Awe Inspiring

Rating: Null/10 (3 December 2009)

This is arguably the best Vietman movie (and possibly the best real war movie) ever made. This is not a heroic or uplifting war movie, but I think many would agree that was should be none of these things nor be portrayed as such.
I have vivid memories of this film. I saw this with my grandfather in the theater in 1987 (I was 15 and probably shouldn't have been allowed to see it). Even at that age, its clear depictions of the horrors of war and what it does to the main character and the rest involved in the story were powerful and sobering.
BTW: For those who like this film, read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (1990)