Heaven & Earth - Oliver Stone Collection [DVD]

This is what film making is all about: powerful, moving, heartbreaking, and beautiful. This is the only movie where I wept within the first five minutes, so moved was I by the beauty of the land and the majesty of the score. By the end the movie I was trashed. As a Vietnam veteran, I was captivated by the cinematography and the sense of Vietnam that Stone captured so well.I highly recommend the DVD, not just for the superiority over video, but also for Stone's commentary. I thought his comments on the DVD, Born on the Fourth of July, were excellent, but in Heaven and Earth we get even better. Not only does he talk about the process of filming the movie, but also he talks at length about the plight of the Vietnamese, the destruction of Vietnam's infrastructure and Buddhism.As a Vietnam veteran and an author of articles and books in which I talk about Vietnam, I highly recommend this incredible film.

This is an edge of your seat movie. Tommy Lee Jones as leading man, engulfs your soul, and you will not be able to sleep after watching it. It shows what war does, to break people's lives, and tear them apart, and how horrible it is. It is not highly graphic with violent content, but the range of emotions, and love, then how war affects a bi racial couple shows through and through. Many Vets and families of vets of Viet Nam will relate highly to this powerful, powerful movie based on a true story.

Didn't live up to the books. I know that if story lines are followed that movies become to long but lumping all of Le Ly's men into one made her look like a victim. The men couldn't have been all that bad when they were raising foster kids.

Great story, good acting.

INSIGHTFUL

This movie, this history, is difficult to watch, but I know several Viet Nam Vets who are my contemporaries and I appreciate knowing a little of the mind bending situations they have to bear.

Heaven & Earth is one of those "must have" for your video collection. Wonderful movie and in my opinion, one of Oliver Stone's best of the best.

Probably the most uninteresting movie I ever wasted 15 minutes trying to watch. Turned it off and TRASHED it. I like Tommy Lee Jones, but this movie really stunk. Save your money..