Disjointed, Dismal, and Gut-Wrenching God-Awful

Rating: 1/10 (9 September 2012)

Once in a while a Film comes along that seems to Mesmerize Viewers and Critics with its "New" Approach to Film-Making.
After the "Future Shock" wears off the Truth Emerges and the Director is Naked, and the Movie Sinks under its own weight of Transparent Self-Indulgence, Posing as a Clever Artistic Turn, Void of Sustenance.
"The Deer Hunter" is, as many Now Know, Overrated and with each passing Year Slips surely Downward as it Plummets to almost... "what the?".
This is a Stilted, Silly, Incoherent, Disjointed, Dismal, Depressing Film. A full One Hour Opening that Drags on with Repetition and Replays of the Same Scene at a Wedding Party that Demonstrates Only that these Guys are "Tight" and are about to Enter the Service.
The constant Over the Top Camaraderie with Sing-A-Longs and Bonding are Embarrassing. They like Throwing Food at one another and Shaking beer Cans a lot. Scenes are Driven to their Breaking Point of Audience Tolerance.
The Plot is Ridiculous and Demands so much Suspension of Disbelief from Viewers that many will find it Insulting and Irritating, especially the Jarring Editing from one Set Piece to Another without any Transposition or a minimum of Explanation.
Things just Happen, and We're Transported to some more Ugly, Useless, Unnerving Scenes that as a combined Cinema Experience leaves one with a Bad Taste or a Hasty Exit and a Hope for it all to End. Analogous to being a POW, one guesses, but Only Guesses.
The Movie is Overlong, Horribly Edited, makes Little Sense, Historically rings Untrue, Boring, Laughably Written, Embarrassing, and just plain Gut-Wrenching Awful.
There is Nothing to Recommend except to See this as an Example of how Hoodwinked Critics can Occasionally Misfire this Badly.