Super Memorial Day Movie for a son & dad to watch

Rating: 8/10 (30 May 2005)

It is Memorial Day 2005 and I have just finished watching this movie with my twelve year old son. He has had a hard time with this movie as to the length and the large amount of dialog combined with the sparseness of action scenes. He also may have had a hard time with the intense level of emotional content that generally is not present in his other "war mediums". I am attempting to overcome the romance of war that he gets from his video games as well as other action / adventure movies. I think he got it. I am hoping that he got it. Time will tell. Actually the next six years. This movie does such a great job and kudos to the actors and crew for their attempt to show the horrors of what is, sadly, our real national pastime. This movie sits on my shelf next to Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Redux, Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down. All movies that I believe show us the stupidity of war and the tragic-ness of how we maim whole generations of our young.