So I watched Good Morning Vietnam for the first time today. It is a little ironic that I only just now watched it considering that at some at some point in my life previously I had heard the clip of Robin Williams yelling “GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!!” and copied that to annoy the first shift workers as they walked in of a morning back when I worked third shift.

Overally it was a pretty good movie. well. It was worth watching. I don’t think it is one I am likely to rewatch but I am glad my friends picked it for movie night. Spoilers below if you have also never watched it.

I must admit that after the extremely cringy way Robin Williams’ character Adrain chased after Trinh I kind of assumed it was going to be a ‘guy gets the girl’ in a weird war bride sort of way. I was surprised by the ending, especially as in the end it became more about Adrian’s relationship with Tuan than with Trinh.

Now that I’ve thought about it, the ending feels very fitting for a Vietnamese movie, and ironically is probably a form of the happiest ending it could’ve given. My first thought after the movie ended was that there isn’t a true ending, but that is probably because lately I’ve been deluged with more closed ending sorts of stories than open-ended. The movie ends with Trinh, Tuan, and Adrian all alive. I think perhaps what is most interesting to me is how well the ending did with Tuan’s reaction. .. I don’t think I am explaining this well. But it is nearly midnight lol. What it did well was show the complexity. Adrian reacts to Tuan, angry because he was used to kill men, but Tuan is angry because he has lost family.

So often military movies that involve US military show them off as solely the heroes incoming, and despite being a very American movie, so close to the end it reminds the viewer that war is not kind or pleasant. People die and are killed on both sides. I don’t think I am explaining this well.

Now in regards to updates to this site, I don’t know if I’ll get to any very much. My job stability is a bit…. eh up in the air at the moment. I also recently discovered I have been living with undiagnosed ADHD all my life… which in hindsight explains sooo much. Including my efforts with this site. So I don’t know how much I’ll get around to it in the next few months. We’ll see.

GOOOOD NIGHT WORDPRESSSS!!!!