It lacks something, but I can't put my finger on it...

Rating: Null/10 (25 October 2002)

I had already gone to see Saving Private Ryan, then I saw TTRL. Perhaps if I had seen them in the reverse order, I might have liked TTRL, but to this day, I just can't get into it. It is one of the few movies I have seen at the theater where I felt truly compelled to walk out before it ended, and let me tell you, I can sit through some pretty long and drab movies. Some of my favorite movies are double VHS tape ones like Braveheart, SPR, The Godfather, 2001, and so on. I disliked the constant stream of narrated, narcoleptic philosophical thought that ran throughout the movie. The narrator's voice was like a few Benadryl, guaranteed to put me out. For war films, there are many better choices.