Just goingto bed after watching " In the Valley of Elah" . Great acting by my

yeah he is on of the best actors available at present.Very intense.

It is Tommy all the way.It is the one of the best movies I have seen recently after the Oscar winner Crash.Strangely both are directed by Paul Haggis.Mimpi If you haven't seen Crash I strongly recommend it for you.

Yes, i will soon.
Thanks bala.

Tommy lives the role effortlessly and has done a great job in this movie.You will like it Will.

i wish someone would get past tommy lee jones and comment on the intenseness of this movie. this is about the shocking truth of the reality of one side of the war in iraq and the impact it has on the soul of the soldiers that are going through it. i think it is about the loss of innocence and tragic loss of humanity over there. the valley of ilah is wwhere david slew goliath in the bible. the soldier son is symbolic of david to me and the giant is symbolic of the war in iraq. the battle is in the soldiers with keeping their sanity and their humanity over there and after they come home. the small child in the movie at the end asks his mother, after she has told him the story of how david slew goliath, how a mother could have let her son fight a giant. mothers and fathers watch their sons and daughters go off to fight the giant everyday knowing they may be sacrificing their children for their country and for the cause of freedom and liberty.
this movie is so deep and emmotional and will break your heart. my heart goes to the brave sons and daughters that are mighty in spirit and courage--i love you all. i celebrate your greatness and pity your demise. what has life put on your shoulders? i love you.

thank you pattin for such a deep insight about this movie.

actually, i have been hoping that the war will finally be over. that the united states forces, as well as, all of the allies will leave iraq and say that the war has been concluded. i thought all the while that all will be over about iraq when saddam hussein has been dealt with.

it is really sad that to this day, they are still fighting there.

it is and will always be heart rending for the parents to be sending their children away to fight a war. i hope we will see the end to this type of man made calamity.