Try it a 2nd time - this is Oliver Stone's masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (4 June 2018)

After not getting this movie when I watched it in the theater in 2004, this has become my favorite movie. The script is end to end perfect without s single flaw. All the actors are great especially Jared Leto as his one loyal friend and Val Kilmer as his father. The movie is exquisite, hard-edged, romantic, poetic. I can't remember another movie like it. Much better than Lawrence of Arabia. This was the last epic I think made with no, or almost no CGI. It's sweeping and feels more deeply rooted because it wasn't filmed in front of a green screen.
Bravo Oliver Stone! You made my favorite movie. Your best, most authentic film since "Midnight Express".