Underwhelming, but not bad

Rating: 6/10 (9 December 2017)

Acting: A film full of stars, not one performance is bad. The best performance in my opinion is that of Nick Nolte. Inclusion of John Travolta and George Clooney might be a bit unnecessary, but it doesn't do any harm so I don't have any problems with that. 8/10
Direction and cinematography: Wonderful. The camera-work is perfect, the battle scenes are not confusing and very well shot. 9/10
Soundtrack: The main score by Hans Zimmer(Journey to the Line) isn't by far his greatest, but it's not bad either. What I loved though are the choirs in the beginning and during the subtitles. 8/10
Plot and screenplay: This is where the film fails to deliver. The plot is way too simple for a 170 minutes long movie. It's dragging, there are scenes where virtually nothing at all happens. The dialogue is all very philosophical, some good lines but it doesn't move the plot much. Same goes for all the monologues. 1/10
Overall: I was very hyped going into this movie. All those terrific actors, Hans Zimmer doing the music.. And it bore me to death. I was very disappointed with the plot. It was way too long. The biggest plus goes for the choir soundtrack and acting. 6/10
Best scene: Opening 10 minutes.