Don't be so hard on the poor film

Rating: 7/10 (22 February 2002)

Now, this movie had high and low qualities. I'll start with the good. It was a beautiful film visually. The cinematography is astounding. Every shot is pleasing to the eye and uses advanced conventions of photography. The special effects are the next thing down the line. It contained some of the best digital editing I have ever seen. If you rent the DVD of this movie and watch the "making of" section, you'll see what I mean. The acting was decent too. Now, the problems of the movie are that the script and plot suck. If they had completely left out the love triangle it would have worked well. They could have even kept the love story in, but not the triangle. It contrasted the point of the film. No one wants to see war and the jealousy of love in the same movie, well, unless you're married and she wants to see a love story and he wants to see some blood. Although, people are too hard on this movie. They either absolutely hate it, or think it's all right. Now, the love triangle was extraneous, but the movie still had many strong points. I suggest everyone sees this movie and keep in mind that it does have some amazing visual effects. See it as objective as possible and you might just appreciate some of it.