Continuity Failures=spoiled experience

Rating: 5/10 (27 February 2010)

This movie would've been great if a few of the scenes were scrubbed for continuity. Channing Tatum is chiseled-handsome and Amanda Seyfried is the long-locked blond who pines away in this long-haul love story. First of too many to mention "Fail"(s) is that Tatum's "John" is referred to as a Staff Sergeant or "ssg" when he had a "buck" sergeants rank. Huge turn- off for Army Veterans! When he finally gets promoted he does have the 3 chevrons and a "rocker" all the way through the end of the movie. And one of the pivotal scenes in particular had the Tatum's shoulder boards upside down the entire time! You say "not a big deal? Like I mentioned before a bad, bad job by a continuity director (and there had to a military consultant on the set) can completely ruin the impact of the scene, ergo the moment, and I actually started laughing. However, save for that egregious continuity errors it was predictable bu good, one tissue tearjerker. Don't pay to see it in the theater, just wait for the rental.