We Were Embarrassing

Rating: 1/10 (15 November 2002)

I had very low expectations when I rented this movie and why shouldn't I? This is the same guy who directed Man in the Iron Mask (also wrote it as well) and gave us historical monstrosities like Pearl Harbor and Braveheart.
We Were Soldiers is a sorry film filled to the brim with cliches and inept directing. None of the characters we feel empathy or pity for (thanks to some horrible dialogue and poor acting) and their utter reliance on the fact they are supposed to be based on real characters makes it look cheap. They could have done a lot better. One of the most annoying habits in the movie has to be Wallace's handling of "dramatic" scenes. Why for the love of Mike, he loves to extrude so much cheese from them is beyond me.
"Daddy, what's a war?"
I mean, come on! Can they do better than this? Of course they can. If you want a good Vietnam war movie for the hard trials of American men in a battle, you go see Hamburger Hill. If you want a good Vietnam war movie for the tactics, you go see Siege of Firebase Gloria. If you want a good Vietnam war movie period, you go see Platoon. If you want a Vietnam war movie to roll your eyes from, see this.
I highly do not recommend this.
3/10