Touchy, Feely, BORING Junk!!

Rating: 1/10 (20 January 1999)

This movie angered me. I was drawn in by the television previews, expecting an action-filled war drama. I was sorely disappointed. It is filled with touchy, feely overly sensitive, unrealistic rhetoric. Authority is constantly challenged and MOST of the men are depicted as shaking, cowardly wimps. If the men in WWII were truly as they were depicted in this film, we could not possibly have won the war. There is no character development, there are irritating poetic/preachy voice-overs, overly long scenes of closeups of actors' faces - just staring at the camera - and on and on and on. There is NO STORY. My companion and I left the theater, as did a dozen other patrons, after 2 hours with no end in sight. One thing I will grant Terrence Mallick, he knows how to use the camera to film beautiful scenes utilizing sunlight and skies. STAY HOME ON THIS ONE!!