I watched this movie when it first came out and all I could remember about it was how much it sucked. I was reading the rave reviews of it tonight and thought maybe I should give it another shot. So, a middle finger for those of you who helped Hollywood steal four bucks from me. My one star was for cinematography only (also: you can't rate it any lower).
This is a movie of more: more celebrity-packed than every episode of The Love Boat combined, more soldiers screaming and leaping from the point of impact from a small explosive than Windtalkers, more unrealistic dialogue between soldiers than Hogan's Heroes (but not in a funny way), more voice-overs than a Martin Scorsese film, more pusillanimous men crying than in The Human Centipede III, and more undeserved praise than Arrival. It's one long -- very long -- war cliche.
I normally understand the differences between the low and high ratings of most movies and TV shows. But I can't get on board with the people who rated this one so highly. I suppose if you like interpretive dance and abstract art and long, rambling poems with no direction or purpose, this might be your thing. But if you want a good, realistic, novel war film, this ain't it.
Apologies for any typos or poor grammar, but I'm pretty high at the moment.
This is a movie of more: more celebrity-packed than every episode of The Love Boat combined, more soldiers screaming and leaping from the point of impact from a small explosive than Windtalkers, more unrealistic dialogue between soldiers than Hogan's Heroes (but not in a funny way), more voice-overs than a Martin Scorsese film, more pusillanimous men crying than in The Human Centipede III, and more undeserved praise than Arrival. It's one long -- very long -- war cliche.
I normally understand the differences between the low and high ratings of most movies and TV shows. But I can't get on board with the people who rated this one so highly. I suppose if you like interpretive dance and abstract art and long, rambling poems with no direction or purpose, this might be your thing. But if you want a good, realistic, novel war film, this ain't it.
Apologies for any typos or poor grammar, but I'm pretty high at the moment.