Good Morning Vietnam, written by Mitch Markowitz, was released on the 23rd December 1987 became one of America’s most favourite war comedy film. The movie starred Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer, who was an Army Force Radio DJ (Disk Jockey), and Forest Whitaker as Private First Class Edward Montesquieu; also known as “Eddie” Garlic. Good Morning Vietnam is set in 1965 in Saigon, during the Vietnam War, where tensions between the American Capitalist government and the North Vietnam Communist powers began:both rigidly holding their ideologies prominent. By featuring a humorous Adrian Cronauer, the war was portrayed realistically, where life wasn’t a catastrophe like many other war movies.
Good Morning Vietnam begins as DJ Adrian Cornauer …show more content…
In contrast to the previous dull, monotonous announcers, Cronauer preceded them with a bundle of improvisational humour and heralding each broadcast with a loud “Good Morning Vietnam”. The DJ’s popularity rose among soldiers who hope to hear American slang and rock n’ roll records to soothe their homesickness. Cronauer’s signature slogan and brand of comedy immediately overthrows Lt. Haul (Bruno Kirby), whose own concept of humour is callow and pathetic, attempts to dethrone Cronauer’s position. Adrian Cronauer begins to adapt with the Vietnamese culture where he met Trinh (Chintara Sukapatana), a Vietnamese girl, where he follows her to English classes and became their temporary teacher. Cronauer befriend with Tuan (Tung Thanh Tran), who is Trinh’s brother, a person that he journeys with to find more about the war condition and the tragic that was never revealed to the soldiers. Despite the language barriers and cultural differences, …show more content…
He used many renown sound tracks such as : Baby, Please Don’t Go by Them, Sugar and Spice by The Searchers, and I’ll Never Smile Again by Lawrence Welk, just to name a few. The lively sound tracks contributes to the emotion of the movie allowing audience to almost travel back to the 1960’s, and positioning themselves in that situation.
The movie was one of the most successful film of the year, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film in 1987. Good Morning, received exceptional reviews from film critics, with Robin Williams winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy / Musical.
The movie’s excellent cinematography skills by Peter Sova, where lighting at important scenes where selected carefully, and the camera angle allows the audience to view the character on a different angle. Robin William’s acting further enhances the character’s inspirational attributes: where his views about the war and the censorship is shown clearly. William’s exceptionally motivative expressions clearly brings out Cronauer’s feelings, where humour is used as effective tool to inform the soldiers of the real situation, as well as brining “home” to this foreign country. Tung Thanh Tran’s emotional expression during the climax of the movie allows the audience to sympathise with the character even though he might
Good Morning Vietnam begins as DJ Adrian Cornauer …show more content…
In contrast to the previous dull, monotonous announcers, Cronauer preceded them with a bundle of improvisational humour and heralding each broadcast with a loud “Good Morning Vietnam”. The DJ’s popularity rose among soldiers who hope to hear American slang and rock n’ roll records to soothe their homesickness. Cronauer’s signature slogan and brand of comedy immediately overthrows Lt. Haul (Bruno Kirby), whose own concept of humour is callow and pathetic, attempts to dethrone Cronauer’s position. Adrian Cronauer begins to adapt with the Vietnamese culture where he met Trinh (Chintara Sukapatana), a Vietnamese girl, where he follows her to English classes and became their temporary teacher. Cronauer befriend with Tuan (Tung Thanh Tran), who is Trinh’s brother, a person that he journeys with to find more about the war condition and the tragic that was never revealed to the soldiers. Despite the language barriers and cultural differences, …show more content…
He used many renown sound tracks such as : Baby, Please Don’t Go by Them, Sugar and Spice by The Searchers, and I’ll Never Smile Again by Lawrence Welk, just to name a few. The lively sound tracks contributes to the emotion of the movie allowing audience to almost travel back to the 1960’s, and positioning themselves in that situation.
The movie was one of the most successful film of the year, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film in 1987. Good Morning, received exceptional reviews from film critics, with Robin Williams winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy / Musical.
The movie’s excellent cinematography skills by Peter Sova, where lighting at important scenes where selected carefully, and the camera angle allows the audience to view the character on a different angle. Robin William’s acting further enhances the character’s inspirational attributes: where his views about the war and the censorship is shown clearly. William’s exceptionally motivative expressions clearly brings out Cronauer’s feelings, where humour is used as effective tool to inform the soldiers of the real situation, as well as brining “home” to this foreign country. Tung Thanh Tran’s emotional expression during the climax of the movie allows the audience to sympathise with the character even though he might