I good job

Rating: Null/10 (15 January 2003)

Okay, after reading most of the comments, I might be going off the beaten track, but I just saw this film on tape last night and I liked it. So did a couple of my buddies who are Vietnam Vets. I know that it is a movie, meant to make money using Mel Gibson, and it's supposed to be an act of patriotism to watch and learn in a film like this, but...I'll say this. It's a good job. Forget the hype, the build-up, the critics. it's a good war movie, and on a par with the new 'measuring rod' of Saving Private Ryan.
You don't have to agree with me. It's far and away better than Pearl Harbor, that's for sure! There is a stark, horrifying reality and pain in the scenes of battle and death in this film and as a jaded war film buff, that takes some doing, I can tell you. The acting is realistic, because it is not 'acted' but simply given realism by the tension of the moment. As for the ending, I know it was 'hollywoodized' but it still works. I was touched by the closing, and felt this was a good and 'sincere' effort to tell a story as well as make some serious money. I give it a 9/10.