The latest in what I fear is a long-line of Irag war movies

Rating: 2/10 (15 February 2010)

I wish I could write more about this movie, but the filming style made me nauseated, so I did not last very long. I heard more than I saw, and what I heard made me go, HUH? for a lot of it. Which probably means I needed to see what was going on up on the screen. But what little I did see, and hear, I was not that impressed. I am not a military person, nor am I that fond of war movies, but I wanted to give this one a chance since I had heard a lot of good reviews. My guess, especially after reading the blogs and other reviews, is that like so many "Hollywood" movies, this was yet another in a long line of over-hyped mediocrity. That the Oscar for best movie seems to be between this one and Avatar (ZZZzzz, though is visually stunning) amazes me, and is probably why I take anything and anyone nominated with a large grain of salt. But back to THL. Since I was just hearing most of it (having left my Dramamine at home) what I have to say is based on dialogue, and what dialogue there was (maybe more of us should watch movies this way!) was lame, and oftentimes I was thinking, No one talks like that, especially with bullets whizzing by.