The first time I saw this movie.

Rating: Null/10 (31 October 2004)

The first time I saw this movie it was in the theaters, about half way into it I thuroughly regretted it and thought to myself "This movie is boring why the hell did I pay 7 dollars to see this." Almost a year later my friend had it and I put it in out of boredom, not remembering what most of the movie was about. Maybe I matured since the first time I saw it, or it just took another look for it all to sink in but I realized how stupid it was of me to just glaze over it. This is the best war movie in my opinion much more realstic then other all other WW2 movies.
This movie doesn't make the mistake that almost all other WW2 period films make, that is honoring veterans sacrifice by elevating the characters to infallibility. This movie doesn't BS the viewer it shows what soldiers actually thought of sitting in a hot jungle waiting to be shot, rather then packaging a soldiers emotions neatly for the viewer. I'm really ashamed to say the first time I saw it I couldn't see the truth in it.