Mystified by the bad reviews

Rating: 10/10 (12 February 2013)

All the bad reviews on here have led me to the conclusion that people feel smarter by trashing critically-acclaimed and Oscar winning films like this one. This is one of, if not the, greatest war movies ever made. The opening 20 minutes is one of the most harrowing battle scenes ever filmed, and in itself debunks the theory that this is a pro-war movie. Anyone who wants to go to war after seeing the opening scene of this film is crazy. This film is poignant and heartbreaking, particularly Vin Diesel and Private Mellish's deaths, and the idea that this film is pro-war in any way is ridiculous. A bunch of reviewers on here criticize the film for only showing the American perspective on D-Day: hate to break it to you guys, but this is a film about a squad of American soldiers who go on a mission to find an American paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in combat. Putting another country's perspective in this film would have been ridiculous and wouldn't have fit in with the rest of the film. As for the other arguments against the film, which are basically a bunch of nit picky details like the type of rifle they are carrying or an insignia on someone's uniform or some other ridiculous historical detail that really has no effect on the film at all, this movie never pretends to be a documentary, and shouldn't be taken as one. Some of these people cite The Paths of Glory or The Longest Day as examples of great war films, and don't get me wrong, I loved both movies, but I could write a whole list on their historical inaccuracies. Films like this one should not be analyzed as documentaries, but should be taken for what they are-excellent, well-filmed, well-acted, harrowing, and heartbreaking films that bring the brutality and horror of war into our lives.