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We Were Soldiers [Blu-ray]
We Were Soldiers [Blu-ray]
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4.5 (566 reviews)
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4We were soldiers blu ray edition
3Blu-ray: Great movie with sub-par video and audio
4We Were Soldiers
5Onne of my top-10 movies
5Incredible film and book
11%**Barebones** Bluray!!
51%Finally, justice for our troops!
5We Were Soldiers
5We Were Soldiers Once... And Young
20%Somewhat Disappointing...
50%Git some!!!
50%Outstanding Purchase
5we were soldiers
50%great movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5We Were Soldiers
51%Its the closest thing to what really happened
5We were Soldiers
5Excellent Movie
5A touching, excellent war movie
51%Gibson & Elliott Deliver: Vietnam War in a Microcosm
5Amazing movie and book
5We Were Soldiers
5A great movie
5A Great Film Demonstrating Enormous Resolve of Our Troops
50%Horatio at the Bridge.
41%The futility of war
4An Excellent War Movie
5VERY GOOD!
5Vietnam
5One of the Best War Films
5Great Movie
5This is Sam Eliot's movie!
5Exelent
5We were soldiers
5JazzMan51
21%General Custer Syndrome in Apocalypse Now
41%Very timely film
10%By the DVD.
51%Right on
50%Vietnam -- It's Legacy, It's Lessons for Us Today, 25 May 2005
5We Were Soldiers
51%FROM A VIETNAM VETERAN
51%The New Yorker review gets it completely wrong
5Real, and harsh....
5Fantastic Movie
4Very good movie!
30%good movie
5The story of a true American Hero!!
41%Nice improvement on standard dvd
5Leadership
5As close as we'll ever get to being there.
51%leadership
21%Mel, You Had Great Material- what happened?
51%Mel Gibson's Finest Performance
51%Excellent
51%Superior war film that looks great in HD
51%Woman's point of view
30%Not the best
51%Great movie and it's true...
51%My favorite war movie of all time
51%A very gripping, intensely human look at the reality of war.
20%Unrealistic and annoying - one slow motion kill after another
4A good movie.
20%Oh please
51%Possibly the most realistic Vietnam war movie ever
51%A TRUE Story and an Excellent Historical War Movie!
51%An excellent example of an air mobile assault
50%Graphics, Story, Blu-ray, get it!
40%They were Soldiers, and much more!!
50%The GORE of WAR
51%The Best Movie on the Vietnam War
41%BLOODY WAR MOVIE
51%There but for the grace of God go I
10%subpar transfer
51%As good as it gets
40%HD ACTION
50%We Were Soldiers
10%lots of over the top acting
40%Good Movie
51%Into the Valley of Death
41%best film on our worst war?
10%Can't find my previous review
51%Dedication to One's Country
51%Irresistibly watchable
51%War movie fanatic
41%a solid no-nonsense war film, but not for hippies
51%Just a few clarifications
40%We Were Soldiers
40%The Great Battle of 1965
51%Because my country asked me to
50%In your face 'In Country'
51%Vietnam without the cynical viewpoint
5Hate War, love America's Warriors
40%Realistic depiction of war with some cheesy exhibition of patriotism
51%One of the best movies about Vietnam
20%A brutal as all hell war flick, with some equally brutal acting
51%Fantastic movie....simply put.
5Excellent movie!
51%So Glad
51%A Mature War Film
51%best war movie about Vietnam
51%One of the best war movies ever made
51%we were soldiers is an all timer!!!!!!!
50%In all my dreams, before my helpless sight!!
51%Vietnam's "Private Ryan"
51%SIMPLY THE BEST
50%You saw Saving Private Ryan, then Black Hawk Down and now We Were Soldiers!!!!
51%A powerful movie about the Vietnam War.
41%"We All Come Home Together"
51%We Were Soilders
51%Excellent movie
51%For those that Viet Nam was just a history lesson
51%Doesn't Grip, But Grabs You
10%A piece of utter trash....!
51%As real as it gets
51%The Best Vietnam Movie Ever Made
40%Get this if only for the music
51%Military Wife
51%This one shines
51%More than just a "war movie."
