The Ultimate Vietnam War Film!

Rating: Null/10 (14 April 1999)

This is in my opinion, the most powerful film ever made about the Vietnam war! It started off with a pleasant beginning, letting you inside the minds of the characters in the film. And when the film rotates to Vietnam, it turns into a horrifying and realistic slap in the face! Even after the film is done, it's ferociousness never leaves you nor does it cease to be unmerciful! This is the meanest Vietnam, or argueably, the meanest war film that has ever been made or ever will be made(that was until "Saving Private Ryan" came out). The acting is superb in getting the feeling of misery and pain across to the audience. James Cameron's "TITANIC" seems fake in how the actors portray their terror, pain, and suffering. But when I saw "The Deer Hunter", there was no doubt in my mind that these guys we in hell! I was completely convinced! That hardly ever happens to me when I'm watching a film. And the thing that's strange is, this film isn't even about the Vietnam war. It's about how it affected, or wrecked the lives of the people who went through it! And although there were only a few minutes of Vietnam in the film, the impact of the scene and the film altogether, lasts forever!