A Great American Classic

Rating: 10/10 (19 October 2006)

The Deer Hunter ****
The Deer Hunter was the first movie about the Vietnam War to be released. At least thats what I know. But The Deer Hunter is not about the war in general. It's about the lives of three men who serve in Vietnam. The movie is about, before they go to war, while they are at war, and after they went to war. The movie is excellent in so many ways that I can't describe how the character feel about each other after the final scene. All I can say is that it seems that they don't know each other anymore. Can Vietnam distance people. Yes, especially when one of the three men decides to stay in Vietnam and becomes a Russian Roulette player and another loses his legs. The main character tries to ignore the fact that he has changed but he can't deny it. The war effected him and everybody around him. This is an excellent films about change and excepting change.