Let's make sure it is the kind of picture that will help our cause throughout the world ... We want to tell the story of our fighting men in Vietnam with reason, emotion, characterization and action. We want to do it in a manner that will inspire a patriotic attitude on the part of fellow Americans – a feeling which we have always had in this country in the past during times of stress and trouble. The problem, as Wayne recognized, was that Vietnam was not `a popular war', which was all the more reason why he felt it was `extremely important that not only the people of the United States but those all over the world should know why it is necessary for us to be there'. In fact, this very line was to cause considerable controversy when the film was released at the height of the anti-Vietnam war demonstrations in 1968."
             Taylor is speaking about the thoughts of John Wayne in making the movie and during the 60s; the unpopular status of the Vietnam War caused rift and turmoil across the nature. The American culture at the time could not accept a so-called illegal war that John Wayne had to make a movie the ended up becoming a propaganda film invoking the righteousness of America's war in Vietnam. In McBride's analysis, she deems the movie as "Flaunting a blatantly pro-war agenda, The Green Berets significantly contrasted Hollywood's later movies depicting combat in Vietnam. Hollywood's shift in perspective regarding the conflict can be proven through the analysis of the major motion pictures released throughout the time span of the war and afterward, into the mid-eighties. In examining the selection of major films pertaining to the Vietnam War era, three major themes become evident as representation of Hollywood's general intentions in portraying the Vietnam conflict onscreen: the psychological effects of American military training, the experiences of units in combat, and the public perception of the V...