I want to confess.. Frankly, i didn't get it..

Rating: 6/10 (18 May 2020)

The Deer Hunter (1978) :
Not a Review but a humble confession -
Frankly, i didn't get it. Some people don't understand films, some understand but don't get it and here i said i didn't get it means i did understand it, i did understand everything happened in the film but i just couldn't get why it happened. The Deer Hunter is a story of 3 friends whose lives are changed after Vietnam war. An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. One friend is handicapped, i got this. Second one is back home but doesn't feel like home, why? I didn't get it. He's enjoying love affair with his friends girlfriend without any commitment and hesitation. Dear god please help me here. 3rd guy is gone drug addict and turned a killer gamer why? I didn't get why did he do it. These 3 people seemed like lost minded for me and may be that's why I didn't get the film. The Deer Hunter is one of the top rated and raved film of 70s decade but i didn't get it. May be because i am an Indian and i don't understand how just one war changes young lads lives although i have liked so many war effect films of old and modern Hollywood era. The performances by Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, John Savage looked good. Length is about 3 hours in which hardly there are any enjoyable moment post first half. Michael Calimino's execution looks fine but the conviction seems lose over the content. I don't know why i didn't like the film as i should have liked, may be i shouldn't have written this review but why i wrote? I didn't get that either.
RATING - 6/10*
By - #samthebestest