We Were Soldiers (DVD)

~ Fathers, Husbands, Brothers & Sons~ This weekend after spending most of Saturday day time out watching the local rugby games, we decided to kill two hours and watch a film. We do buy a few DVDs now and then and my boyfriend had brought a few back with him. We decided on watching the war movie 'We were soldiers'. I thought I had already seen the film but knew it was a really good film. This is another film which includes one of my favourite actors- Mel Gibson. He plays many good roles and this is no exception. Having his name star as the main protagonist would attract me to the film. It gives it a good expectation from the acting and cast. The ...  Read the complete review

….American soldiers in battle don’t fight for what some president says on the TV, they don’t fight for mom, apple pie, the American flag…. They fight for one another. Lt. General Hal Moore. The above is what this rather remarkable film is about. The above was also an extract from the DVD, from Lt General Hal Moore who led his troops and fought with them in the Vietnam battle. We see him in one of the extra DVD’s actually in Vietnam and now, in the present day talking to us about how close to reality this film was. There have been quite a few films portraying the Vietnam, Platoon is one good example, but from Lt ...  Read the complete review

So, a few years on from 'Braveheart', where Mel Gibson starred and directed from a Randall Wallace script, we have 'We Were Soldiers', where Gibson stars and Wallace directs. It's a Vietnam War movie based on a true incident, a bloody battle fought at the beginning of the US Army's official war against the communist Viet Cong. Let's try to be positive - the spectacle in 'We Were Soldiers' is hugely impressive, its specific historical setting makes for a fascinating, and quite novel view of very familiar cinematic terrain, and there is a sincere attempt to put forward the Vietnamese point of view. Most Vietnam films are set in ...  Read the complete review

This was by far my hubby's film choice as I usually try to stay away from war films with them hitting too close to home for me as hubby is a soldier and so is my brother and they have both be faced with fighting a war several times in the last few years. I reluctantly sat down to watch and I soon found I was completely hooked by the film. Mel Gibson plays the role of Lt. Col. Hal Moore who is married with children and he has just moved to a new Regiment where he finds he has to lead over 400 men into battle in Vietnam. He starts the men in their training and before long he is giving them a pre-deployment speech where he says something very moving to the men ...  Read the complete review

Ok so Mel Gibson and his battalion (???) are in some enemy occupied valley at the beginning of the Vietnam war and basically get into lots of trouble and have to fight their way out. Doesn't sound too original does it? However it came accross with originality and style. I've just this minute finished watching the film on DVD, and 1: I sat through it all in one go, 2: I didn't want to go to the loo and 3: I didn't get a numb bum! All the signs of a good movie. Yes and no. While it was highly entertaining and extremely graphic, it failed to inspire me most of the time, and i think the one or two times i did feel anything was due to the ...  Read the complete review