"The Quiet American"!!!! Great Movie!! Saw it soon after I got back from my second tour, and was hurting form my hopeless infatuation with a TG. The movie made quite an impression on me.
A couple of things that hit me. First, when he explains how when you first get to Viet Nam, you go wild, wanting to screw every pretty girl you see, and actually dong a good many of them. It is exciting and you think that that is the life you want. But after awhile you meet one who is different from the others, or makes you feel different, and she gets under your skin and them you only want her, and none of the others mater anymore.
There have been times when I've felt that way, and I was feeling it when I saw that movie. Not such a bad thing, I suppose, if you can only find the right girl(which I didn't).
The second thing was when he came to a realization that he had to get rid of the American, by any means necessary. I wish I could quote him, but I can't remember the words. It was something to the effect, that if he lost her, then it would be a turning point in his life, that his life as he knew it would be over, and the rest would be just biding the days until his death.
Can anyone quote that bit from the movie or the book. I would love to hear it. It's a classic line and made quite an impact on me when I saw the movie.
JayBee
