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Review title: Some great performances, but otherwise a tedious movie
Product review: This film is at least an hour too long. It's also one of the most overrated movies I've experienced. Why does Cimino spend so much set-up time in Pennsylvania? The wedding is quite unremarkable, and maybe that's worth telling us, but there must be far more concise ways of achieving that objective.And in what sense is this a realistic war movie? Of the 176 minutes of this movie, fewer than five are spent on scenes which have anything to do with combat or the wartime existence of the soldier. And of the thousands of Americans who went to Vietnam, how many were forced to play russian roulette? This film does not depict the Vietnamese people well.That said, there is some great acting here, particularly in the most traumatic sequences. The roulette sequences have stayed with me ever since I first saw them back in '78 or '79, but frankly the movie has not improved over the years. I suspect my copy of the DVD will gather dust. Sorry.
