Very possibly one of the best American Vietnam war movies ever!

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2006)

"We were soldiers" is - if not a totally realistic - then at least a brilliant story which gives the audience an idea of the historic perspective on the Vietnam wars. It doesn't idealize war, yet describes why myths are created around war events, like the ones taken place in this part of the world.
The war scenes are cruel, sad and violent, exactly as they should be. This movie also shows - more clearly than other war stories - why wars become so important and tragic, not only from a nationalistic but, perhaps more importantly, from an individual's or a family's viewpoint.
The only thing that disturbs me is that this movie has a biased political tone in it, which maybe was not intentional, but that nevertheless is there, seen with European eyes anyway. But be with that as it may, this is a film I really have enjoyed watching, twice!