Monumental Waste of Potential

Rating: 5/10 (19 May 2014)

This had everything to be a great movie, which actually makes it an even bigger let down.
First off, the movie is set in war period (the decline of Hitler's Reich), but all the characters look and act like it's Sunday in the park. There is no drama, no sense of real danger or conflict, no concerns, no mood.
The scene with George Clooney and Matt Damon in the camp hospital is cringe worthy, an the two songs linked to this scene were an ordeal to endure.
All the 'motivational' speeches sound corny as hell too. Not to mention all the embarrassing moments such as when George says on the radio "all hell is breaking loose here" but nothing we see on screen support this line.
The sets looked out of a theme park, sterile.
And all the famous actors, although box-office baits, actually end up hurting the picture artistically. "Look, it's John Goodman!". "Look, it's "Bill Murray!". Look it's .....(enter famous actor name here)!" and so on.
The only suspenseful moment in the entire movie has to do with the eminent arrival of the Russians, but it's too brief to save this well intentioned mess.
And what's with all the smoking, cigarette fixation?