51%Excellent, you must see it to believe it
51%All I can say is, WOW!
51%Amazing film
10%We were soldiers
51%Well Done!
51%A moving tribute to those who fought in Vietnam
51%Gut-wrenching War Flick
40%A good movie about War
10%Are we talking about the same movie?
41%A Refreshingly Uncommon War Movie
50%All I can say is....
41%War Flick With a New Spin
51%And I somehow was the last to see the film...
41%Know your history... an explanatory review
51%Hollywood Finally Got It Right...
41%Falls Just Short of Greatness
10%Revisionist history at its worst.
51%First war movie that really busted me up
50%they were soilders once and young
41%"Band of Brothers" Meets "Blackhawk Down" in Vietnam
10%Possibly the worst war movie ever made
51%An Amazing Story
51%Possibly the best war film out there
51%THE FEW AND THE BRAVE
10%New wave propaganda
40%very good
41%Great movie...
10%Pure, unadulterated tripe!
30%Mixed messages in film
51%The best balanced and most important modern war movie.
30%No more than an average war movie made by Hollywood.
20%Finally, a movie that fogs the Vietnam War
51%For Real
41%Great Movie; Good Extras
51%Mel Gibson-American
20%Ponderous....
50%Now this is war
41%The best of war films, the (almost) worst of war films
50%We Were Soldiers and 9-11
51%A MUST SEE MOVIE!
50%Best recent war movie
10%Skip the movie, READ THE BOOK!
51%True to the facts, but only half the battle
51%Mel Gibson in excellent role
51%Outstanding War Film
51%Excellent
3the women in this movie drag it down
5Thanks for including the families!
41%Once it gets in gear, it doesnt go out
51%Outstanding War Film
51%Great, Great, Great....
41%Good contemporary Vietnam film
5The Greatest War Movie Ever
30%"heroes"
10%Tired, mawkish and stupid
41%Great war movie with anti-war undertones
50%Worth watching
51%They Finally got it Right
50%Should be required viewing for history courses!
31%Oh, What It Could Have Been...
41%War in all its glory, horror, and ugliness. An intense film
20%Meh
51%the First, Good, Realistic Vietnam War Movie
51%Excellent war flick
51%a good story
10%We were bored...
51%Compelling - A Brilliant Film - Highly Recommended
41%We Were Soldiers is a moving, human film
42 hours of History
31%Gung ho is still good, but with flaws...
51%Gripping
51%One of the Greatest War Movies Ever
5If you cant make up you mind if this will be good or not, watch it you wont be sorry!!!!
41%Not Just Another Vietnam Movie
40%Decent.
51%Bringing home the reality of ground combat in Vietnam
51%Everybody should see this movie
51%We Were Soldiers
5We Were Soldiers Once and Young
51%First responsible movie about our Vietnam Vets
5To the Viewer from Norcross Georgia
41%A moving story of soldiers and their families
41%An action packed war movie
51%A true account of an atrocity from which we may not recover.
51%Great War Movie
5Great war movie!
41%Four and a half stars! Excellent movie!
51%Seeing the elephant in Vietnam
51%Good movie - based on real events
51%Show in high schools
20%An OK Movie
5The Greatest War movie
40%Mediocre patriotic film
5first accurate view from hollywood of Vietnam War
5You must read the book to!
50%The Best of the Best!
5There Were Many 'We's' in WE WERE SOLDIERS
5WOW get its the real deal!
10%Horrible mess by Mel
51%Superb movie, really outstanding
10%Like pulling teeth - read the book
41%Perfectly captured small moments.
51%great epic
10%Pointless War Movie...
51%Buy it, keep it, watch it.
20%Poorly made, visually obscene film
51%An oath to leave no man behind. Why settle for less today?
51%The standard for Vietnam movies.
41%Flawed but good
51%The best war movie, period
5Not quite as good as Platoon but effective
20%Overrated (....at least on Amazon)
21%Wallace made his best, but....
51%Vietnam War Prequel
50%See it.
