I happen to think it's superb - 10 pts easily.

Rating: 10/10 (3 February 2001)

Many just don't get it. This is an Anti-War Movie.
The plot concerns a group of men sent to do something kind of pointless and futile in one of the most necessary and important wars of the last 2000 years. This plot is based partially on a true story, however, the true story happened during the civil war, not during World War II.
For a wide variety of critics of this movie a copy of "T2" and "Matrix" would be all they need to keep them cinematically happy for the rest of their lives. Do not, I repeat DO NOT go to see this movie or some "action-adventure." Go rent "Raiders of the lost ark" or some other worn-out mind-numbing eye-candy movie.
This movie is really different. It is arguably that ONLY war movie in HISTORY that is 100% realistic, all the way down to the pacing of the war iteself. War consists of periods of ferocious fighting and abject terror book-ending long periods of introspection and fear. The closest thing to this movie is "All Quiet on the Western Front."
The musical theme for this movie is also superb - it can be compared to the outstanding theme for "Patton". However, the tone and emphasis of the movie and the music are the polar opposite of that of "Patton".