block 3

Rating: 7/10 (15 December 2009)

#1(as you say)I feel the the Russian roulette sequence was getting at how the draft was a game of chance on its own. Nobody chose to play, but regardless they were forced. If your name was picked you got the letter in the mail, go to war or go to jail. Like pull the trigger or we will kill you anyways.
#2(as you put it) Mike was a lot more squared away than the other two. i felt he was at peace with what was happening and while worried didn't let it get to him. I feel this served him well as a soldier because he took things as they came and didn't freak out about it. In a way he made the best of things.
Nikki, on the other hand seemed very nervous throughout the whole movie. He was someone I feel had a problem with all kinds of addictions, and while he was nervous about playing Russian roulette the first time, he clearly got addicted to something there. The money, the rush, I don't know exactly what though.
Steve, clearly a bit more ignorant, to nervous, not ready to be involved in a war. He lost his cool and it cost him his legs. I don't feel he has any redeeming quality about his personality that would have helped in a combat zone.
#3(if thats what we want to call it) I feel the french guy was just a politician who wanted to make money, nam didn't concern him at all so hes just like all the other politicians who wanted to walk away better than where he was when it started.
#4(last and ahh, well really the easiest question.not bad) When drunk Mike mad a promise to Nikki saying he wouldn't leave him there. I feel he needed to fulfill the promise. On the flip side, at the end of the movie I'm not sure if its trying to indicate Mike and Nikki's were going to be together with Nikki out of the way, but i got that impression. Maybe Mike in a way was hoping Nikki was dead so he could perhaps feel better about being with his wife.
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