20%Mel Gibson WISHES He'd Been A Soldier
51%I Remember!
30%At least the action was good....
51%True view.
40%Good, but hard on the senses.
30%Here Comes the Cavalry
41%Powerful dicpiction of a battle..they were solders.
51%--Compelling--
51%True to events.
41%The movie is meaningful
51%Excellent movie...
51%Finally�
51%Shocking news concerning actor of "We Were Soldiers"
51%"I will not leave the battle. I will not leave my men."
41%Read the book and then watch this DVD
31%War drama from makers of Braveheart
31%A thought
51%Hard to watch, but must see.
41%Lest We Forget.....
5Hollywood Finally gets one right on the heart....
51%By far the best ...
50%PT 2: the war across the ocean: right message to the future?
50%Surprisingly Good
51%wow
50%GOOD MOVIE
5Easy five stars.
5Almost as good as Siege at Firebase Gloria
5Great
50%As Russian Airborne Afghan Veteran ...
51%Compelling and Riveting
51%One of the very best war movies ever made
30%It takes alot more than this to make a classic movie
5Faced paced epic
30%Good, but....
50%This is a decent War film
51%The True Horrors & Sacrifice Of War.
50%Great War Movie
50%Brilliant
50%Fantastic!
5Just The Best
51%Vietnam Now
10%manipulative cheesey and boring
10%Makes one feel guilty.
20%Cares more about pleasing than making audiences think
41%"Hate war, love the American warrior." Hal Moore.
51%Home Run
51%War, Victory, and Love
21%Read the (excellent) book instead
40%Good War Movie
50%A view from the belly of the beast
51%I didn't know.
51%A Different Kind of War Movie
51%Wow! I'm glad I wasn't there.... Not a "Feel Good" film
41%It's about time
20%Way overrated
20%disoppointing
51%GREAT WAR FLICK
51%Among the best war films in recent memory
40%We Were Soldiers
51%Great and emotionally devastating war flick
50%Outstanding!
51%A Wonderfully Realistic Depiction Of Combat!
51%Excellent film
51%A Moving true saga of the American soldier
41%True military life
51%one of the better war movies
10%Sorry Depiction of war
4The human side of war
51%ONE OF THE BEST WAR MOVIES OF ALL TIME!
3Somebody made another 'Nam' movie, yippee.
10%The Horror!
4Techically a very good film
20%John Wayne would be proud !
51%You will hug your wife and children after seeing this movie
41%A very very good film
40%Lots of action, but short on story
4War is hell
41%Absolutely Effective
4Fair to middlin'
5Maybe the "best" war movie I have seen.
50%amazing
20%Like a war movie from the 50's
5Wonderful, no wonder it got panned.
51%Absolutely Stunning!
5Extended edition badly needed
30%This is no "Saving Private Ryan". Absolutely!
51%We Were Soldiers
5A Chick and Guy flick all in one!!!
51%Wow!
41%Gut-wrenchingly presented and acted
5"As Good As It Gets!"
5A masterpiece
10%TYPICAL HOLLYWOOD WAR MOVIE
51%We Were Soldiers
51%A Must-Have for War Movie Lovers
5If even the vets liked it...
5Powerful
5Besieges and Emancipates Aggregate Emotions
41%They're getting it right....
50%AWESOME
31%Great film, too little historical facts in the supplements
5A Great War Movie
10%The first war movie that made me laugh hysterically!
51%A Compelling Story Of Honor And Courage Under Fire
51%The best movie I've seen in years
4Very Good Film But The Genre Is Tired
10%Truckload of simplistic cliches
51%a guys take
5"Touching, Intriguing, Wonderful"
10%ATROCIOUS TO THE LAST SECOND!!
50%War is hell
10%Pure garbage.
41%Really 4.5 Stars
4Good Historical Content, little to much Ceative License
51%Been there & Done That
51%Extremely Well Done Movie
51%outstanding
51%INCREDIBLE
51%We were soldiers once... and young
51%Mel Gibson Does it Again.
41%We Were Soldiers
41%The Healing .
