Reply #112: I thought it sucked [View All]

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Didn't even really honor the book. The book describes the several days of battle - first at LZ X-Ray, which was substantially won by Moore and his men, then on the subsequent march to LZ Albany, during which march the Cav was ambushed along the whole line and picked apart in savage fighting. The film only shows the first part - at LZ X-Ray. Now, clearly Moore was not present for the LZ Albany march, and so Gibson could not have been the star there, but it still struck me as ridiculous to go into so much detail on the victory while hedging on the more interesting story - the adaptive capacity and will of the PAVN even in the face of the defeat at LZ XRay. Aaaaaanyway....