Review of The Deer Hunter (1978) by Eduardo T — 12 Sep 2012

A depressing work of fiction that is not as fiction as you may think. The Deer Hunter starting one of my favorite actors Robert DeNiro touches on disturbing and violent topics that need to be touched on.

This film basically shows the nature of man. The harsh of war. In a way it could be anti war but it's mostly anti human nature. I went into this knowing it was a war film. But the first part of the film dragged on a bit too much.

But the wedding scenes where necessary. It was meant to show us how lucky we are living in America. The purpose of the theme was to show us we need to be graceful to be living in such a great country.

That's where the ending comes in play, when they where singing "God Bless America". There was a minor theme expressed in this film that I did not like. That is the theme of "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me".

I do not believe in this. This theme was expressed threw the character Stan. The theme of Russian Roulette may be disturbing to some viewers so this is not for everyone. But it does add to the theme's that I have already pointed out.

The last theme I would like to address is the hunting theme. It was intertwined very well with the theme of war. I don't want to spoil anything but I will say that the taking part in war changes and develops our characters into different people.

There is one scene involving a deer that addresses this theme perfectly. Robert DeNiro is one of my favorite actors. He gave a great performance but overall not his best work yet. I did like his image he portrayed.

Everything from the cloths he was wearing to his motivations. All the other actors where great as well. They each projected there own personalities like pros. The script was good of course. You can already tell I like the writing by the themes that where told in this.

All the themes all the characters are mixed together so well that it works. Brilliant direction, the actors where given good directions on how to interact and move the plot forward. It takes good directing talent to make the characters make it all connect.

The costume design gives this astonishing production values. You will feel like you are actually there. All the technical aspects gave this a authentic fell to the Vietnam war. If you like the best war films then this is for you because it is one of the best war films.