I think this was awesome....?

Rating: Null/10 (10 April 2003)

This movie is probably one of the best WWII movies i've ever seen but i can't tell because i couldn't see what was happening!! The story of a battle hardened german platoon retreating from the russians after their failed wehrmacht is an intreeging concept for a movie and seems to work very well, but half the time I was just watching a black screen with sound effects. It seems like sam peckinpaw forgot how to use the light meter on his camera because especially during the action scenes, i am not exaggerating when i say "i couldn't see S**T!" I feel like i just missed out on pure brilliants during these scenes and without them the movie isn't complete. I'm praying that i just rented a s****y copy of the movie (it was an old VHS tape) and next time i see it, i'll be able to see whats happening. No one else on the page seems to be complaining about the ridiculous darkness so i'm hopeful.