The passage of time has not changed my memory or opinion of this move.

Rating: 10/10 (21 February 2005)

I saw this in the theater when it was first released, and I did not want to leave. I wanted to sit there and watch this movie over and over for days on end. Now, eleven years later, after my second viewing of this movie, I was just as captivated and blown away by it as I was in the theater. I can not think of one negative thing to say about this movie or its cast. I think this is my favorite Pitt performance to date. His scenes on the battlefield were excellent. It nearly tore my heart out when Tristan finally made it to Samuel's bullet riddled body. Then, the scenes coming home from the festival, and the aftermath of those events took my breath away. I had completely forgotten these parts of the movie, and it was like viewing them for the first time. If there were more movies of this caliber, I might start going to the theater again.