Not what I expected it to be

Rating: 8/10 (22 March 2009)

The Deer Hunter was a movie not quite what I expected it to be.I thought that I was basically going to be bored for over 3 hours watching it and yet I was captivated by the performances of Robert De Niro,Christopher Walken,and Meryl Streep.I had this film in my DVD collection for over 4 years before I finally sat down and watched it.Christopher Walken rightly deserved his Oscar for the film.The scene where Linda and Michael see each other when he comes home from war is a fantastic scene.The only thing that I do not agree with in this film is the language.The Russian Roulette scenes kept me on the edge of my seat all the way through and also,the Russian Roulette scene between Chris Walken and Robert De Niro toward the end kept me on the edge of my seat also.