51%Go For trurth,not as a critic, this is americas son's histor
51%TOUCHING
51%Arguably the best Mel Gibson movie to date.
51%Greatest Action Movie Ever
51%Take Your Son
51%Perhaps the most realistic modern battle scenes on film
31%Great in some ways, troubling in others
50%We Will Never Forget
51%the best
41%Makes me feel bad for the soldiers on both sides.
51%We Were Soldiers
50%AWESOME!
41%Set The Record Straight!!!
51%The definitive movie on US combat operations in Vietnam
31%Well Rounded Look At Vietnam
30%Another war movie....
51%OUTSTANDING!
51%Gibson at his best
41%Hates the war and yet honors the men who fought it in!
51%A Must-See Film for all War-Film fans
41%An A++ War Movie With A Touch of Humanity
51%Very Impressive
50%oh my goodness!
51%The greatest modern war film
51%Best Vietnam movie ever
5great
51%Excellent movie in almost all aspects.
40%Very Good But...
41%If you like a story about heart, courage and history
51%Another Great Mel Gibson Movie
51%A simple review.
51%Fathers. Brothers. Husbands & Sons.
51%It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This
51%We Were Soldiers
51%'Nam before Mission Creep
51%See it!!!
50%BEST PATRIOTIC, REALISTIC MOVIE EVER.
51%A 'NAM movie that is not negative
4A faithful adaptation, and an absorbing film...
50%He did It Again....can anyone stop Mel.....not likely!!!
51%Well worth it!
5We were soldiers
51%I WEPT
41%Heavy handed Patriotism
51%A war movie...yes,but a great story too.
51%Best Movie About Vietnam
40%Different enough to merit watching...
51%"Soldiers" Should Be Required Viewing
41%WE WERE SOLDIERS shines in enlightening honesty
30%simplistic but powerful war film
51%The Best film about the'Nam
10%OverRated
50%Amazing Movie
21%Overall pretty good but....
41%Heart Wrenching
5Graphic and real
51%Who Can Explain Such Things?
51%To My Fallen Comrades.
31%Better Luck Next Time
5Works on All Levels
51%Better than Black Hawk Down, as good as Saving Private Ryan
40%almost beats out platoon
30%A decent war movie
5We Were Soldiers review
51%Better then 'Jacket', 'platoon' or 'Now'
50%GREAT WELL DONE WAR STORY
50%READ THIS!!!!!
20%contrived. pales in comparison to black hawk down
4Good war movie
51%Most Moving Film I've Ever Seen!
51%A Beautiful Crafted Film
21%OVERBLOWN
4This is how you make a war movie
51%A 1st Cav. Vietnam Vet Comments on "We Were Soldiers"
5They Were Soldiers.....and Heroes
40%A Fitting Tribute
51%We Were There!
51%Astonishing! Riveting! Compelling! Dynamic!
41%Vietnam 1965
51%Randall Wallace...
5Impressive!
50%Absolutely Captivating....
40%Not for country ,not for honor but for each other.
51%Finally
50%This movie ain't good! It's GREAT!!!!! GREEAAAT!!!!!!
51%Engaging, Exceptional War Movie-WE WERE SOLDIERS
50%Best War Movie.........
20%Solid war scenes, but perspective and emotion needed help
4Wow
30%Gruesome...........
51%War Movie + Great Cast= One of the greatest films ever
51%One of the greatest war films ever made.
51%What Americans Want
51%Mel Gibson is the ultimate soldier!
51%A Diary and a Photograph
20%What happens when...people try to be meaningful.
51%We Were Soldiers
51%THERE'S A REASON FOR THE R-RATING!
40%TOUCHING
50%Breathless
51%An assault on the senses that pulls at the heartstrings.
51%One of the best...
51%Better than Black Hawk Down
41%A Tribute and Salute to Those Who Fought in Vietnam
51%MEL IS THE BEST
51%An Excellent War Movie
51%Someone tell Ross to get a life
41%finally....a brilliant,-original-film about a Vietnam battle
50%shut up ross
51%They were soldiers...and husbands...and brothers...
51%Saw the Movie Last Night
50%heart pounding action
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