Don't Let Cliche's Get You Down

Rating: 8/10 (20 November 2002)

I know there has been a lot of talk about this film having too many cliches but this is based on a true story and if you read the book you realize that all of these so called "cliches" were actual things said by our veterans. This, to me, is the best Vietnam picture I have seen. I am glad that there finally is a Vietnam War picture that paints our veterans in a positive light. A lot of the other ones I've seen seems to focus on killing our own guys (Apocalypse Now, Platoon) but We Were Soldiers left me with that thankful feeling I had after viewing Saving Private Ryan the first time.