The thing that I believe I was drawn to in "Coming Home" were the depth of the characters. They seemed so real, yet the whole time I was aware that they were just characters. It was rather clear that the director was against the war, possibly even war in general. We really covered everything I had thoughts about, considering the music. I did notice a similarity to a current show called "Army wives". It's about the struggles and the tribulations of women who marry men in the service. I saw connections between the type of life Sally found herself living, as well as the same types of "temptations" that the army wives have to live with. The beginning was extremely unsettling, as we discussed in the class, and the ending was almost touching in a way. It sort of left you wanting a close, however the open ending also left the movie with it's 'realistic' feel. In movies, problems are resolved, loose ends are tied up, and everyone reaches an 'understanding', for lack of a better term. When in real life, does that sort of ending happen? It is far more likely that problems end much in the way they did in this film. It ties the film to reality.