{"id":55,"date":"2006-03-08T16:04:42","date_gmt":"2006-03-08T23:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=55"},"modified":"2023-09-13T21:52:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T04:52:39","slug":"dont-cry-its-only-thunder-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Cry, It&#8217;s Only Thunder (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;This is turning into a goddamn nightmare!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Poster-157x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Poster-157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Poster-537x1024.jpg 537w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Poster-67x128.jpg 67w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Poster-768x1464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Poster.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWith support from a female doctor (Susan Saint James), a young medic (Dennis Christopher) during the Vietnam War becomes becomes involved with a home for Vietnamese orphans.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Character Arc<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Christopher Films<\/li>\n<li>Do-Gooders<\/li>\n<li>Orphans<\/li>\n<li>Vietnam War<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this film about &#8220;an undisciplined young medic stationed in Saigon&#8221; who &#8220;learns responsibility when he finds himself helping two Vietnamese nuns run a non-sanctioned, off-base home for war orphans&#8221; is &#8220;a bit sticky&#8221; at times, but &#8220;its treatment of the war and its effect on children is unsentimental&#8221;, and it possesses an admirable theme: &#8220;Real heroes are those who make commitments to help people whose problems make their own seem insignificant.&#8221; While Christopher&#8217;s character arc is somewhat predictable, this remains a worthy and &#8220;sensitive look at a different side of the Vietnam War.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A refreshing glimpse of Americans and Vietnamese interacting humanely during the war<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still2-1024x773.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still2-1024x773.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still2-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still2-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still2-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still2-358x270.png 358w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still2.png 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still-1024x779.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"487\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still-1024x779.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still-768x584.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still-355x270.png 355w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Dont-Cry-its-Only-Thunder-Still.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth checking out if you can find a copy.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0083843\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/12\/03\/movies\/it-s-only-thunder.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is turning into a goddamn nightmare!&#8221; Synopsis: With support from a female doctor (Susan Saint James), a young medic (Dennis Christopher) during the Vietnam War becomes becomes involved with a home for Vietnamese orphans. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Character Arc Dennis Christopher Films Do-Gooders Orphans Vietnam War Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this film about &#8220;an undisciplined young medic stationed in Saigon&#8221; who &#8220;learns responsibility when he finds himself helping two Vietnamese nuns run a non-sanctioned,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=55\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91562,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/91562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}