A decent war movie but not a great one.

Rating: 5/10 (27 July 2009)

A lot of reviews for this movie are biased in a way because many adore Kubrick's work, however, I watched this movie because I hated his movies and wanted to be proved wrong.
I actually thought this movie was the turning point to sway me over because it started off so well...however it fell apart whenever it changed (abruptly I must say too) from the beginning training phase to the rest.
In the first part one character stood out and you'll know who it is when you watch it and I have to admit that one scene with him towards the end of the first part was done exceptionally well.
However, most of the characters felt wooden pre-"dehumanized" and post. It wasn't necessarily bad acting but just what they were given to do. The second half was just a mess and I found myself forcing myself to watch through it in the hope that something interesting would happen (which did not).
5/10 overall because I only enjoyed the first half.