How to dismantle a great movie

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2011)

I spent the better part of this movie in awe, thinking this was the best war movie I'd ever seen. There are no heroes or villains on both sides. Just poor men trying to stay alive.
The Americans have faces, the enemies have faces. Compare this to a movie like Top Gun for example: You never see the enemies' faces. Therefore they must be evil, right?
The whole idea collapsed like a house of cards at the end. Suddenly the Americans turned to heroes and the enemies turned to villains. I still don't understand why they did that.
This movie could have been great. The way it is - it's merely good.