Painfull side of Vietnam war

Rating: 10/10 (29 October 2001)

Classic war/drama film which tells a side of the Vietnam war that must also be heard and told.Very good film production with a performance by Cruise that takes him to a higher level of respect by movie fans for his skills.This film focuses more on the U.S. domestic turmoils broght about by this war.Very educational and a good study for those who want a history lesson on these particular sequence of events.For those who feel that the Vietnam war was justified,I say to you you are correct because the U.S.A. had to defend Democracy and did what had to be done based on what the U.S.A. as a whole "knew" under those circumstances,naive as that knowlege might have been based on what we now know today.That war against North Vietnam was waged not ony by the U.S. but by many coalition nations,agressive as the U.S. might have been.It was a no brainer.The U.S and it's alles had the obligation to move against the aggressive spread of FORCED SOCIALISM (Communism).BUT you pro-Vietnam war people,you must also realise the mistakes of that war and LISTEN to the anti-Vietnam war people and not just simply dissmiss them as cowards or traitors or Communists.They have very credible things to say and you must all learn from those things they say so in the future,we will be not all as NAIVE.To the anti-Vietnam war people who are just the kind who protest for protesting's sake without having any sense of RESPONSIBILITY and self sacrifice for ANY VALUES,do not think yourselves equal to the respectable anti-Vietnam war protestors who have proven themselves honorable people (like Cruise's character).There are two kinds of anti-war protestors.Just as there are pro-war people who just take part in war only for the killing/violence part of it.The true lesson of it all is that NOTHING IS SIMPLE and simplification of deep issues with out deep study and unwillingness to compromise is ignorant and VERY DANGEROUS.This movie is for big war/drama fans and big fans of the lead actors.....