Too much drama

Rating: 3/10 (20 February 2017)

This is somewhat of a random series of thoughts rather than a cohesive review. But here it goes....
Garfield's portrayal of Doss is creepy and unnatural. I found myself annoyed with the main character to the point where it was hard to watch.
The supporting characters were underdeveloped except for Doss' dad. Everyone else starts out as an army thug jerk, who turns out to be a good guy in the end.
The action is comically bad. At one point a guy picks up a dead body and storms into the battle blocking gunfire with the corpse...?!
The setting of the battle is ridiculous. The Americans have to climb a rope ladder what looks to be about 100-150 ft to the top of the ridge where the Japanese are hiding out. There is nothing stopping the Japanese from cutting the ladder down, or standing at the top of the ladder and raining gunfire down on the Americans. Also, when you google the actual ridge, its about 20-30 ft maximum. The whole battle and setting lacks a sense realism for me.
Every aspect of this film feels unnecessarily dramatic. It's kind of hard to describe but everything from Garfield's performance to the combat scenes to the love story is slathered in a think layer of drama. I guess it's to make up for the lack of a compelling plot but after a while it starts to feel kind of dumb (for a lack of a better word). You get taken out of the story and the remarkable act of bravery to the point where you almost have to laugh (and eye roll) at how bad some of the scenes are.
The true story the film is based on is amazing and needs to be told, but I feel like this movie tries too hard and misses the mark.
I guess you have to watch it because of it Oscar nominations, but its really not that good.