Wow, just wow.

Rating: 10/10 (20 August 2005)

If you can get through the first hour of this film, then you'll be hooked and you'll understand why it's so great. The first hour moves a little slowly, but once you get to the end you'll realise that all this background was necessary.
Quite simply, The Deer Hunter is emotional and gripping. De Niro and Walken are fantastic, and the film's final scenes rank up there with any I have see. There are many great Vietnam movies, but this is quite possibly the best one. It is not as much of a typical war film as something like Full Metal Jacket, but instead focuses more on the human aspect and the impact the war had on normal people who got caught up in it. And the end product is brilliant and moving.