Thousand Yard Stare

This is clearly a low budget indie film, so don't go in expecting Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan. Having said that, if you're able to look past a few sparse battlefields, and decent, but not perfect VFX, then you'll find a pretty good movie.

The first 30 minutes or so are a bit slow, but once you're past that and you get into battle scenes and the rhythm of the non-linear the it really starts to pick up. It's also really more of a drama about the effects of PTSD than a straight forward war film. But of course the distributors want to push the action to sell DVDs.

Even with its flaws this was a surprisingly interesting movie to watch. The non-linear structure was well done and different than what you'd find in this genre. And as a film buff, I'd love to know more about the behind the scenes of the production to see how they pulled off what they did on a limited budget.

In conclusion, don't look down on a movie because it didn't have a hundred million dollars. There's serious merit in new voices outside Hollywood.

I think this is one of those films that will hold your attention throughout if you understand what's going on. If you've had ptsd then you'll understand and follow it, the silences, the feelings when everything is standing still but people are carrying on as normal and you realise you've sat in your thoughts for hours. I can only imagine how these guys adjust to life.

I'm the daughter of a veteran who was a tail gunner on B24's in World War II. I'm the niece of two men: one who fought in the Pacific and one in France. The one in France never came home. He was 19. I'm the widow of a submariner who was stationed on a fast attack submarine for 18 months in the early 70's. The Navy helped subsidize a trip to Rome for those of us who could make the trip to meet up with our husbands in Italy. My husband survived the Cold War but later died in a car crash when two young men who couldn't speak English entered the highway going the wrong way. Survivors suffer from PTSD, too. I don't care if you didn't like the movie but honor the men and women who served. So many were killed, wounded or carried the memories and were wounded warriors themselves in one way or another. Honor them or keep your mouth shut.

So underrated! very emotional; i am a Veteran... i know...

Waste of time, it's disgusting. Don't waste your time like me