Just watched it for the first time

I tend to agree.

I watched the movie recently and came away utterly unimpressed.

The script and the editing were bad-- the characters were uneven and all over the place.

The story, such as it is, exists only to provide some sort of framework that allows Williams to do his stand up.

As for Williams, his character was a mystery-- no back ground is given, no details or belief's revealed, nothing. He's a blank slate.

There's no real commentary on the war-- if you don't know anything about Vietnam going in to this movie (and sadly, many younger people do not) you would be hard pressed to understand exactly what is going on.

This movie is chiefly remembered for the Robin Willimas radio riffs as his character does his show. SOme of the material is funny, but it's not that great. Over rated in my opinion.

I liked Robin Williams, and enjoyed many of his movies-- he was a very talented man. However, this movie is completely over-rated and not an example of his best work. The script is so poor that it simply doesn't allow for any other outcome.

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I can't agree more. I thought it would be very funny from all the praise it gets.

It's very boring at times and hardly ever made me chuckle. The word overrated gets thrown around a lot. However I think this movie is the very definition of that word.

I disagree, it was one of the best movies starring R. Williams. His non-stop gag lines were hilarious. He was the perfect on-air personality, so of course a lot of the humor would be stand-up while he was sitting down at the microphone. It was the nature of a comedic DJ who entertained the troops.

I'll admit his portrayal of Cronauer was a bit exaggerated. The real-life Cronauer wasn't as controversial or comedic. Still made for a good entertaining movie though.

I came to this board because I was afraid to be alone on this.

I've started watching GMV twenty minutes ago, and had to pause because... I don't find it funny at all, so far. I don't think it's Robin Williams' fault because I fairly enjoyed his "machine-gun humor". It's just that SO FAR, nine jokes out of ten aren't funny.

Seeing plenty of characters laughing their asses off doesn't help (it's always risky, like composing a song for a fictional singer in a movie and make everyone in it react like it's a masterpiece while it's not a masterpiece at all). It almost felt like hearing a laugh track in an unfunny sitcom.

Can someone tell me if it gets better ?

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I disagree, but maybe its because i'm young and unwise and didnt exist when this movie came out or when the war in Vietnam was being fought.

same here. just watched it a week or so ago for the first time and didn't like it either. Not enough story, parts of it made no sense. It played like a bunch of scenarios that were set up for Robin Williams to respond to comically. Attractive girls walking down the street. Flamboyant GI bar owner. English class for native Vietnamese that Robin Williams takes over (and they all get his jokes and laugh even though they are apparently learning the language). Which is fine I guess but I was hoping for more compelling storyline and I don't particularly enjoy Robin Williams' standup.

Sorry to be harsh, but obviously many people do like this movie. It is not for me though.

You didn't grow up in the 60s, so it wouldn't make sense to you. I did, so I understood 90 percent of the humor.