Far, far, from realistic

Rating: Null/10 (18 June 2003)

It is really disturbing and a wonderful reflection of our modern society to think that people beleive this movie is a "true" or "realistic" account of the Vietnam war. In TRUTH this is the most cliched account of men in war possibly ever.
Perhaps it is because we Americans feel the need to romantasize ourselves and sugar-coat the reality that our "honorable" intentions are not often honorable, that a movie that is so devoid of truth or honesty has an audience. WWS is just another example of how we are sentimental about our pasts. In being so sentimental we are also willing to forget certain details about events that may be a little too painful. It's fitting that this movie was written by the man who brought us Pearl Harbor, another vapid and nostalgic piece of crap.
This movie is intolerably sappy. I laughed out loud as Mel and company threw around little gems like, "Daddy, what's a war?" "Tell my wife I love her." "At least I died for my country." I feel no remorse in saying that I laughed, why? Because this was a basicly a comedy and in no way was paying homage to Vietnam war vets.
Please see Platoon instead. There is a reason why it won best film and WWS was overlooked. Platoon pays more respect to the soldiers of Vietnam by being honest.
I would never reccomend this movie to anyone. 0 out of 10 stars.