I don't "get it" . . .

Rating: 6/10 (6 July 1999)

What is the point? The cinematography was excellent . . . and something ethereal about the ceaseless wading through the "sea of grass" . . . I guess "the point" is the whole "War is hell" statement. I don't know . . . after this movie I'm sick of war pictures and plan not to take in another one for a looong time. This was no "Silence of the Lambs," -- meaning: a movie can be great, regardless of the subject matter, if the script and the acting and the sets are great. "Silence" didn't "do it" for me because it was about "sickos," etc. No, it was because of Hopkins and Foster . . . that picture was "art," -- I suppose I was hoping for the same thing here.