This film is my favourite and Chris's performance got under my skin.

Rating: Null/10 (27 April 2003)

By chance I came across this film. I was 18 when I first saw this film, it was raining, it was a Saturday and me and a friend had nothing better to do than watch a film. We had heard of a film star called Robert De Niro, in fact there was a song written about him, so 'The Deerhunter' seemed a good choice. It was rather slow to begin with, and after our second helping of popcorn (this time the salted variety)with the whirl of helicopters and the scene barging into Vietnam my friend and I both jumped up and took notice again.
The scene in the bamboo cages, haunts me still, and the acting of all three brilliant actors left me glued to the screen. However it is the electric performance of Christopher Walken which leaves me still in awe. When he is seated opposite Robert De Niro playing russian roulette his emotions are so raw and exactly how you would imagine your responses to be, you fall instantly in love with his charactor. Of course when the trio have split and 'Nick' is in hospital his vunerability (which you imagine is there in real life. How else could anyone play this role so well?) is so tragic. The ending of course is why this film stands out and why this is my favourite film of all time. I have recently sent my nephew the DVD for The Deerhunter, who is studying to become an 'artiste of stage and film', studying at the Paul McCartney stage school in Liverpool, England. He is showing his class the DVD, as his auntie has convinced him that this is the greatest film ever made, and that Christopher Walken is one of the best actors of all time.