very huge problem with this one

Rating: 7/10 (31 October 2016)

Seen at the Viennale 2016: The movie was screened in one of the oldest cinemas, the Metro in Vienna. We were lucky to see an old 35 mm copy. It is always interesting to see older movies on the big screen, especially in their original analog way. You can see the history with all the scratches and partly changed colors. At the same time you see paintings of the past. At the beginning we see some sort of steel mill. The colors and shades of the fire - up to today only analog film material can produce such a beautiful image of fire. Look at Meryl Streep in her first scene. All the freshness of her youth is underlined by the painting art of exposed celluloid. What a cast! What a director! And partly, what a script! If I could rate this movie at parts: 10 for the nearly one hour long marriage and wedding party, 10 for the first and the second deer hunting, 10 for all the scenes in the home village, 10 for the scenes between De Niro and Streep, 10 for the playing of Walken, 10 for the final scene, 10 for everything, but not for the pictures of the war. Sadly, the Viet Cong fighters were shown as brutal sadists only. Sadly, the script writers included this unnecessary Russian roulette as key element. Because, this is such an important anti-war movie these mistakes are inexcusable. Too many people get a wrong picture of history due to these unnecessary historical (partly racist) untruths. It is a pity, because otherwise this movie would be one of the few perfect movies in history.