Second viewing; first viewed on January 28, 1988.
The Vietnam war as seen by a private. Boot camp occupies almost half the film. The problems of a fat soldier who has extreme difficulty to follow the drill are the focus of that section. The second half is the war itself, where the protagonist serves as a member of the news unit.
A good film, structured in one big segment at the boot camp and several shorter ones in Vietnam. The film's tone is a mix of sarcasm and moral indignation. It is technically well made, and the situations are interesting. On this second viewing it became clearer to me that the film is not trying to be realistic. It's really one big pamphlet against war, and, as such, everything is exaggerated or stylized.
Rating: 66 (unchanged)
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