amazing film

Rating: 8/10 (16 March 2006)

this was an amazing film....everyone was fabulous. i'm a bit of a Johnny Depp obsessive (and proud of it) but everyone was incredible. i didn't know Charlie Sheen was such a good actor! all i've seen him in is Two and a Half Men and Spin City and i never liked him... he's great. all-round spectacular movie. incredibly sad. there were so many surprises that you didn't know were coming. and when that guy's arms get blown off but he staggers out so that all his platoon can see him before he dies was just shocking. the music was just right, and the cinematography was spot on. i don't think i can fault it. all i can say is that it was incredibly upsetting - i have never studied Americans in the Vietnam War, and i don't know much about it, but i expect that the way they portrayed them in the movie was accurate... and that's out of order. the number of trigger happy soldiers was disgusting. Anyway, i still liked it a lot. a good movie to watch.