An emotional film that doesn't make you think about war

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2003)

but about the human spirit and how it is fragile. Compared to Platoon where American soldiers weren't heroes, The Deer Hunter is about a group of friends that serve their duty in Vietnam and during the war, they are capture prisoners and that's when two out of three soldiers lose their emotions. Robert De Niro is superb in this war drama that really isn't about war. Christopher Walken who took best supporting actor got my attention.

The fourth best war film.