Good Movie, Did not Warrant Best Picture

Rating: 1/10 (13 March 2010)

I honestly thought that the Best Picture designation should be given to a movie that can have some sort of appeal to the average viewer. I never really thought or wanted to believe that politics could play that much of a role. After seeing this movie, however, it is evident that something bigger was in play besides the quality of this film, especially when you consider other war movies that won Best Picture. This one doesn't measure up. It held my attention only because I wanted to see what was so special about this movie. It was a good movie, but certainly not Oscar-worthy in this category. As for the other categories, I won't quibble because I think directorial and other awards are more subjective. I gave it a 1 rating to bring the overall rating down---it should be a 6 or 7 at most and hopefully time will tell where it deserves to be.