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March 1, 2002
'We Were Soldiers' tries to balance patriotism, violence
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Entertainment Writer
AP Entertainment Writer
"We Were Soldiers" is a war movie at war with itself.
It's a film about Vietnam with the patriotism of a World War II propaganda flick; with its gung-ho ideology, it harkens to the days when war movies lacked the cynicism that came with "Apocalypse Now" and "Platoon," yet it's post-"Saving Private Ryan" in its graphic violence.
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