Over-rated

Rating: 8/10 (21 September 2002)

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I must be missing something with this film, as I find watching it (for lack of a better word) boring! I don't even know how it can be called a war film! Forrest Gump shows more of the war in Vietnam! I know it's supposed to be more about portraying the characters, but c'mon! The film needs more action scenes. And what's with the scene where they fall off the helicopter, then it suddenly decides to abandon them?! Why didn't it go back for them, what happened to the supposed "never leave a man behind" attitude of American soldiers?
My final complaint is that the film takes way too long to get going anywhere. Truly boring stuff.