Good film, I think does belong in a good war movie company

Rating: 8/10 (6 June 2010)

I'm not sure why the last several reviews were quite negative, I think this was indeed a good film. Now I have not read any reviews before seeing the film on DVD; I was just aware that it won best picture vs Avatar. I've seen all the other good war films and I think this belongs among them. There is not much political bias, and it's really about just war and combat and how some people just feel the calling to fight without fear (and some that do not). While its not as good as "Saving Private Ryan", or some of the other greats, I think it belongs in the top 50 of war movies of all time. Several of the scenes are truly suspenseful, and the shaky cam effect was not noticeably overdone.