Good War Movie!!

Rating: 10/10 (14 July 2008)

The long wait is finally over for me and I can't believe it took me so long to watch this masterpiece especially this being Robert De Niro's movie and who is my all time favorite American actor. Acting needless to say is high class and not just from ever formidable De Niro but from other cast too but worth mentioning here is Christopher Walken in one of his best roles ever and he totally deserved the Oscar for that part. I can't believe other filmmakers failed to utilize his talent in much deserved bigger and challenging roles throughout his illustrious career. Nonetheless De Niro's and Walken's performances are one for the ages. Direction by Michael Cimino is excellent and I read in some other reviewers comment, him being a one movie wonder and me too haven't heard about him for any other movies, but will definitely try to catch his other work to conclude. There are many reasons for why I loved this movie, some of them being: 1. the introduction sequences for all the characters and their lives which takes about one hour of the movie time and sets the right mood for the later parts of the movie. 2. Deer hunting scene 3. Less importance to the war sequences but rather to the psyche of the soldiers. 4. Russian roulette sequences, 5. Ending sequence where everyone gathers around the table, and many more scenes that keep with the pace of the movie. Overall I would say 3 hrs well spent on the weekend.