a5c7b9f00b In 1965,America prepares to send its troops into South Vietnam's green Central Highlands, the devoted commander and seasoned paratrooper, Lieutenant Colonel Harold Moore, prepares to lead the young men of the First Battalion of the Seventh Air Cavalry into the war's first major ground battle. Hopelessly outnumbered, four hundred soldiers against a North Vietnamese infantry division of two thousand men, Moore's soldiers will fight in Ia Drang Valley, or the Valley of Death, during three days of inferno. This movie displays the courage and the dignity of few men on the fierce battlefield,wellthe pain and suffering of all those who were left behind alive but, nonetheless, wounded.
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.
I was a young helicopter pilot in Vietnam, and this movie is the first Vietnam movie I've seen that's not leftist anti-vet propaganda, with an overdose of whining soldiers and crazed officers. Instead, it turned out to be the best war movie I've seen, for at least two reasons: (1) it's a rare factual account (like Patton) - the events and people are real, and therefore are far more compelling than any imaginary story could ever be, and (2) the movie's realism - it accurately depicts what it was like to be a soldier and a helicopter pilot in battle in Vietnam, complete with having to put up with some of the cowards in the rear who never got their uniforms dirty. I can't find the words to respond to those who obviously never flew over or fought in Vietnam who claim to know the vegetation and scenery well enough to be critical of the movie in that regard.<br/><br/>No movie can ever possibly recreate in a viewer the true intensity of the fear of taking fire and how to function in battle over extended periods of time spite of it, but that's all it lacked. The movie also helps explain why men don't normally talk of such battles, because the movie makes it so easy to see why words would fail them.<br/><br/>Since the film is about the ultimate sacrifice each man depicted in the movie knew he may have to make, it also rightfully and poignantly shows what it was like for his also very real family waiting and hoping he would come home. And what it was like to arrive home and open the door and look at your wife again, a day you weren't sure would ever happen. Those who trivialize those scenesHollywood sappiness just don't understand, and have never been there. If anything, the movie is not dramatic enough.<br/><br/>At a fundamental level the movie is really about what it's like to fight for your country on any of history's fearsome battlefields, and how important it is to have smart and courageous battlefield leadership, and the difference one man can make. No movie I've seen has done that better. Indeed, that is no doubt why the movie took the time to show the human face of the North Vietnamese soldiers, and to show that they too had courage and families who missed them.<br/><br/>Those who have written to bash the US and this movie have apparently failed to appreciate that the movie is really about the heroism of their own nation's soldiers who have with similar bravery and sacrifice fought for their country,the movie made no claim that the valor depicted was unique to the American military of the 1960's. I think few battlefield veterans of any nation would think this a poor movie. A 10 out of 10.
This movie hits (then quickly parries) on a point that most war movies tend to miss: tactics of war. Almost every film or photo we see depicting Viet Nam battle involves a chopper touching down to transport soldiers. This became a necessity in Viet Nam due to the enemy's familiarity with the rough terrain and our inability to move effectively across it. However, the chopper was a new machine to war and thus had never before been used in this manner. This film shows the true story of one of the first test missions of this new tactic.<br/><br/>Despite some truly awesome scenes depicting helicopter formations, firepower and pilot technique, it doesn't follow through on the technical side of things. Along with this, the viewer is only teased here and there by a soldier's call for artillery that is set up 5 miles away but can wipe out the enemy 20 yards in front of the request, or a 3 a.m. call for illumination that uncovers enemy soldiers so close you can smell them. There is never the proper amount of concentration or tribute paid to these technical military marvels. This would not at base be a bad thing, considering. Tribute is paid instead to the soldiers who truly deserve it. And the concentration is aimed at their personal/home lives. The problem lies in the movie never showing us either the full military or the full soldier's story. There are really two movies here, neither of which ever makes itself fully known. The military movie is disrupted by drama and the drama has a military pace. Because of this, much of the emotion of this film is misplaced. This becomes more of a shame since the cinematography, special effects/realism, and even the acting are pretty great. This is one of the few movies that could have actually been better if it had run longer.<br/><br/>If you like choppers, napalm and gore, you will love the battle scenes. If you like a good cry, you will probably like the dramatic scenes. But if you like a good, telling war movie you will walk out of this feeling a little dissatisfied. What makes me a touch more than dissatisfied is the idea that with a little more footage and a slower, more true-to-life dramatic pace, this movie could have been one of the best. Skip this movie and read the book instead if you really want to discover a good war story.
Though the questionable motives and bad planning of offscreen characters who far outrank Gibson make it difficult to take at face value one soldier's last words – "I'm glad I could die for my country" – some viewers will, which may bethe filmmakers intended.
When the VC soldier runs into the hollowed out tree, he checks the magazine in his AK-47, which was empty. He is pondering what he should do, when he fastens his bayonet on his rifle. His objective was likely to take out the Commanding Officer. But considering he had no ammo left, he ran the risk of dying trying to bayonet the Colonel or live and not complete his objective. This is done to make sure the rounds are properly seated in the magazine (so that the back end of the casing with the primer is flush against the back end of the mag). This reduces the risk of the weapon jamming. You can see Private Reiben do it in the opening scene of <a href="/title/tt0120815/">Saving Private Ryan (1998)</a> with a magazine for his BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) and Cowboy do it in <a href="/title/tt0093058/">Full Metal Jacket (1987)</a>.
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