where was the big budget?

Rating: 8/10 (17 October 2005)

I enjoyed the film, but let down due to reading a few articles during the months leading up to the making of the film in which i am sure i read that both Spielberg and Cruise had said that money was not going to be a problem making this film so i was expecting huge CG sequences throughout the film but instead (because of the character viewpoint aspect) i was left feeling "is that it". Seems to me that they tried wherever possible to cut the budget as much as possible. The main scene that made me feel let down was when you could hear the fighting going on over the top of the hill but just never saw anything at all. Overall though i am pleased that they stuck to the way the film has to end as anything else just wouldn't have been right.