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I Am Coming Home Also, But I'm Not A Soldier, October 31, 2008
This review is from: Soldier's Heart (DVD)
I have to tell you I was completely moved, although I very much identified in a different way. With my own struggles, today I have the same kind of experiences as Elliot. You don't have to fight in a war to experience post traumatic stress disorder. The fiery outbursts are common in my life. It was scary, really scary, to realize that I was truly looking at myself as I watched him. And just as with Elliot, through self-acceptance, I believe that I, too, will have the opportunity to come home. So you can imagine, at the end, I was completely broken up. Which was good. And necessary. Because it allowed me to identify where I'm coming from, and to see where I will be, as I continue to allow myself to heal, by accepting help from family and friends, just as Elliot did. Beautiful.
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Soldiers Heart, October 23, 2008
This review is from: Soldier's Heart (DVD)
Soldiers Heart is a wonderful, moving story of a Vietnam Veteran who is living, painfully at times, with the invisible war injury of post-traumatic stress disorder. The war is over, but the hurtful long-term effects live on in our returning soldiers. There are tender, sweet moments in the film, as well as disturbing battle flash backs. The relationships this Vet has with family and friends are complex. While watching Soldiers Heart you cannot help but think about Veterans you know and wonder how much pain they are suffering through as a result of PTSD. This film makes me proud to be an American. Veterans are to be held in the highest esteem. This film stays with you for quite a long time. It is superbly written. I have recommended this film to friends and family, and they all gave it 5 stars. I sure you will, too.
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A GENTLE STROKE ON THE CIVILIAN CHEEK TO WAKE UP, October 24, 2008
This review is from: Soldier's Heart (DVD)
Larry Winters Author of The Making and Un-making of a Marine Soldiers Heart is a phrase that comes from the American Civil War, it means Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Example "That man is acting like that because he has soldiers heart." Brian Delate goes inward bound in this movie using the heart and soul as guide posts to bring his audience to a deeper understanding of how we are all affected by war. Not only soldiers want to forget what happens in war, so many of us in this country allow a trance of denial to steel our memories. Brian kindly reminds us that war did happen and that we all are responsible for the after affects. Most movie makers believe that the theater seats need to shake with over amplified violence to penetrate the callused movie goers who like speed readers only slow down to pay attention when the action starts. Soldiers Heart seeps into you slowly it's a movie with half lives that comes again and again sometimes in the shower or before you go to sleep. After this movie you might even see when you look in the mirror that you have been affected by war just like the normal folks in this movie. You do not have to be a vet to want to see this movie in fact I think instead of the crashing blow that most war movies rely on to hook their audience Soldiers Heart is a gentle stroke on the civilian cheek to wake up. The Making and Un-Making of a Marine
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