Overrated

Rating: 6/10 (31 January 2009)

I missed the first minutes up to the point where Broderick witnessed the amputation... and apparently these must have been extraordinary minutes.
This movie is very accurate and doesn't have a happy end or love story or any other typical block buster elements... It's politically correct and educating. It really deserves at least a 6 or a 7.
It's kind of a good docudrama! But it's certainly not one of the top 250 or even the "best war movie ever"! Watch "Path of Glory" or "All Quiet on the Western Front" and compare these dramatically perfect war movies! Without clichés, without happy end, without love story and 100% believable characters.
I only saw a (stereo)typical Washington, Freeman and Broderick, in roles they played dozens of times before, nothing extraordinary.
I have the impression this movie gets special points because of its political or historical message or even out of patriotic feelings...
But does this really make a "best" film, everybody should see?