When Vietnam is the theme one starts comparing the films with one another. This is a revealing process in storytelling and in character creating. Not everyone is sincere - the trained eye is looking for inconsistencies that betray those who aim to impress while in fact are irrelevant and manipulating. It is not enough to maintain an anti-war stance - personal involvement is required when ideas are expressed and ideals are aimed. There is no doubt there are thousands untold stories about this era but on my knowledge only one film was ambitious enough to look higher, and it was not this one. In this case there is a story to be told but it is not as strong and convincing.
Review of Full Metal Jacket
