Truly awful film

Rating: Null/10 (23 February 2014)

I usually just go and watch movies - I rarely review them but I had to write something this time. This movie is unbelievably bad, as well as condescending and frankly just badly acted (I almost felt that the likes of Damon and Blanchett were struggling to keep a straight face at times: has no-one the guts to actually say no to gorgeous George ?) What annoyed me most is that this had the potential to be a great movie but started looking bad within the first five minutes and frankly never ever recovered. Apart from treating the audience like ignorant idiots, there was no attempt at creating any empathy with any of the characters - I frankly could not care less what happened to any of them.There was no real work on any of the characters as if this was done in a great hurry. The soundtrack used was incredibly inappropriate too: was this supposed to be a not very funny comedy ? It reminded me of a Cary Grant movie with bad acting, non-existent storyline and a vision of war that is so remote from reality that it beggared belief. I found the 3-second 'sombre' shots on the likes of white crosses being assembled and vats of gold teeth particularly bad: box-ticking at its worst. I saw this in a small theatre and virtually all fellow moviegoers were just horrified at how inane and superficial this movie was. Maybe it works with the US teenage market but I think even they would find this a waste of time and money. My advice ? Don't go or go prepared to see a real contender for movie turkey of the decade - it's that poor.