A long movie

Rating: Null/10 (5 February 2003)

It is great to see De Niro, Walken and Streep in their early years as actors. The movie was about an hour too long, as almost an hour alone was spent on the wedding scene. For war buffs, there was far too little time spent on the characters during their time fighting in Vietnam. Movie making techniques of the 1970's sure do not compare to today's concepts. I enjoyed the movie, though I got bored in parts and took 3 days to watch it. 3 hours in one sitting would have been too much. Definitely worth seeing. A classic. A very silly story line though that would not fly today.