A very well told and original anti war movie, that had many moments of tension. Loved the black and white reality to the colorful dreams and flashbacks. Well acted as well andf was very surprised to see Donald Sutherland in this. This is a must watch and I know I will probably watch it again. A bit sad and depressing though.

688

Interesting concept, surprisingly very effective.

Novel's way better. There's just way too many things wrong with the film adaptation, from the very questionable acting to some of the stylistic choices. Some scenes are extremely powerful, but most aren't. Watch Metallica's "One" video, it has most of the good scenes, and read the book... It really is terrific.

The themes are heavy handed and obvious, the writing isn't very good and the acting is subpar. Interesting idea but it wasn't executed as well as it could've been. Some powerful scenes but not my kind of movie honestly. And it's just pretty boring most of the time.

Problems aside, there's a cumulative power to the material and an idea that's impossible to ignore.

"A story like this demands the lightest touch given its ultimately heavy subject matter, but this movie gives a new meaning to the words preachy and heavy-handed dramatizing, spelling everything out over and over and letting the actor get too melodramatic. It's a tribute to the terrible existential despair of the story that despite all of this, some emotion and thought does come through despite the bad direction."

The most underrated movie of all time in my opinion. It's a beautiful anti-war movie with a lot of memorable scenes and quotes.

#749

Death is the only escape.

No limbs and no face or hearing, but the rest of him is oddly unscarred? "Young men don't have homes, son, that's why they must go out and kill each other" is not an absurdist joke but a line spoken seriously in this bleak drama. The plausibility issues and mostly crude dialogue really bring down the daring concept and otherwise imaginative execution. I found the autobiographical The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to be a better, more moving and compelling realization of a similar premise.

An incredible anti war movie with a magnificent script. It's told through the intermittent flashbacks of a wounded soldier and the integration of the two, both visually and thematically is stunning. While the movie is very powerful and sad it manages use light moments to keep from becoming overbearing.

The metaphors and the symbolic scenes didn't impress me. This could be a hell of a movie.

Most depressing film ever made. I saw this year ago and still can't stop thinking about it.

I found the movie from the music video of 'one' by Metallica where there are lots of screens from the movie. It is really a great movie and worth watching.

Best known to modern audiences as "the movie from that Metallica video", this flick is a bleak investigation of the horrors of war and its aftermath. Serious downer.

# 756

Surrealistic and touching, improves on the book that I hated to read in Literature of War in every possible way.

This was a difficult film to make, and it's impressive it could be made at all. But it's the work of an amateur director, and it shows.

An intriguing and horrifying premise, greatly marred by some terrible acting. Granted, this is a tough role to play, especially the voice-over, but Bottoms does a lousy job with it. The woman who plays his sweetheart is pretty bad, too. This was the only directing attempt by Trumbo, a noted screenwriter. It just goes to show that writing and directing are entirely different talents. Although to be honest, the writing was occasionally spotty, too. Still, it is an unusual and engaging work.

Interesting concept and an excellent anti war film, however the lead role was severely miss cast as clearly Bottoms wasnt up to the job.I would like to see this film remade in a modern setting such as Iraq.All in all a worth while watch.

Incredible...Metallica.... one...see the clip

War fucking sucks.

788

This is one of most depressiv and efficient Anti-War Movies of all time. Not so famous and popular like "Full Metal Jacket" or "Platoon" for example,"but Johnny Got His Gun" transports a great message.The ending is so sorrowful, I stared on that black screen for minutes.

Good Movie

Good movie. Probably the most depressing movie I've watched but it does make you think about reality and also about what we as humans need to be happy. Guess we should all count ourselves lucky and appreciate all that we have.

Awesome achievement from a guy known mainly for telling HUAC to fuck off. Definitely a motion picture like no other