I was insulted

Rating: Null/10 (25 August 2001)

I am only 39 years old, so I didn't make it to Vietnam. But, I did join the army in 1980 and most of the officers and senior NCO's I served under did serve in that war. Bad things happen in war. That is the nature of war. This movie portrayed U.S. soldiers as dope heads, thugs and murderers. I couldn't care less about Mr. Stone's opinion of the military or of the Vietnam War. If you are going to tell a story, tell it right. The whole story was outrageous: SSG Barnes kills a native villager; the platoon burns the village. SSG Barnes kills SGT Elias because he thinks he is going to rat him out. Then Chris kills a wounded Barnes for no apparent reason. Please, give me a break! No one, I repeat, no one hates war more than the people that have to fight in them. The best thing that I can say about this movie is that it has an antidote, Hamburger Hill.