although many have called this one of the best war movies ever, (it is very good) it is basicly a superviolent version of all of the countless WW2 movies made in the forties and fifties with many of the same themes as the old ones. you could take out the extreme violence and technicolor and added stilty acting and it could have been made in the fifties. the whole time i was watching it i could have pictured it being made 50 years ago. the only reason many people have loved it is because it showed how "real" war is, neglecting everything else. see "full metal jacket" and "thin red line" especially full metal jacket.