A good telling of an interesting story

Rating: 7/10 (22 December 2007)

I must admit I was not expecting much from this movie, not knowing anything about Tony Swofford. I started watching it as a "nothing else to watch" time filler. However, I soon found myself being drawn into the movie.
I feel that war movies, with a few exceptions, tend to descend into a blinkered view of the subject matter. But Tony has managed to tell a story from the view of the ordinary soldier without going gung ho or commenting on the validity of why they were there. In some way I was disappointed that the film was not longer. Although, at times, it was a bit tedious, there are some thing I would like to have seen explored a bit more.
I also feel that the fact this was a grunts story, told from his perspective rather than as part of a larger "plot", gave it a nicer feel than some Hollywood script.
But this is a movie I would definitely recommend to others.