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pretty good

posted 18 years ago by mysticalgirl
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i don't usually watch war movies but this one i saw for personal reasons, i have an uncle who was there at hamburger hill. it is a powerful film, well acted and directed. i thought courtney vance really stands out as doc. hated to see him die. also its pretty historically accurate from what i know. 400 american casualties and thousands of nva dead. the most disturbing part for me was the disrespect vietnam vets were getting from those hippie *beep* back home. those letters from home were outragous as was the story of a dead veterans father being told his son deserved to die. overall a deep and moving film

[–] Trouter2000 18 years ago

It wasn't too shabby. Pretty fun film, highly underated if you ask me.

If you want to see a powerful nam film see Platoon. I highly reccomend it if you like this.

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[–] charcoalchicken 18 years ago

I think this is petyy underated. That fight on the hill must have been hell.
Worth watching if you haven't already seen it: 7/10