The War

OK here goes, Kevin Costner is one of those actors you either love or you hate, and there is a few of his movies that really suck, and those movies vary depending on who you ask. My personal favorites are The Postman, Open Range, JFK, Bull Durham, and Dragonfly. But the one I just finished watching for the first time....one I avoided due to bad comments from friends, turned out to be the best Kevin Costner movie I have ever seen. This movie has made me find a new respect for the actor, although I will still never forgive him for ruining my favorite western story Wyatt Earp....not to mention the whole Waterworld fiasco.

The War is set in the summer of 1970 in Mississippi. Steven Simmons (Kevin Costner) has recently returned from Vietnam and is trying to fit back into life as he once knew it. However his time in Vietnam has left its scars (both physically and emotionally), and has placed a strain on his relationship with wife Lois (Mare Winningham), and his children Lydia (Lexi Randall) and Stu (Elijah Wood), who are 12 year old twins. While Steven is trying to re-build his own life, Stu and Lydia are spending the summer building a tree house with the help of their friends, while trying to avoid the Lipnicki children, who take on the "local bullies" role.

I won't go into any more detail concerning the plot, as it may spoil parts of the movie for some. The length of The War,was 2 hours and 19 minutes, it was just enough time for the plot and all its happenings to unfold.

So in short please if you get a spare 2 hours please watch this movie it is great, it made me remember my life as a kid and a few of the things my father use to say to me when I was young and makes you think about how things are in your life.