#2

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2014)

#2 Mike, Steve and Nick are all great friends before leaving for Vietnam. Mike is a strong character that shows his loyalty to his friends throughout the entire film. From making a promise to Steve after Steve's wedding to traveling back to Vietnam to find Nick, Mike's actions show that he really cared about his friends and was willing to do a lot to save them and help them both. Before Steve left for Vietnam he got married to his girlfriend that was pregnant, and he knew she wasn't pregnant with his child. I think Steve's situation and relationship made him more susceptible to becoming mentally ill. Maybe if his new wife had been pregnant with his child he may have felt stronger and would've tried to survive and fight his way through it all to make it home to his child, not another man's. Nick seemed to be a really carefree guy, easy going and was friends with most people he was around. I think his personality reflected his outlook on the world and life itself, and that all changed quite a bit when he realized just how messed up the war is and how it can effect his closest friends and himself. Nick seemed to rely on Mike in certain situations and I think Nick lost a big part of who he was when he flew away from his two best friends on the helicopter.When he believed his two best friends had probably died a lot changed inside of him.