A Good Movie But I Don't Get The Hype

Rating: 7/10 (22 June 2010)

A solid movie but I am beyond confused at how this won 6 Oscars and best picture. Seriously!!!!! And look I don't get all the hate from former military/current military who claim it is remarkably inaccurate. Who cares? Why are you taking this as an insult? At the very least, I think you should be appreciative that someone was interested enough in your lifestyle to create a movie depicting an interpretation of it. It's a movie meaning it's fantasy. And I think this movie was far more about the addiction of war as opposed to the lifestyle presented in modern warfare. Hell, the opening line of the movie states something to the affect of war being a drug.
Now, all that said, it's still just a good movie. Bu,t I think there have been far better war movies made throughout history. To name a few we have Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Saving Private Ryan, A Thin Red Line, or even Schindler's List. It was not deserving of a best actor nomination. I would have expected a performance at the caliber of Edward Norton or Sean Penn. And best screenplay? No. It's not like Andrew Kevin Walker wrote it.