Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

L B I just watched the movie for the second time (first was many years ago), and came to see the comments...It seems there are mostly 2 sides: one that got deeply moved and thought-provoked by it, and others who watched it only to see what the hype is about and find flaws...For me, this is one of the movies that influences your perspective on live and through which you uncover another small bit of realization about the human nature...If you're looking for an action, war movie, you won't find it here - it will be too long and too philosophical. If you're looking for something "deep" but which will be fully defined, chewed up and served to you, you'll probably find it "pretentious and egoistical" like some of the comments here.But if you let yourself into it without pre-set expectations and opinion, take in all that is going on and let your thoughts dig a bit into some of the directions, you'll find a masterfully created art that takes a period of time and a location and just shows it to you, along with people in it, from multiple angles, not telling you what to think. Then you are, at the same time, exposed to the beauty and duality of nature (tranquility and violence), men which are a part of it, that are conflicted by that same duality, to their (most often) disconnected thoughts while they are trying to make sense of things that are happening and the essence of it ("What is killing us?", "What's keepin' us from reaching out, touching the glory?")...There are no good guys or bad guys, no heros nor villains, no conclusions or answers, no story (in traditional sense) - and it's still one of the most effective, daring and influential anti-war movies ever...If you want to, you will find plenty of topics in the movie (nature, temporality and relative insignificance of man and his conflict's and goals, free will, love, morality, idealism, death, God, goodness, survival...) and lots of symbolism, but never forced upon you...If you want to see a movie primarily as form of entertainment, this is probably not a best choice. But if you want to be exposed to art, as in - a creation that will provoke heavier emotions, change your mood, make you think your own thoughts and keep you "submerged" in it for a bit longer - this is one of those that truly belongs in that category.

YaumingYMC Show don't tell. This is the maxim of the film medium.If there is going to be a soliloquy then use it sparingly and not as a crutch for the plot.I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the film was also very preachy about the "violence of war".This was one of the few films which I could not complete watching.Boring. Preachy. Stodgy.

legendaryoutlawx I can't begin to describe my Experience.It's something you have to experience yourself,and I hope you do.I watched this Movie when it came out,I was a kid at that time so probably didn't understand much.But 19 years later,I watched it once again, this time I was able to grasp so much more.It's not just a War movie or Just a Drama, It's an Experience, really. What I found out was that , even though some of our characters never meet in the movie, but they're tied by some bond,maybe it's their destiny. You don't just see the Story from a Single perspective , but from a lot of the soldier's eyes.The story may seem a Bit complicated to you at first but after some time, you'll understand,what the characters are trying to tell us .On top of this Experience, was The movie's score by Hans Zimmer. It really Makes the movie,the story speak to you.like I said it was an Experience. I'd say it wasn't a movie, but it was art.In 170 minutes, I saw, Experienced and Felt what the Characters were trying to speak to me. I've seen a lot of war movies, but one thing this gem of a Movie does best is that it connects to you better than others.The Narrations from different characters only add to the realistic environment you're experiencing. If you're looking for a breathtaking experience, to find what's it's like to be under fire, to find the meaning of life while Firing your M1 Garand at Jacques , do give this Movie a Try.One thing I can say is that after almost 3 hours of this Movie, you might Get better realization on a lot of things in life ,I did so . Cheers

BKunaefi In my opinion, the most beautiful yet powerful movie of all time. It shows you the beautiful side of nature, and the horrors of war in the most mesmerizing way possible. With the most stunning score of Hans Zimmer's makes this, my second favorite war movies of all time, after Apocalypse Now of course.