This movie was decent.

Rating: Null/10 (26 January 1999)

The movie was good, but not all that great. Not even close to being one of the best war movies of all time, in my opinion. Here's a few gaping flaws that us real movie critics can't get past:
George Clooney as a Captain in WWII?! C'mon! He is the quintessential laid-back pretty boy.
And when Fife draws the Japanese out from cover, they all just stand there and look at him for five minutes. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Why is "the enemy" in war movies always made out to be so stupid?
The cinematography was great, the direction was good, for the most part. Sean Penn was great. The casting - going for nothing but the big bucks in the box office.