SO, WHAT WAS THE POINT?

Rating: Null/10 (14 January 2003)

I am certainly not against war movies but what was the real point behind this one?
Why did the US go into the conflict in the first place?
It seems to me, a non US citizen, that a far better aspect through which to portray the incident would have been through the eyes of the press photographer. There have been far too many blood and guts films and this was no different, no USP (Unique selling point).
I found the whole movie tedious - a good start with the images of the French massacre and then an interesting build up but then.... nothing apart from 20 minutes of fighting, a few minutes sensititity back at base with the wives, another 20 minutes blowing everything up and mass killings and then a little sensitivity and so it went on.
I only wish that i could have left once the fighting began, but my good manners prevented upseting my hosts.