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Msg Marcelito S Adriano 723484 (FA) PA Subject reception Papers on We Were Soldiers As I watched the moving picture We Were Soldiers I abandon what is natural event in any unit, as the Battalion Commander, Company Commander, Platoon Leaders, serjeant Major and Troops portray different roles. Leader shows set as an example. He is intelligent, senti custodyt, brave and determined leader. He studies the nature of his enemy cargonfully. He wont ask to his man to do, if he cant do it by himself. He trains his work force thoroughly, preparing them for the incoming mission. The Leaders mold the thoughts, attitudes and behaviors of others.It is, therefore, important that their morale is kept high so that they ar pass water for sacrifice whenever necessity arises. The officers have their accept responsibility for commanding the soldiers in combat which is the greatest challenge for each of them even for the risk of their lives. The soldiers shows lead as they oblige to set one direc tion for the rest of them, they attend to each other what lies ahead, they also help to visualize what they want to achieve, they were get on and inspire to meet their mission. A responsible family man shows also to this movie.The stunt woman of a father which shows closeness to his children, concern for the future of his family and a check husband to his married woman. The movie shows an ordinary soldier which other people cannot be seen it. So it is better that the filmmaker produce this kind of movie so that we can give a recognition to our soldier. wont ask man to do what he wont do himself I will be the foremost to stride on the field and I will be the last to ill-use off, he assures his troops. He reads books and studies the nature of his enemy carefully. He trains his men meticulously, preparing them for the adverse bout to come. Men will die, he tells his troops, knowing that he and his men are at a disadvantage against an enemy on their own turf. In addition to Gib son, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliot, Barry Pepper, and Keri Russell all give outstanding, A+ performances.Kinnear plays Bruce Crandall, a chopper pilot showing determination and courage while nonoperational revealing his fear of death in the course of battle. Pepper plays Joe Galloway, the diary keeper who rides into the heat of battle to get his story first-hand. (Just wait until you hear his precedent for becoming a journalist instead of a soldier. And in offend of my personal disdain for her character on the WBs Felicity, Russell inspires us as a strong-willed mother, in spite of the possibility of losing her husband Jack Geoghegan (Chris Klein) at war. The film does an exceptional job of transitioning from place-to-place, whether from one area of the battlefield to another, to the women and children dorsum home, you always have a good sense of where things are happening and when theyre taking place. When one platoon is cut off from the rest of the soldiers, when riverbeds are won and lost, you know exactly what effect it has on the battle.You experience first-hand the grave risk of exposure these soldiers experienced. You mourn their deaths and cheer their victories because in spite of the fact that youre sitting in a movie theater, you feel like youre there in battle with them, facing the possibility of death, witnessing the horror of it all. Writer-director Randall Wallace (The Man in the Iron Mask) spends a fair amount of time showing us what is going on behind enemy lines from the point of view of the North Vietnamese. I first heard this was an element of the film before I saw it and was horror-stricken they were going to portray the communist North Vietnamese in a sympathetic light.But, interestingly, these scenes added to the drama and suspense of the film. We see what each leader is thinking and planning for the next attack, which only builds more suspense in first moment of the next scene to come. A sense of family is well-portrayed among the sold iers, and especially among the wives at home. Madeleine Stowe plays Julie Moore, the wife of Lt. Col. Moore. She heads up the group of wives, giving moral support and preparing them as trounce she can for the possible death of their husbands. She and Russell show us the chilling events of how they dealt with relaying the notices of the deaths of their friends husbands.What is absent in the film is mention of how the war started, or that North Vietnam was communist. Although these are well-known facts, they are too important to pass over in a film about the Vietnam War. The filmmakers have been saying in their media appearances that this is an anti-war movie due to the graphic nature of the battle scenes. Be prepared the battles scenes are graphic, but I did not come away thinking they were pro- or anti-war. The sheer quantity of gore can never trump the religion of why we fight a war.These scenes only dramatize the risks of fighting a war, and who and what is at stake. The politi cal elements shown in the film (e. g. , how we went into Vietnam unprepared, and failed to properly arm our men in the best way possible) only demonstrate, in my view, that if we do bring to fight a war, we must do so acknowledging the risks and then survive with the moral certainty that our cause is right, with only one goal to win. And upstart is a tribute to the nobility of those men under fire, their common acts of unusual valor, and their loyalty to and love for one another.