Reviews

A well made movie, probably the best effects, but schematically the same good-guys vs bad-guys WWII-film as usual. Yes,Mr.Spielberg, all of us Germans are evil. Yes Mr.Spielberg, we love to kill. THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS, MR.SPIELBERG!!! Only because one Mr.Hitler gained Power for just 23 Years in German history, we will probably see movies like that for the next thousand years. Everybody knows what happened, everybody of us sees it and hears it day by day. We all know it was wrong and horrible, but ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Leave us alone with your one-sided point of view. Many young men died - Russians, Americans, Italians, French, Germans, Australians, English, Japanese and so on.Every one of them had his dreams. Every one of them had his good and bad sides. Every one of'em had a mother. Every mother cried the same tears. I think it is a shame to say one's death is good and the other's death is bad, only because of the nationality. That is the same thinking like the Nazis had. Good nationality means life, bad nationality means death. Too bad, another wasted chance to show an objective anti-war picture, where all young men are the same ---> VICTIMS OF IDEOLOGY!

I ordered this complete mini-series for video a couple weeks ago. It starts with the mostly unknown first ("French") Vietnam war. The French lose the war. The Vietnamese gain independence, but like Korea (or like Germany used to) they are devided by two different systems. Of course the major eye is on the 2nd ("American") war: Though America and his Allies fought heavily, the war was lost. A big reason was the American home-front with its peace movement,but the main cause for the loss of South Vietnam was South Vietnam itself. They thought the Americans would do the whole job themselves alone. America tried as hard as the could, but it was an unequal fight in many ways. The real losers of the war were the 18, 19, 20-year old boys, who were sent to a foreign, unknown country. Most of them didn't really know what they were fighting for, they just did what they were told to.

With a lot of interviews (with members of both sides) and a lot of realism, this series is probably the best Vietnam war documentary.

This movie is one of the best adventure movies I have ever seen. As a twelve-year old I used to watch it at least once a week on our (to that time) brand new VCR. I think it is the best acting of Belmondo and one of the best actings I have ever seen. An absolutely awesome movie. Pure adventure made in France. Sometimes you can see that Hollywood is not the non-plus-ultra in moviemaking!

I saw E1 last night. I think it is a well made, technically brilliant movie for children. But where has the magic, the big feelings and the esprit of the "original" SW-Films gone? You really think you are watching a very long demo-version of a new PC-Game. Finally I'd say the biggest differnce between E1 and E4-6 is, that the effects are playing the major role in E1, instead the great characters of E4-6. But I hope in Episode 3 (this shall be the darkest one) we will see a little bit more of a mature movie! For a normal movie I'd give it a 8 out of 10. For the long awaited Star Wars Episode 1 I give it a 6 out of 10.

I saw this movie as a 13 year old and instantly fell in love with Sophie Marceau. It shows a normal world with normal people and normal Teenager. It was the Teenager Movie!

This movie shows very well the feeling, most Vietnam combat soldiers must have had. You never know, who is your friend and who is your enemy. Every second you can be shot out of a bush. What a bad feeling it must be! Too bad there aren't that many Vietnam movies anymore.

...but think about all the black racists! Nobody cares about this (maybe even bigger) problem. I think racism isn't good at BOTH SIDES! So if you fight against racism, fight against all kinds of it.

This is a great movie, because it shows that all people of all colors are victims in their own way. Watch it and you will love it.

Since I saw Malice at the movies in 1994 the first time, I love it each time I watch it. Unfortunately there are not enough really good movies, like this one. It is still one of my absolute favorites. Alfred Hitchcock is back!