Too pretentious

Rating: 1/10 (4 June 2013)

This movie is 3 hours long yes 3 hours long and what do we expect from movies that are this long, EPICNESS of course. Such as the likes of The Godfather I & II, The Seven Samurai, Pulp Fiction, Gone with the Wind, Schindler's List and Lord of the Rings but let's be frank here this movie is far from being a gem or one of cinemas best.
It tries to throw too much at the audience at once in terms of questioning human nature and the philosophy behind war i felt like i was in a church rather than a cinema, it had some great action scenes but alas these were cut short as the movie would wind of tediously into the soldiers thoughts and at times it felt like it was more of a documentary than a movie, close ups of animals and sun dazzled scenery made it seem like a discovery channel show. If the flow and direction of the movie was half as good as the cinematography i would have given it a 10/10.
I'm a huge fan of war films and the whole premise of it but this movie is too preachy.
7/10