I fail to see what makes it so great

Rating: 6/10 (17 December 2012)

When I watched this film I wasn't sure what to expect, so I kept an open mind. After about 20 minutes it became clear that the film was not going to have a conventional plot - no antagonist, no obstacle to overcome, no crisis to solve, it was just a series of events.
But that's not necessarily bad, films like Pulp Fiction don't have such plots either and they still work fine. However, those films make up for plot with in characters and dialogue. This film has no great characters or dialogue - it is a couple of soldiers going through events.
And even that is not a bad thing; depicting what walking a mile in the shoes of a soldier might be informative, but yet again this films fails, as anyone who knows anything about this topic will tell you this film is highly inaccurate in depicting warfare.
No good plot, no interesting characters, no great dialogue and nothing to learn. Like I said, maybe I've missed something, but be that as it may the only good thing I can say about the film is that it's well produced, the actors do a good job and it's not a terrible film.