I didn't know how to take this film, when I first saw it. But it has made me think, all these years.
Strange things do happen during war ... and before war: Janice. And "local armistices" sometimes do occur, at great mutual risk.
Gary Sinise has just been nominated to receive West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award for 2015, in recognition of his support of American servicepeople, with performances of his Lt. Dan Band - the name from his character in Forrest Gump - among many other things. His portrayal of Mother in Midnight Clear is as compassionate, moving, and thought-provoking as any in cinema.
The action seems are sufficiently realistic, as is the portrayal of the GI perspective - writing now as a Jan67-Jan69 GI/veteran (thankfully of West Germany not Viet Nam).
It is superior to Saving Private Ryan, let alone Fury.
Everyone should see this film and think about it.
Strange things do happen during war ... and before war: Janice. And "local armistices" sometimes do occur, at great mutual risk.
Gary Sinise has just been nominated to receive West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award for 2015, in recognition of his support of American servicepeople, with performances of his Lt. Dan Band - the name from his character in Forrest Gump - among many other things. His portrayal of Mother in Midnight Clear is as compassionate, moving, and thought-provoking as any in cinema.
The action seems are sufficiently realistic, as is the portrayal of the GI perspective - writing now as a Jan67-Jan69 GI/veteran (thankfully of West Germany not Viet Nam).
It is superior to Saving Private Ryan, let alone Fury.
Everyone should see this film and think about it.