Fiddles in a war movie are just not appropriate....

Rating: 4/10 (23 October 1998)

While Spielberg manages to show the cruelty of war, this film in my opinion is nevertheless dangerous, as it in a subtle way promotes war rather than despising it. Spielberg wants us to make believe that under certain conditions war is a necessity and legitimate way of solving conflicts. In my point of view this is at least debatable. I don't like this movie, although it is very well done from a technical point of view. I don't like because it tries to make war presentable again rather than trying to show how to avoid it. Sorry, but this time I cannot agree to the underlying message of this movie, regardless how masterly skilled this message has been transformed into pictures.