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Vietnam in HD: Season 1
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78 out of 100

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9.0 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

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  • Summary: New, unseen footage is included in the six-part mini-series about the Vietnam War narrated by Michael C. Hall.
  • Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, News/Documentary

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Nov 9, 2011
    100
    It is so crisp and clean and the clarity is so great that you will definitely forget that what you are watching is real.
  2. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Nov 9, 2011
    100
    Even at six hours, this tends to be more impressionistic, and less bound to a strict historic timeline.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Nov 9, 2011
    50
    With the line between documentary and amusement-park ride now crossed, it's easy for a critic to start noticing Vietnam in HD's other narrative and technical shortcuts with filler and stock footage, splicing in wherever needed the images we have seen before, including those familiar payload-perspective views of bombs being dropped over the hills and villages.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. JudgeHolden
    10
    Back in the 90s I read some books by Stephen Ambrose about the D-Days and the days that followed, full of memories and quotations from the heroes of those days: the ordinary American soldiers. Vietnam in HD uses the same method, and to a good result. Combined with vivid music and stunning footage, it is a great piece of historical show with a tonn of useful information.… Expand
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  2. chuckaswell
    10
    The show's not over yet, and I've watched diligently. I'm a 1968 combat veteran...9th Infantry Division, 5th Battalion, 60th Infantry. I arrived in early February, while the Tet Offensive was still in full swing and served 7 months in combat. I was immediately troubled by the first show's description of the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the resultant Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964. Although the narrator states that this incident was "reported", I believe that the pretense is clear. However, it has been clearly established that this was a fabrication and that the resolution was a false pretense to war....not unlike the WMD fantasy that "justified" our incursion into Iraq. I hope that this is acknowledged before the show concludes.… Expand
    • 2 of 3 users said yes