Posted by Brocktoon at bt067gqb298j.bc.hsia.telus.net on March 16, 2002 at 02:38:27:
In Reply to: Just saw WE WERE SOLDIERS. posted by Fat_SomBitch on March 16, 2002 at 02:06:26:
Saw it a few days ago and liked it, for the most part, but didn't think much of Gibson's performance. Way over-the-top at times, and he seemed to have a lot of trouble with the southern accent. Sam Elliott was good, though, and so was Madeleine Stowe (freaky collagen lips aside.) The battle scenes were on a par with Private Ryan, but were too long given the intensity - there was one particularly long sequence where another cut back to the wives in the U.S. would have been useful to slow things down a bit.
: Great war film. Mel Gibson gives a really great, convincing performance. I advise anybody who is a fan of war films to see this movie.