I don't agree with all the poor reviews of this movie. What aren't they seeing in this story that I see? I'm not sure. I watched this movie on my huge TV, with surround sound headphones up loud. The immersion of the sound and great picture for me plays a big role for how mich I enjoy a movie. I believe to fully buy in to a story you have to have an environment for immersion with little to no distractions. This in my opinion doubles the enjoyment factor. If i was watching this movie with loud cars driving by, people talking, distracting noise, forget it, watch it some other time. This is no brainless action movie where you can enjoy it with no sound or immerse yourself into the movie. Now, perhaps war movie fans went into this with expectations of great non stop action scenes. This movie was more story and less action. This is not to say there was no action, just not an unrealistic amount as you might find in say, a call of duty game. I found the movie to be real, in terms of believability. The story and characters were good, the acting was good, it was historically correct, and evoked emotion. I bought in to the movie through a combination of a great soundtrack, good acting, excellent cinematography and top notch character development. This is no shoot em up for action movie fans looking for non stop pace and killing. It's a great example of storytelling, with explosion set pieces, action, history, and a love of good stories. I really like good quality war based movies, and I really enjoyed this one. I loved this movie.
