A missed chance

Rating: 4/10 (21 November 2000)

First of all : you should go and see the film...the effects are great, the photography great and the acting, ... well the acting is quite good too. But then comes the thing that bothers me so much : it's so predictable!! I just can't understand how you can mess up such a good script, an interesting plot (although historically incorrect) by putting in so much of the "disney-factors", mostly easy ways of character developing , a few examples of totally unnecessary "disney-factors".

After 5 minutes in the movie you already know that mr.tyler will be in the command of a ship, just by repeating and repeating how sad it is that he didn't get the command he hoped for. - second : the scene where the germans shoot the lifeboat with the survivors of the ship they just shot in pieces : "ooooh noo those evil germans, naughty , naughty, naughty" - third : the end scene : so cheap !!! so hollywood !! sunset, fade in catchy tune, and roll credits ... the only thing that wasn't there was hearing bill paxton scream :"today we celebrate our independence day !!"