Very good movie- A film of 2 halves: the first perfect, the second lagging behind but good enough

Rating: 8/10 (7 June 2017)

I finally got around to watching this for the first time.
The first half is a 10/10, the second half is a 7/10 and falls apart into what seems like every war movie's clichés, even though it's good enough.
The first half is a masterpiece of filmmaking- there's almost no flaws, the pacing is perfect, the acting great, it has an instant classic type experience to it you'll never forget.
The second half is good, decent but it doesn't rival the first half and its perfection. That makes its let down even more pronounced.
So overall, I give it an 8/10 because you can't overlook the drop in quality of the second half.
8/10