Best special effects I've seen, but where is the movie?

Rating: 6/10 (24 April 2001)

First of all, I'm happy that movies can be made to look like the real world. Old warmovies had very poor action flics, BUT! But they had a story! Remember The Battle of the Bulge? Real suspense, makes you watch and be excited for the whole two hours. What does this film have? It makes you go pale and/or throw up after the first few minutes. You swear not to touch a rifle in your life. And after 30 minutes extreme nothing. No story, no dialogues, no acting. Yes, extremely poor acting. The whole movie is like a bad TV show: Disturbing Action Flics, Nothing But Blood and Guts. Sure, it is a great success to make a movie that can give you a very realistic feeling of war, but picture this: I've read a book written by a doctor about the siege of Budapest in WWII. That book had bigger effect on me than this poor movie. Just text. It takes more than a few flying limbs to make a movie! Next time if Steven Spielberg directs a movie showing exploding barrels for two hours, will it be nominated for best movie/book/whatsoever???