Actually, yes it is offensive...unless you're ignorant

Rating: 1/10 (30 November 2008)

I am so sick of people saying this movie is not offensive! The only way to not be offended by this movie is to be completely ignorant about the Vietnam War. It is offensive to Vietnamese people and most certainly to veterans of the war. I was disgusted at the parody of Sgt. Elias Grodin's death from the film Platoon, and even more sickened by the party scene with a fake burning hut for decoration. Anyone who has seen actual footage from Vietnam would have to be a sociopath to find this movie entertaining. My Lai, anyone? Regardless of whether U.S. involvement in Vietnam is considered right or wrong, it should not be placed on Hollywood's cheap comedy chopping block. Furthermore, before the ignorant masses decide to make fun of something so catastrophically large, they should seek to understand it. Try reading A Rumor of War or Dispatches. Just don't buy into the mindset that it's okay to make fun of whatever you choose! How would people feel if a parody of the Iraq War was made next year? Just because Vietnam has been over and done for three decades, that doesn't make it fair game for this kind of sick treatment. I would love to know what Stanley Kubrick or Oliver Stone thinks of this garbage.