Absolutely. It is very good; I highly recommend it.
Excellent film... Do not miss it.
I highly recommend it. Saw it on the History Channel, and then bought it on DVD.
And for once, as a Brit you may care to know, Mel doesn't make the English out to be the bad guys (of course their are no English in the film, but...).
excellent film....I've seen it three times or so...Mel gives a wonderful performance....
Great film. The man Mel Gibson portrays in the film was a consultant on the flick.
I highly recommend it.
Awesome movie. You might also be interested in knowing that part of the soundtrack is a song called Sgt. McKenzie. It's about a soldier from Scotland.
Joseph Kilna McKenzie - Sgt. McKenzie
Original Scottish Version
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
When they come a wull staun ma groon
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears
Ains a year say a prayer faur me
Close yir een an remember me
Nair mair shall a see the sun
For a fell tae a Germans gun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
English Translation
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
When they come I will stand my ground
Stand my ground I'll not be afraid
Thoughts of home take away my fear
Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears
Once a year say a prayer for me
Close your eyes and remember me
Never more shall I see the sun
For I fell to a Germans gun
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Where before many more have gone
In memory of Sgt. Charles Stuart MacKenzie
Seaforth Highlanders
Who along with many others gave up his life
So that we can live free
We will remember them
It's not a "fun" film, just so you know.
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Yes,
Another "Yes" vote... definitely worth watching.
Four Star. Great Movie.
Put another vote in the YES! column.
Aloha Ronnie was there. He's already been pinged.
If I remember correctly, he gave it high marks too.
I don't know whether it was technically or graphicly correct, but I did like that it portrayed the awesome courage of our soldiers in an absolutely horrible situation and how they prevailed, despite the odds against them.
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MEL's -PASSION- was sparked BY -WE WERE SOLDIERS-
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for: Sacrifice begets Sacrifice
for: LOVE is the Only Reality
for: GOD is LOVE
Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer
Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965
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911 REMEMBERED: RICK RESCORLA was a Soldier
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It's a fantastic movie. Based on a true story and the book "We Were Soldiers Once and Young." A professor at Marine Corps Command and Staff College was an Army Captain at Ia Drang and he got teary eyed when talking about it.
"Full Metal Jacket" is the closest thing I've ever seen to what I went through at Marine Corps OCS including the uniforms and rifles. My Platoon Sgt (what they called the head DI in your OCS unit) was one of the finest men I've ever known, and I would follow him against the gates of hell to this day. He put his career on the line to train us in the ways of the Corps (he broke the rules many times, but I'm glad he did). Things are much different now.
Very good. (Not for small children. People die in very realistic scenes.)