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None. My dad was in Vietnam and he used to make me watch Vietnam and other war movies. My favorites were the anti-war films like Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Hamburger Hill, and Apocalypse Now that made war look like hell. They just made me want to join the military more. I joined the National Guard when I was 18 but was discharged a year later for medical reasons. So yeah, no film will ever make anyone not want to join the military who has their mind set on it. The only time you realize you've made a mistake is your first week of boot camp, or when your using your helmet to hold your intestines in.
I was going to post some of my dad Vietnam pictures but I need at least 25 posts.
I was going to post some of my dad Vietnam pictures but I need at least 25 posts.
Once a boy/man is 16 or so and set on joining the military I can't think of much that would dissuade him, including the documentaries I mentioned in my earlier post in this thread.
However, if parents are dead-set against their sons (or daughters) joining the military, they could forbid all Hollywood movies and commercial TV, and from the time they are very young, only show their kids documentaries like those. That might do the trick, although a fascistic domicile like that might be hard to rule for 18 years.
