Very slow Not best Picture Quality

Rating: 5/10 (22 January 2015)

So here's the pro's and con's of this movie.
Pro's: *Bradley Cooper - looked the part, good accent, believable character.
Con's: *Bradley Cooper - Not his best performance *fake babies - this is a dead give away. When Chris is holding his new born baby it is clearly a freaking doll. *bland characters - All of the friends he made in the movie were very bland ,non-connectible and very cliché. *predictable plot - the 3rd time he was in Iraq it was pretty much predictable form there. And when his first friend died I was saying to myself in the theaters "yeah, he's going to die"
I can go on about the pro's and con's all day. But I'm not. Here's what I am going to say. I was so excited to see this movie. I saw the trailer and my dad and I wanted to see it ASAP. Then I did see it and it was a HUGE let down. It started off pretty well. Him watching the marines and a suspected mom and child come out etc. etc., Then going back in time a bit to tell how he got there. I was intrigued for a good while and then after that it just got really slow and very predictable. I understand that it was a true story and on real events but you can add just a little bit more action or suspense or friendship connection to keep the audience connected. I feel that's what it really failed to do. I was attached to any character. I knew Chris was going to die at the end (which was really sad), All of his friends that passed were blunt. I had no feelings for them and I wasn't rooting for them. It felt like it should of been a biography more so then a blockbuster Hollywood movie.
All in all I feel it should of grabbed our attention more. After the first quarter or so it just gets really slow. Although the scene with The butcher and the drill was intense but that was really it besides the awesome 2100 yard shot (which, again, was easily predictable)
So, I'm saying don't waste your money seeing it in theaters. It's really not worth it. Is it Oscar material? For sound sure. But not Best Picture