a5c7b9f00b 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.
A telling of the 1st Battalion, 7 Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division's battle against overwhelming odds in the La Drang valley of Vietnam in 1965. Seen through the eyes of the battalion's commander, Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore (played by Mel Gibson), we see him take command of the battalion and its preparations to go into Vietnam. We also see how the French had, years earlier, been defeated in the same area. The battle was to be the first major engagement between U.S. and N.V.A. forces in South Vietnam, and showed the use of helicopters as mobility providers and assault support aircraft.
This really is an excellent war movie. The battle scenes are great and you feel like you really know some of the characters. The actors are well cast especially Sam Elliot as Sgt. Major Plumley. It is respectful regarding Vietnamese soldiers as well. There are people that will not approve of a Vietnam war movie unless is is packed with anti-war dogma but unless you are one of those you should enjoy this very strong and emotional movie.<br/><br/>One song that plays during the movie is called Sgt. Mackenzie. It is very good but you may not understand some of the lyrics because the singer has a Scottish accent.
The early buzz on &quot;We Were Soldiers&quot; centered around its historically accurate portrayal of the VietNam War. Unfortunately, historical accuracy does not necessarily translate into an entertaining film (imagine a two-and-a-half hour epic on Thomas Edison&#39;s work on the electric light bulb). One may argue that films like &quot;Apocalypse Now&quot;, &quot;The Deer Hunter&quot;, and &quot;Full Metal Jacket&quot; were distortions of the VietNam reality, however, they were damn good entertainment and that&#39;s why we pay $9.50 for two hours of seat rental. Who would you rather see landing a Huey in a hot LZ – Robert Duvall and his troops blaring amplified Wagner or Greg Kinnear, on the verge of tears?<br/><br/>Mel Gibson and Sam Elliot were superb in their roles. Madeline Stowe, in a bad wig, was miscast as Moore&#39;s (Mel Gibson) wife. In fact, all of the wives portrayed in the film looked a little too much like Hollywood actresses.<br/><br/>Having suffered through &quot;Black Hawk Down&quot; recently (a mind-numbingly long battle scene passing itself off as a full-length feature movie), I was hoping that WWS would be as good as the advance hype. I was disappointed.
You don't really watch the film; you survive it.
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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