Sunday, January 2, 2011

I served my country - and they just want to take from it - just take, take! Love it or leave it, that's what I think.

I just finished watching the war film Born on the forth of July starring Tom Cruise and Willem Dafoe. The film was directed by Oliver Stone. The film is about Ron Kovic a veteran played by Tom Cruse who is  paralyzed during his second tour in Vietnam just one day after he and his platoon massacre a group of unarmed women,men and children. Kovic thinking the government lied to him about the war he along with thousands of other vets start protesting and finally he gets his voice heard. This was a good film because it is one of the few war films that what life is like for wounded vets returning home and how they must adapt to the changes in America. I think it paints a good picture of what life is like for the wounded returning from war. Both Stone and Kovic make Camino's in the film which was cool. How weird is it that Tom Cruise was born on the 3rd of July. The music by John Williams is good as are the songs played.  Hamburger Hill will be next.

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