Not sure what it wants to be...

Rating: 3/10 (24 February 2019)

From the previews I thought it was going to be a dark comedy, a satire or something in that vein, and that's kind of how it started. Then the script was getting more serious and the other characters were acting more serious, yet Brad Pitt's character was still in satire mode, if you call it that. I don't think his one eye unsquinted the whole movie.
It dealt with some very controversial issues, some of which I didn't agree with how they portrayed it. The war in Afghanistan (operation freedom) was started after WE were attacked on 9/11. It's interesting how quickly people forget.. since my father was at the tower I guess I didnt. After 9/11 patriotism was at its highest since WW2 and many people were signing up to fight against the terrorism so that something like that would not happen again. Yet the narrator who sounded like he was narrating a children's book, made it sound like we went there just to invade the Afghans so of course they were pissed because we were pushing our ideals on them. Yes that I'm sure did happen but that was not why we were there. It also touched on the politics behind war and how decisions are made for political reasons and not in best interest of the soldiers etc.. I agreed with that but again the delivery was confusing , I wasn't sure if I was suppose to laugh or not.
Anyway, I was willing to put my political views aside if it was funny and light hearted but once it started getting serious (like showing a dead kid killed by a young scarred marine) it lost me, was that supposed to be funny?! It started feeling more like a blow to the soldiers rather then a satire. Obviously the film had an agenda. Either way it was executed poorly. I just don't get what they were trying to go for.. maybe a new type of film genre ? Well it sucked IMO