Deer Hunter Response

Rating: Null/10 (18 December 2007)

#4. Mike goes back to Vietnam to get Nick because at the beginning of the movie Mike promises that he will bring him back no matter what happens. After the wedding, when Mike is done running through the town naked, Nick says to him that he loves everything about the town that they live in. He loves the trees and he loves the place where he works and he tells Mike to bring him back. Mike promises that he will. So after Mike goes to visit Steve in the hospital and realizes that the money that Steve is getting is from Nick he goes to Vietnam to try and get him back home. After they play Russian Roulette and Nick dies Mike honors his promise and brings him back home.
#2. The personalities of the three characters are the same in the beginning of the movie and at the end of the movie. Mike is sort of a perfectionist. He has everything in order when he goes hunting and he will only take one shot at the deer. He only acts out when he has to much to drink. Other than that Mike always seem to have a plan and seems to be ready for anything. Nick likes to take risks. He gambles on everything from a football game to whether they can beat a truck out on the road. He seems to go with the flow. Steve is incredibly naive. He marries a woman that is pregnant and he has never been with her. He just seems younger than Mike and Nick and he is really not ready for the future. I think that the distinct differences in the personalities of the three main characters did serve as a prelude to what was about to happen. Mike the strongest out of the three had a plan to get out of there. Put three bullets in the gun and do not get shot. He got out of there and saved all both of his friends. If Nick wasn't the one that he was going against though he would not have gotten out. Steve would have never taken that risk. Only Nick would. After they get out though Nick in the one that breaks down mentally. He does not go back home and he stays in Vietnam, plays Russian Roulette and starts doing drugs. Steve gets hurt and losses both of his legs and the use of one arm. He decides to stay in the hospital and not face the real world. Mike when he gets back home still seems like himself. He has a plan and he still only takes one shat at the deer. Even if he wasn't aiming to hit it. He is a little tense still like when he goes to the hospital and the nurse drops the tray. He is the only one out of the three though that seems strong enough to handle what life puts in front of him.