This
is a great film. I’ve always been slightly dubious about Robin Williams, after
I heard that on the stand-up circuit he used to shamelessly steal material from
other comedians; but in terms of energy and improvisation, there’s no other
comic actor to touch him, except maybe Jim Carrey.Like Jim Carrey, Williams’ best roles are those which are comic with a huge slice of realism involved. Good Morning Vietnam is one of those films, and the music contained on the soundtrack are a great reminder of the happy / sad dynamic that the movie puts across.
I’ve never been a fan of soundtrack albums that have dialogue interspersed with the music tracks, but it works so well here, essentially because Williams is playing a DJ - so the whole album sounds like a radio program. This is probably the first time I heard Them’s version of Baby Please Don’t Go (with a young studio musician named Jimmy Page playing guitar).
Hit: What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Hidden Gem: Baby Please Don’t Go - Them
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