Self Indulgent Waste of Time

Rating: 1/10 (19 March 2001)

Nothing irritates me more than a self indulgent director, who puts his own whims above those of his audience. This is a prime example.
A potentially great movie is marred by a director who strives to be "arty" but doesnt have the vision or courage to realise he hasnt quite nailed it, and thus spend a bit more time getting it right, so we are subjected to a confusing, mumbling, effort with no clear message or plot, we simply wander from scene to scene seemingly stuck together by a committee.

Apocalypse Now did the "unreal" aspect of war well, Saving Private Ryan absolutely nailed the real experience of war, this movie is a confused meander between the two, it needs a new director and more time to in the cutting room.
I wasnt terrified the way I was in the opening sequences of Saving Private Ryan, nor mesmerised as in Apocalypse Now by the absurdity of it all, just bored and irritated by this thing.