I'm underwhelmed by this film

Its a movie bro!!!

This film was made in 1985, Mickey Rourke was born in 1954

No he wasn't, he was born in 1956.

In inininininin Vietnam he was 19(when the Vietcong stormed Saigon in 1975, thus he would have been a little bit late for the war itself). Besides his character in the movie is way older, than Rourke was at the time. This is evidenced by the fact that "his buddy from the old neighbourhood" looks like he could be Mickey Rourkes father.

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Hello, my name is Mr.Goatlips and I shall be your teacher this term for both History and Math(s).

This film was made in 1985, Mickey Rourke was born in 1954 and the Treaty of Paris, to withdraw troops from Vietnam, was signed in 1973, when he was around 19 years old.

In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war, but it wasn't. It was different in many ways, and so were those who did the fighting. In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26...In Vietnam he was 19.
In inininininin Vietnam he was 19.
In inininininin Vietnam he was 19.
In inininininin Vietnam he was 19.
N n n n nineteen.

Mickey Rourke's born in 1950,he was 35 years old when he takes the role of Stanley White in this movie.There's a lot of contradictions about Mick's real year of birth,but in his biography set for the 80's,he claims he's born in 1950.At age of 35 in this movie,i think its normal Stanley White been a vietname vet.Of course is character was a bit older,thats the reason of grey hair,but perhaps 7 or 8 years more than Mick's age at the time.What's WRONG with that? Mickey was 33 years old in Rumble Fish time and plays a character with just 23.That PROOVES this man is a CHAMELEON of actin and the MAIN ACTOR of his generation.
YEAR OF THE DRAGON is a GREAT MOVIE,i give it 8.5/10!!


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"The direction lacked a bit"

Do you mean Cimino's directing (of the actors) Cold-Fusion?

In what way?

Ariane's performance was (very unfairly) slaughtered by (self-important) critics, however, this was mainly due to the dialogue in her early scenes being unnatural. She is perfectly adequate throughout the rest of the film. But her poor first scene in the restaurant should have been re-shot and, you're right, that was probably Cimino's fault that it wasn't*. Also remember, she played a news reporter, who are wooden (wanna-be actors) in real life anyway.

The rest of the acting in this film is first class.


Whilst I'm on the subject (and I'm not accusing Cold-Fusion of this), 99.999% of people here at IMDB seem to think that the film we see is entirely the work of the director . Sure, some directors delegate less than others and watch over all crew beneath them like a hawk**, but, a director's true role is what the title implies - directing the actors. If they're directing someone like Tom Hanks/Cruise then they don't really need to do anything at all (...unless they want a different performance from them )! Personally, I feel the most important crew member is the director of photography (cinematographer)...backed up with a good (musical) score, screenplay, budget/producer and cast, etc. If you have a great cast, a decent director isn't even needed, my dog could do it.

*This is why Stanley Kubrick IS the greatest director of all time. Not because of his films, but because he (probably) had OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) and would make his performers retake some scenes 100 times! (...or was that only when he was trying to get something new from Tom Cruise whilst making Eyes Wide Shut )

**...And this is, partly, why George Lucas couldn't direct TO SAVE HIS LIFE during the new Star Wars films (... The acting in those films was truly shameful...except for Yoda...who was CGI).


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