Watched this in Basic Combat Training. Isn’t that patriotic. Really emotional, especially in my current situation. Preparing for war, kid on the way. Certain scenes really fucked me up. Very well done and splendid job at connecting the audience to even minor characters.

>"I wonder what was going through Custer's mind when he realized that he'd led his men into a slaughter?" A lot of war movies show how America is the best and are heroes, but I like that this showed both sides of the story and how they tried to make it look like America won. Innocents sent to die for nothing and were never appreciated when they got home, and Mel Gibson conveys that emotion so well with just a few expressions in his face.