that's the way it really was

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2009)

My wife and I watched this together. When we left the theater we both turned to each other and said "that's the way it really was." No exaggeration.
I dropped out of college and skated through the war with a high lottery number. This movie conveys the change and confusion of the time with a minimum of clichés and condescension.
This movie accurately captures the changing cultures and the changing politics of the late 60's. The hard core politicos, the psychedelics, the art, the music: the way the Viet Nam war drove a sock hop culture firmly into the past.
Very rare. The only movie on the 60's that get's it right.