Hearts and Minds

I really enjoyed this documentary, because I think that it did a good job of being well rounded. In other words, it portrayed the attitudes of both sides of the issue. Although I have to admit it did seem to be leaning towards portraying war as terrible, which is what the general message was for me.

Did anyone else think of The Things They Carried when Coker expressed his attitudes about people that dodged the draft? Contrary to O'Brien's attitudes, Coker said that people that ran were wrong, and that they were cowards. O'Brien thought that those that didn't run were cowards for not standing up for what they believe in. I thought that this was an interesting little thing to think about. Everyone is going to have their own attitudes about the war, even with a more or less one sided issue as the Vietnam War. Maybe it was just because this documentary was filmed in the early 70s, I don't know. There's no denying the fact that some people did/do think that the Vietnam War was worth it.