An Awesome Movie

I havnt seen that. May check it out.

I'm going to watch The Haunting in Connecticut tomorrow night at the cinema. I'm so excited. It should be scary as hell! I hope it is.

hi ddbrayden welcome to mylot

Yes, that's what war does for you.. kills! Although only movies I expect these events weren't far from the truth. I am not a great fan of war movies but there are three I have enjoyed watching, this being one of them. Platoon, Hamburger Hill and Saving Private Ryan were brilliant movies and although not a part of my collection, I would watch them again and recommend them to anyone.

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I completely agree with your description! It is one of my favorite movies.. I don't think i need to mention any of the details as why this is a great movie, you've covered everything! Except the fact that you can also see Johnny Depp play a small role in this as well:p
As for John C. McGinley (Dr. Cox), i couldn't believe he ever played a character like that! I got used to the idea of the "almighty" Dr. Cox, so it was a surprise.. Even though he played the stupid one in Office Space as well, but that's a completely different story:P
Anyway.. I really admire the way this movie was made, i suppose it really delivers the feelings of the soldiers on the battlefield, which is something really fascinating to watch.

At the height of the Vietnam War, America's teens are drafted into the war effort to find themselves in the middle of hell. One such young man is Chris Taylor. He is placed in a squadron where two sergeants have different approaches to the war – Elias is more about surviving without being brutal or cruel, whereas Barnes is crueller, more ruthless and more violent. During the course of his term, Taylor's very soul is torn between the two men as he deals with what he must do.

The first film in Oliver Stone's unofficial trilogy is arguably the best of the three. The basic story not only shows us what the war was like for those serving but also how the different personalities come out of those involved in it. As we follow Taylor we see him change as he is influenced by those around him and by his situation. It makes for an uncomfortable film but one that's worth watching. It's certainly a better war movie than things like Wild Geese or The Dirty Dozen, simply because it's a little more real to what happens than those ones.

Charlie Sheen has never been better than when he's acting for Stone. Here he gives one of his best ever performances as the innocent who is changed. Willem Dafoe is a great actor and here is no different – he also gives us one of the film's most enduring images so I'm a little biased. Berenger is another one for whom it's hard to think of a higher point reached than when he did this film. He is brutal and ruthless but he makes us support him in a strange way. The support cast are all good and contains a few famous faces (John C McGinley, Whitaker, Depp) however this is really a three man show.

Overall this is brutal and violent with no happy ending. At the end of the day isn't that what a war film should be?

source: imdb.com