Rating: - missing the point
In "The Things They Carried", Tim O'Brien combines images from his personal experiences with thoughtful storytelling in order to capture the reader's imagination and take them into a world which they may never otherwise see. A world created out of the chaos and confusion that exists as a result of war and internal emotional conflicts. He calls it a work of fiction.
As a war veteran I can appreciate the struggle of how challenging it is to tell a true war story. To bring back its character ... Read More
Rating: - Better than the book
Viewers who have critized this film for its "lack of realism" are missing the point: It was never meant to be realistic in the first place. If they had read Viet Nam veteran Tim O'Brien's short story "The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong," from "The Things They Carried," on which the movie is based, they would know that. The story centers around a group of unsupervised young medics stationed on an isolated plateau west of Chu Lai, where they perform the gruesome work of stabilizing the most critical ... Read More
Rating: - unrealistic and silly
Mary Jane from the block kmeeping up with Green Berets? Yeah right. Hollywood shows itself detached from all reality!
This is just more propaganda by people who've never served in the military to push for women in combat roles- a singularly bad idea.
Matt Dedinas
3rd Infantry Division (1996-1999)
Rating: - Unrealsitic story of Viet Nam
I like Kiefer Sutherland (I think he has more talent than his father) who was very good, as always, in this movie; however, the story was very unrealistic. I was in Viet Nam and there is no way that this could have happened. Why is it Hollywood has to be so down on Viet Nam in general and Viet Nam vets in particular? I was very disappointed in this movie. 'Dear America' is more realistic about what we experienced. For an accurate 'war story', I would encourage people to see Mel Gibson's far better , ... Read More
Rating: - the most realistic chick in nam
georgina cates, ( marrianne )is now my most favorite nam chick. i only saw the movie in 2003.... i must've missed it the first time or four around the block....but she's intense in those defining scenes which leads me to believe that she's a great actress, what about some more current roles...?? so p.s. intense girls and guns are a trip.
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