When Carol and I saw the movies, I wrote a little review on another forum.


We just saw much of Stolen Honor on Link TV. Its not well done but it has some power. The narration is stilted and to my mind does not sound believable. The best moment is the old gentleman next to his wife. He is wearing his medal of honor around his neck. It is very moving. I wished he was telling his own story, I would really have enjoyed that.

Frankly, I think Sinclair will keep more viewers by showing excerpts. I think one of the reasons the Networks wouldn't touch it is because, its production values barely match that of a local news show. You can buy it or see it here www.stolenhonor.com/

A couple of things about it seem very very wrong. God Bless them, but these guys who spent 4, 5, 6, 7 years in prison, who were all pilots, who do not claim to have seen what went on on the ground in Vietnam, who obviously did not know the atmosphere back in the states, are not so credible when they claim that Kerry was a liar; are not credible when they talk about his motives; are not credible when they blame the whole antiwar movement on John Kerry, Jane Fonda and some dude named Tom Hayden.

The excerpts of the movie blame Kerry by name and only Kerry for the US losing the war in Viet Nam and oddly enough for also prolonging the war. They say that the enemy "held" on and prolonged the war because of Kerry, but plainly history shows that they hung on until they prevailed. They wouldn't have won quicker if Kerry had not protested. They fought the Chinese after the Americans left. At least they didn't blame Kerry for that.


www.stolenhonor.com


Here is the LINKTV schedule if you get Link and if you want to see the film. I'm listening to African music on Link right now... excellent!!


http://www.linktv.org/programming/programDescription.php4?code=films1


Also we saw "Going Upriver" immediately after Stolen Honor. We enjoyed it very much. It portrays Kerry's Viet Nam Service and his war protest from his point of view and from the point of view of those who protested and served with him.

Great music, great interviews, great film clips an interesting story, well told.

here's the website.