how good is "The Deer Hunter"
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Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
It's considered an all time great. The Russian roulette Vietnam scenes are intense and classic. It's worth a watch for that alone. The other two hours are long, slow and not much has going on. Great acting though. Imo its a bit overrated.
Deer hunter was directed by Michael Cimino.
But ya its a koo movie
But ya its a koo movie
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
We all got our opinions but DH for me isn't touching Taxi Driver.Raging Bull doesn't get much love either and that's probably De Niro/Scorcese's best film.
Either way, Deer Hunter is great. Felt it was much better than Taxi Driver.
AnonymityX1000
Veteran
Most depressing movie ever. Nothing good happens to anyone. lol
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
It's alright. I can see why it's viewed as a classic but it's also far too long and far too slow. Like those three hours make The Godfather's three hours look like 90 minutes of The Raid in comparison, it's that fukking slow.
I agree with everyone that it is long, but.....
Everything builds up to the final scene with Christopher Walken. Sitting through the whole movie for that final scene was worth it.
One of the most powerful scenes I have watched in a movie
Everything builds up to the final scene with Christopher Walken. Sitting through the whole movie for that final scene was worth it.
One of the most powerful scenes I have watched in a movie
Dr.HannibalLecter
Tha Realest
It is a classic and #53 on AFI's 100 Greatest Films of All Time list.
Classic. You're watching this shyt like, "Alright, they getting drunk at a party. So?"... and then
BLAM! You in a motherfukking warzone with some psycho Viet Kong killers about that gully life and De Niro in that bytch.
BLAM! You in a motherfukking warzone with some psycho Viet Kong killers about that gully life and De Niro in that bytch.
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
Its a good flick on how the vietnam war changed up everything, the first half is establishing what life was like before vietnam, the scene that gets me is the wedding scene, today you dont really see weddings like that, rarely do people go that all out for a wedding, then youve got the 3 central characters, they laugh with each other, they kid around with each other, they fight amongst each other, that all drastically changes after what goes down in the nam. Back before the war, when people still held onto those values that were put into the wedding, theres even a scene where one of their friends are like "kill one for me" as if they were off to fight nazis and come back as heroes. Instead what did the vietnam war send U.S. soldiers back like? High Depression, Agent Orange, Handicapped kids, lost limbs, and people being turned into shadows of who they used to be. America as a whole was lied to. Deniro dares to go back into that hell, to pull his friend out, but sometimes youve been in the dark too long that you become a part of it.
