I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

Fantastic!

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

RELEASED IN 1978 and directed by Hal Ashby, "Coming Home" is a drama taking place on the shores of Southern California about a lonely Captain's wife (Jane Fonda) who befriends a bohemian, Vi (Penelope Milford), when her husband (Bruce Dern) is deployed to 'Nam in 1968. She volunteers at a Veteran's hospital where she meets a bitter paraplegic, who happens to be an old classmate (Jon Voight). Robert Carradine plays Vi's brother, who suffers PTSD.Like all great dramas, "Coming Home" is realistic and takes its time to establish the characters and their situations. The emotions run the gamut of the human experience. The performances by the principals are superlative. The outstanding soundtrack includes twenty hits from the late 60s by artists like The Stones, The Beatles, Hendrix, Buffalo Springfield, Joplin, The Chambers Brothers, Jefferson Airplane, Dylan and so on. The movie's not so much "anti-war" as it is just depicting the way it was for combat Vets after coming home.THE FILM RUNS 127 minutes and was shot in Manhattan Beach, near Los Angeles. WRITER: Waldo Salt & Robert C. Jones based on Nancy Dowd's story.GRADE: A

When her husband Bruce Dern, a captain in the Marine Corps, is deployed to Vietnam, Jane Fonda has to adjust to living alone. She volunteers at a veteran's hospital and meets Jon Voight, who has recently come home from Vietnam without use of his legs. He's angry and passionately opposed to the war, and as Jane gets closer to this man who's completely the opposite of her husband, her entire worldview changes.Coming Home is one of the most famous wartime dramas ever made. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards in 1979, but since it was released the same year as The Deer Hunter, there was some competition for the anti-war vote at the Oscars. While The Deer Hunter won Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Sound, and Film Editing, Coming Home took home three statuettes for Best Actor, Actress, and Original Screenplay. The acting and overall messages of the film are wonderful, and had it come out a year earlier or later, it probably would have swept up more gold.If you haven't seen this classic, it's definitely worth watching, not only for the acting but for the piece of American culture. Many Americans, including the film's leading lady, were vehemently opposed to the Vietnam war, and this film captures their mindset and emotions in a very tangible, relatable way. It wasn't until 1989 that Hollywood produced another film of its kind with Born on the Fourth of July, the biopic of Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic. While I found that movie to be much more powerful and heart-wrenching, Coming Home was made first and deserves the respect of its time.Just keep in mind that this is a very heavy drama; it's not a bunch of hippies holding up protest signs for two hours. The film is about all veterans, no matter their injuries, and how difficult it is to adjust when you come home to a world that's different from how you left it.Kiddy warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to sex scenes and some adult situations, I wouldn't let my kids watch it.

War films I like okay, and too I'm a fan of anti-war pictures and with this 1978 film from the outspoken and to the point director Hal Ashby I must say that "Coming Home" is a strong drama that shows how war can affect the lives of many involved and those involved learn it probably wasn't for the best. Certainly many might say that this was one film that was very outspoken that displays the post and ever lasting impact of the Vietnam War.As anyone who remembers the Vietnam War and it's after period of the late 1970's most will agree that it was one trying period in our nation's history. The story is pretty plain and simple Marine Captain Bob Hyde(the very strong Bruce Dern in probably his best performance ever)leaves for Vietnam left behind is his wife Sally(Jane Fonda)who finally volunteers at a local hospital. At this veterans hospital she meets Luke Martin(Jon Voight)who's a smart, likable yet desperate man who while as a former sergeant suffered a war injury that left him a paraplegic. Now battered with rage and filled with anger and never ending frustration, slowly yet surely Luke finds comfort and new hope in the arms of Sally as it even leads to passion and intimate romance.This whole new change for both transforms the film and all those involved into a new direction, as the feeling of life and love blend full circle with the horrors and impact of war. To intersect and complicate matters when Bob finally returns home the trio all now are faced with the brutal impact of war, life, and change. In the end a different direction of thought and life is taken for all. Clearly this film displayed a loud and clear message about the impact of war and that military service is not all what it seems as the impact and damage done to one's life is forever as when one watches they should consider and take to heart the message of the film proving that war and military life is brutal and ever lasting. "Coming Home" is one outspoken truth revealing drama not to be missed.

Coming Home (1978) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Hal Ashby's anti-war film centers on a crippled Vietnam vet (Jon Voight) who strikes up a relationship with a volunteer nurse (Jane Fonda) whose husband (Bruce Dern) is currently fighting in the war. There's no question that both Voight and Fonda deserved their Oscar wins and there's no question that this film certainly has an agenda and no matter what political view you take on the subject matter you will at least walk away impressed with what the stars and director were able to do. I think it should go without saying but the real highlight here is seeing Voight and Fonda bring these characters to life. I was really impressed with Voight who had a pretty difficult character to play. Not only does he have to deal with the physical effects of the character being unable to walk but he also has various emotions to have to play. When we first meet him he's having a fit because he's pretty much forced to live life on a cart and his anger of not having anyone to help him is boiling over. Fonda, on the other hand, is a very sweet, caring person who just wants to do good while her husband is away fighting in the war. There's a very human scene between the two as Voight is once again fighting his guilt over the war and coming home and he pretty much throws Fonda under the bus by saying she's just doing what she is because she's waiting for her husband to come home in a body bag. The relationship between the two never comes off as being fake and everything between them seems real and is handled with loving care. Yes, there's a sex scene between the two, which contains a lot of passion and it's handled so well that you never feel as if it's gratuitous. As as I said, Voight and Fonda are so great in their roles that you really do feel as if you're watching real people with real problems. Dern often gets overlooked when it comes time to talk about the performances but he too is very effective. Penelope Milford gets to shine as Fonda's friend and Robert Carradine is also very good as her crazy brother. There are a few problems with the film that keep me from rating it as being perfect and I think the anti-message gets in the way of the love story and the stories overall impact. I don't mind an anti-war film but I think the film does way too much preaching instead of just letting the story tell the message. The film also has some legendary songs from the likes of Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin and Buffalo Springfield but at times I think they take away from the drama in the film. Many times the songs themselves play fully throughout the movie and while I love the songs they do at times take away from the drama going on. With that said, COMING HOME was one of the first of the big Vietnam movies and the performances and central story of the leads are so good that it's still very much worth watching.