Such a frustrating disappointment

Memorable, crazy movie

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

a delicate theme. and inspired art to give to it the right image. brilliant performances. and a rare portrait of Lyndon B. Johnson out of clichés and sketches and the South stereotypes.its significant gift - to present a realistic portrait of states behind the scenes of war. behind decisions. behind the verdicts from all the parts. a real surprise - Alec Baldwin as Robert McNamara. a surprise not for the talent to define a complex character but for the art to define his fragile equilibrium in the middle of high pressure. Alecc Baldwin imposes his character as pillar of many scenes and easily becomes the lead character. and that is one of the fundamental motifs to admire this special film. special for its status of trip in the deep reality of a period. for the force to remind the roots of a history page. for the image of sacrifices, frustrations and ideals, doubts and expressions of force. for be something different, more than a docudrama or artistic movie. a great support for reflection. and for understand. the rhythm, the direction, the bitter taste of making history.

I expected little from this 'movie' but was pleasantly surprised. After all, it was a made for television mini series originally, it was about politics and U.S. ones at that, it was very long (both episodes were played as one cohesive piece in Queensland). On the plus side, it seemed to have an ideal cast, I like most of Alec Baldwin's work very much, I greatly admire Michael Gambon's work, Donald Sutherland needs no explanation as someone to watch, and that was just the beginning. Furthermore, I had seen the political drama "Nixon" not long ago and was greatly impressed by that (how could you not be with Anthony Hopkins at the helm); so things could have gone either way.Thankfully, my doubts were not realised and I can safely recommend this saga to any thinking person, particularly those of us like myself who actually experienced those times. I suspect to those born later it might seem somewhat like a 'boring' history lesson unless that moment in history bears any particular fascination.For Australians particularly it may be interesting as, just like with previous conflicts (World Wars I and II as well as Korea) and all wars since including Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom and currently Afghanistan, we stood shoulder to shoulder with our American brothers in Vietnam, fighting and dying in battle. We knew why we as a nation were there in the thick of it, so it was very interesting indeed to see why America was there in the first place, and this docu-drama provided some of the answers.

This movie is so good that I was completely glued to the TV. We all know how terrible the Vietnam war was for the soldiers and the civilians, but this movie gives the viewer an incredible view of how terrible it must have been for the US government at that time.I remember in the 60's wondering why the US didn't just quit fooling around and destroy the North Vietnamese, and then after there was so much protesting I wondered why they didn't just bring the troops home. This movie explains how the US got in over their heads and really had no options.Maybe I'm sick but this movie made me me really feel sorry for President Johnson and his advisors for the decisions they had to make and then live with.I'm trying to find this on Video, I want to watch it again and again!

LBJ was my boyhood hero, A man who came from a teachers college to become one of our Greatest Presidents. Finally a film shows the humanity behind this great man and how he cared for people. It shows how the generals gave bad advice on Viet Nam and how LBJ had to balance his Great Society and the wat he inherited. A great actor played the role of LBJ.. But what happened to the Vice President Humphrey ? He does not appear in the meetings and that would be impossible in modern America....