EraserheadDr

I was interested in seeing "Hi, Mom" for a few reasons. One, was because of an early Brian De Palma comedy film with early appearance of Robert De Niro. Two, because the trailer to the film looked very funny and strangely exciting. And Three, because I have seen this film on the video shelf for a while.

Back when I was young boy, I seen the film remember showing this to my parents. I wish I would gotten this years back. But I recently watched it online with an exciting feeling that this film was going to be good. And as it turned out, I loved it. However, while watching this, it seems oddly familiar. In my opinion, it looks like De Niro is acting like a Woody Allen character.

So it's about a young man just coming back from the Vietnam. And moving into an abandoned apartment across the street, to discover the people in the other apartments across the street. So he meets and gets in touch with a young lady across the street while almost being a 'peeping tom', he tries to figure out information about her. While tries setting his camera up for the people lots of terrible/hilarious things happen.

Also later on he discovers an audition for a live theater experience called "Be Black Baby" which is a story about white people going to experience what it is like to be a Negro. This segment is actually a frightening and almost as realistic as i've ever seen in a film. But before the segment begins and De Niro auditions for the role as a police officer, it was my favorite/humorous scene where he talks to a mop and ladder. "What did you say to me? Make love, not war? Hey listen I make love very well!"

So there's lots of information from the film. I would check it out if not seen yet. I believe a lot of people do not enjoy this film very much, despite all the racial elements in it, and stuff like that. But I would say that there was really nothing wrong with this film. It's a bright comedy from the 70's, and features the early career of Robert De Niro, and did a very well job as the character Jon Rubin. I enjoyed it! And I would like to say one thing...Hi, Mom!

What can I say? From watching most of Stanley Kubrick's films, this is probably the best film of his that shows what a creative mind he has. From being a photographer he was, the film shows us extraordinary pictures and classical music along with it, giving it an exciting feel to it.

But in a way, the film can be disturbing at times. It has quite a dark and crimson side to the film. From showing the gang violence, to Beethoven, this motion picture will make you watch this a couple more times to fully understand and enjoy it all over again.

What I love a lot about the film is of course the soundtrack. My favorite piece is the "9th Symphony, 4th Movement" by Wendy Carlos, that has a keyboard theme and is so brilliant.

Kubrick deserves a lot of respect in film making. He has influence lots of people in the cinema today, and really shows a different motion picture here, that still sticks with you, as it has to me.

One of my favorite Vietnam war flicks from the late 70's that has an amazing cast starring Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken. A story about a few men that are going to the Nam and find themselves captured by Vietnamese.

A popular scene from the film would be the Russian Roulette sequence. A very thrilling and fearful scene. Some of the acting and creative work done is some of the best acting, best story play that i've ever seen in a war motion picture.

I thought "Platoon" was a brilliant film that shows a lot more Vietnam description than this one. But as for "The Deer Hunter", it may not show a whole lot of war scenes or action, but the powerful beauty of it really shows it's emotional side in the film. De Niro later on in the film goes deer hunting once again and to me I think he realizes that "why shoot such an animal like a deer, when I lived through a living hell in the war?" To me the acting is by far the best i've seen in quite a long time in a 70's film.

The ending of the film is also an emotional and heart-trembling moment in the film where you are really torn up by. I enjoy watching the ending over and over, but somehow it catches me as a disappointing and saddening, realistic ending. It gets to me every time. I highly recommend you experience a motion picture like this one. Films like this catch an amazing amount of power to it, and great symbolism with them deer hunting. A powerful and genuine piece of film "The Deer Hunter".

10/10!