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I find the focus on the experiences of one veteran an inferior approach compared to the approach made in "Best Years of Our Lives". I find it problematic how the movie tries to relate all the various problems veterans faced to one person. There are other veterans in the movie, but none are given any real depth compared to the main character. I also found it questionable how little time the movie actually spent in the Vietnam war itself. - Jonathan Bell | I find the focus on the experiences of one veteran an inferior approach compared to the approach made in "Best Years of Our Lives". I find it problematic how the movie tries to relate all the various problems veterans faced to one person. There are other veterans in the movie, but none are given any real depth compared to the main character. I also found it questionable how little time the movie actually spent in the Vietnam war itself. - Jonathan Bell | ||
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| + | To contribute to Jonathan's point, I think that the only character that was truly developed in the film was Kovic. I had trouble even identifying people in the movie. When Kovic goes to hug his old childhood friend, also a Vietnam Vet, I didn't even know who he was. I also had trouble piecing together who exactly Wilson was, the man Kovic killed. And for other characters, like Donna, we do not know very much about her at all, other than the fact that Kovic likes her and she goes to Syracuse. Everyone seemed very flat in comparison to Kovic. ~Juliann Boyles | ||
I don't really think the point of the movie was to focus on the war, it was to focus on the equally trying time that some vets like Kovic faced upon returning home. Movies like ''Platoon'' and ''We Were Soldiers'' (had to get that Mel Gibson reference in there) and to an extent ''Rescue Dawn'' chronicle the conditions over in Vietnam. But this movie, Taxi Driver and Deer Hunter focus on the effect of coming home and dealing with an experience that fundamentally changed those who served. For instance, using WWII movies, if you wanted to view the war itself you might watch ''Saving Private Ryan'', whereas if you wanted to see the effect of the war upon returning home you would want to watch ''The Best Years of Our Lives'', or ''Flags of Our Fathers''. There can be "war movies" that do not focus on actual combat, and in some instances these are more compelling.- Bryan Mull | I don't really think the point of the movie was to focus on the war, it was to focus on the equally trying time that some vets like Kovic faced upon returning home. Movies like ''Platoon'' and ''We Were Soldiers'' (had to get that Mel Gibson reference in there) and to an extent ''Rescue Dawn'' chronicle the conditions over in Vietnam. But this movie, Taxi Driver and Deer Hunter focus on the effect of coming home and dealing with an experience that fundamentally changed those who served. For instance, using WWII movies, if you wanted to view the war itself you might watch ''Saving Private Ryan'', whereas if you wanted to see the effect of the war upon returning home you would want to watch ''The Best Years of Our Lives'', or ''Flags of Our Fathers''. There can be "war movies" that do not focus on actual combat, and in some instances these are more compelling.- Bryan Mull | ||
