An explanation for the outrage.

Rating: 1/10 (26 March 2002)

I would like to address the people who say that it's just an action movie, chill out, etc... I, personally like brainless action movies, but there has to be a limit. My limit came when I saw this piece of Hollywood garbage. I won't go into the plot or details of innacuracy, everyone else has done such a great job of that already. I just want to say that the reason some feel so passionate about this is because we have seen certain movies that show the heights of the creative mind at work, you can see the sweat of Welles when you watch "Citizen Kane", Kurasawa's passion in almost anything he's done, and even today watch Kenneth Brannagh's "Henry V" and you see an incredible acheivement in filmmaking. When I watch a film I want to see the work, the passion, the love of film. I feel when you watch something like this there was no passion(except for a quick buck), no love of the movies or the audience, nothing but macho flag-waving cliches.
Just so you know, some of the great action flicks that actually have some meaning and passion behind them include: First Blood, Saving Private Ryan, Leon:The Professional, Lawrence of Arabia, The Longest Day, and tons more I can't remember right now. Look for originality and passion not just action on top of action.