The best war movie ever, turned mediocre

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2001)

I am so happy that this movie was re-released into theaters. It was a joy with the sounds and the widescreen and the height and just the enormousness that the movie deserves. However, it does not deserve the enormous running time that the redux version has. If the majority of the added scenes weren't self-explanatory, then i wouldn't have a problem. But, there was a reason the Plantation scene was cut (obvious and boring), there was a reason the second Playboy bunny scene was cut (it still isn't fashionable to take on women's lib, but especially in a war movie). There is a reason why the originally works oh so much better than Redux.
As for the original, it is amazing watching the plot unfold, the characters develop, the separatism, everything man. It was like wow. I can't explain it, simply because it is so mysterious and aggressive that it can't' be explained. This is a serious head trip of a war movie, with nothing really making sense, and all having a point to attack the government, the military, or society's take on war. Watch this surreal movie for the trip it is, and you will love it. I remember turning it on at 1:00 am, and finishing it without even noticing its 2.5 hour length.
10/10 (original) 5 /10 (Redux)