Absolutely awful!

Rating: 1/10 (24 January 1999)

Of course those who like this movie will think that those of us who hated it just don't get it. But we do get it. This movie defiles everything that American soldiers fought for in the Pacific. It's too bad that some people will see this movie and think that this is what happened on Guadalcanal. This is revisionist history. The truth is that this is not what happened, this is not they way it happened, and this is not why it happened. After seeing Spielberg's brilliant "Pvt. Ryan" it is amazing that anyone could see this as anything but trash. What a waste of 3 hours!