marine officer fight for America in Korea and Vietnam. He would not lie to me and he love freedom. We need patriotism in this country. Make America great again, President Trump!

This movie should be treated like the black and white minstrel show and shelved, never to be shown ever again. One can only wonder how south east asian people view this movie...they must scratch their heads and/or laugh out loud. The Green Berets is American war time propaganda pure and simple. It gets replayed on a Sunday arvo here in Australia every 6 months or so and I try and sit through it again but every time I end up turning it off. It's meagre relevance, poor production and biased views fade more and more every year but just like Richard Nixon, conscription, LBJ, My Lai and everything to do with the corrupt Vietnam War, this movie leaves a taste of VOMIT in your mouth. As for John Wayne...well he can go jump, after thousands of cowboys n indian movies the guy absurdly thought he was a real cowboy and wanted to go and fight Native Americans protesting at Wounded Knee in 1973...give me Marlon Brando any day. John Wayne and his movies just look silly nowadays.

I see negative reviews.Probably not politically correct for some it seems.John Wayne made a statement.At the same time, John Wayne knew a movie had to engage the audience.The politics at the time were divided.It seems again that reviews were and are divided.Movies of an earlier war were accepted.These movies even today are accepted.The opponents of that earlier war were not well received.Again it seems some wars are not acceptable.Even if war aims are well meant.

I suppose you have to give John Wayne credit. By 1968 the Vietnam War was already becoming unpopular, protests against it were erupting, America's allies were publicly opposing it. Making a movie that would be essentially a defence of U.S. involvement in Vietnam took some guts. Of course, Wayne's fan base was likely made up of the more conservative types in American society, but still. Making a pro-Vietnam movie in 1968 would have been cutting increasingly against the grain. And, no doubt owing to Wayne's stature, even anti-Vietnam actors wanted roles in this - notably David Janssen as anti-war reporter George Beckworth, who follows the unit as a war correspondent, and Star Trek's George Takei, who took on the role of Captain Nim, a ruthless South Vietnamese officer.Now, I'm no expert on the Vietnam War or anything military to be honest. But to my amateur eye, this seemed rather well done and the military scenes seemed authentic. Of course, it's the reverse of what we usually associate with movies about Vietnam. In this, the U.S. is noble, and fighting for a just cause against the atrocities of the communist, North Vietnamese enemy. In fact, all that is made so clear that in the end Beckworth becomes a supporter of the U.S. involvement. And, unlike most Vietnam movies, this movie doesn't focus on young draftees but on the special forces, who likely were much more professional and who probably had higher morale.Perhaps in a reflection of one of the basic reasons for the unpopularity of the Vietnam War, the prime weakness of the movie for me was a lack of clear focus or purpose. The movie has a tragic figure - the young Vietnamese boy who has only a dog as a companion and who bonds with one of the U.S. soldier. In the end, it finally settles into a purpose - to capture a senior North Vietnamese general. But for the most part, this just depicts war.It does provide an interesting and alternative perspective that's worth watching - and it shouldn't be dismissed for its bias, it should be evaluated on its merits. On that basis, it isn't great, but it's a worthwhile watch. (6/10)