Loved the movie, but the editing bloopers abound!

Rating: 9/10 (3 January 2009)

Just saw the movie tonight, and actually liked it. I'm not a big Cruise fan, but he made the character likable and you empathized with him and the other officers. My husband and I like history, so this movie was a big attraction for us. But what takes away from the movie, is the fact that you can plainly see the boom mic in many of the scenes. I think someone else on this site refers to it as Operation Boom Mic? I also wonder how this escaped the editing room? Is it because they had to reshoot some of the scenes and were in a time crunch? After a while, it was like a game to me and my husband; whenever one of us spotted the mic, we'd say "there's another one!" We counted at least 6. For some, this may be a big distraction and you won't get what you're supposed to get out of this movie, but I would definitely recommend it to anyone.