A powerful story...

Rating: 7/10 (27 December 2015)

"The Deer Hunter" is the type of movie that you can watch again and again with some time in between. And even though you might know the story by heart, then it quite well-told by director Michael Cimino.
The story is about a tightly knitted group of friends living in an industrial city in Pennsylvania. With a wedding just around the corner and a draft to the military service to do a tour of duty in Vietnam, things are changing for the friends.
The film takes place in America and Vietnam, and both sides of the story do have individual strengths and weaknesses. The American story is a solid story about friendship and love, while the Vietnam story is about camaraderie and perseverance.
Aside from the really well-told storyline, then the movie also has some really impressive names on the cast list, which includes Robert De Niro, John Savage, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep. And in my opinion it is the three aforementioned male actors who really carried the movie, and they did so phenomenally.
"The Deer Hunter" is a has lots of depths and layers to both storyline and characters alike. And it really feels like something that was taken out of real life, because director Michael Cimino really had an eye for detail and realism.
I can't claim to have found much enjoyment in the music that was used in the movie. But then again I watch movies for the visual experience not the audio experience. Of course, I do enjoy a good music score for a movie, but since I can't remember the music from "The Deer Hunter", then it wasn't outstanding enough to make an impression on me.
Despite being from 1978, then "The Deer Hunter" is a movie that still holds it right by today's means and standards, and it is well worth watching even today.