A Captivating Vietnam story.

Rating: 10/10 (24 May 2009)

One of my favorite Vietnam war flicks from the late 70's that has an amazing cast starring Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken. A story about a few men that are going to the Nam and find themselves captured by Vietnamese.
A popular scene from the film would be the Russian Roulette sequence. A very thrilling and fearful scene. Some of the acting and creative work done is some of the best acting, best story play that i've ever seen in a war motion picture.
I thought "Platoon" was a brilliant film that shows a lot more Vietnam description than this one. But as for "The Deer Hunter", it may not show a whole lot of war scenes or action, but the powerful beauty of it really shows it's emotional side in the film. De Niro later on in the film goes deer hunting once again and to me I think he realizes that "why shoot such an animal like a deer, when I lived through a living hell in the war?" To me the acting is by far the best i've seen in quite a long time in a 70's film.
The ending of the film is also an emotional and heart-trembling moment in the film where you are really torn up by. I enjoy watching the ending over and over, but somehow it catches me as a disappointing and saddening, realistic ending. It gets to me every time. I highly recommend you experience a motion picture like this one. Films like this catch an amazing amount of power to it, and great symbolism with them deer hunting. A powerful and genuine piece of film "The Deer Hunter".
10/10!