The Deer Hunter
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Movie Reviews of The Deer Hunter
Movie Review: Some part of the film might seem like fillers but it gives great intensity.
Summary: 4 Stars
A good number of viewers believe that "The Deer Hunter" is overlong and a bit overrated, probably due to a handful of scenes, but beside that its an important film that was the first commentary on the topic of Vietnam. It wouldn't have worked nearly as powerfully if the first hour been trimmed down a bit. It wasn't the director's attention because he meant to focus on "character development," base on the lives of three all-American friends, Niko (Christopher Walken), Michael (Robert DeNiro) and Steven (John Savage) through the affects of the war.
We have to sense the careless and frat-boy-like immaturity of these young men. That's why the scenes all revolve around frivolity and seemingly senseless boyish behavior; it creates such a stark contrast to the devastated characters of the three who went to war (and the relatively unaffected personalities of those who stayed behind, like Stanley). Although both De Niro and Walken have made a lot of great films after this movie, I have to say that this is one of their best movies in their career. They both give powerful performances and are the ones who were the best things about this movie. Both actors are at the top of their careers and were wonderful together.
Director-write Michael Cimino doesn't try to turn this into one of the goriest movies ever made. It's quite the opposite. Although there were a few bloody scenes throughout the movie (which I didn't mind), all of those scenes were done in a realistic portrayal of the war (or any of the other bloody scenes, such as the Russian Roulette scene at the end of the movie). Because of this, the movie doesn't become a disturbing war film, yet respectable.
"The Deer Hunter" is important film that wasn't done for nothing because it carries a strong message about life, death and love. It is a movie that should be experienced by everyone at least once, and if you like movies dealing with the Vietnam war several of them, like "Full Metal Jacket", "Platoon", and "Apocalypse Now," should also interest you.
Movie Review: The emperor's new clothes
Summary: 2 Stars
Despite managing to give fleeting impressions of importance and quality, this film is a complete put-on. The long "set-piece" scenes (wedding, Russian roulette, etc.) are much discussed, usually either in the context of being "essential for character development" or "boring". In fact they're a delaying mechanism behind which the filmmaker attempts to hide his lack of storytelling skills. Once he does try to move things along, awkwardly jumping without explanation or exposition from one bloated set-piece to another, you can see the reason for his procrastination - despite being desperate to give the impression of profundity and truth, he really has nothing to say. The actors go a long way toward diverting attention from the film's awkward vacuousness, by giving false and short-lived impressions of character and narrative, but this falls apart whenever the filmmaker attempts to make anything "happen" narrative-wise.
2 stars is rather generous, but De Niro, Walken and company deserve some recognition for some good acting, albeit for such a misguided cause. Ultimately, despite some controversy, many of the film's questionable portrayals of Vietnam, Vietnamese, America, Americans and war are to be condemned more for their cinematic silliness than for their historical inaccuracy.
Movie Review: Intensity at its most intense
Summary: 5 Stars
When those commie loving bastards force the kids into a "game" of Russian Roulett you knew 2 things.
1) We should have dropped a nuclear bomb on NVietam around 1965 so our men and women wouldnt have to face such atrocities
2)I forget the other one since this part of the movie pisses me off to no known ends
great movie
WATCH IT OR DENY YOURSELF REALISM PACKED INTO A SCREEN
Movie Review: An excellent film with powerful performances.
Summary: 5 Stars
The deer hunter is one of the greatest films that Robert de niro starred in its also highly emotional and provocative, the scenes in Vietnam are very intense and describes how the American soldiers are affected by this meaningless war and how they deal with it in thier own personal ways. The whole cast is superb which includes Deniro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, John Cazale and Meryl Streep all of them were excellent and make these characters seem more real. As Deniro gets back home to the U.S. he is unable to shake his feelings and is still devestated by what happened, when he goes on a hunting trip with his friends he does not pull the trigger once he sees the deer in his sight but it seems that his friends were affected more as one of them is mentaly disturbed and is not like himself anymore, Deniro visits him in the hospital and hopes that he becomes better. The film also has the famous russian roulette scenes that were the highlight and makes for an unforgettable story of survival. The film's message was about how tragic and sad war can really be and how much impact it has on ordinary people it is very much essential viewing especially for those stupid republicans who support the war on Iraq thousands of lives are being killed and they think it just doesn't affect them, they should realise that both sides start to suffer anyway the film was quite extrodinary and I highly recommend this war drama. Movie Review: no real bonus features
Summary: 4 Stars
on the 2nd unnecessary disc
all there are are deleted and extended scenes
production notes
and original trailer
thats it
no anatomy of a scene
or best picture acceptance speech