What is wrong with the critics? This movie was surprisingly good!

Rating: 9/10 (24 July 2002)

Ok, before I went to see this movie, I listened to what the critics had to say. The guys on Entertainment tonight trashed it saying it should definitely be on the NOT HOT list. Then, the local movie review guy from my town gave it 2 stars out of 4, and a lot of people on IMDb don't seem to like it either.
Anyway, keeping in mind that sometimes, critics are idiots (which is true!), I gave this movie a shot and watched it.
The ending was kinda slow, the first battle was sorta lame and unconvincing, but the storyline picked up well. Why you say?
Here are the reasons why this movie was good...
-The acting was surprisingly good. Nicholas Cage gave an above average performance, and the star was surprisingly Adam Beach!! He acted really well in portraying the young Navajo, and so did the whitehorse guy. Christian Slater also had a good part.
-John Woo came up big! Ok, i've watched all his movies, Face off, broken arrow, mission impossible 2. These are pretty entertaining movies, B movies, with lots of fun and action, but no real substance. Yet, John Woo finally gives us some substance! Yay! good job john woo. He actually gave us a historical part of history that hardly anyone knows about, and then, we do find out about the battles in Saipan and the navajo code. once again, congrats to Director woo.
-This movie is historical. I thought John Woo would overdue his comic-violence, but it didn't turn out that way. Instead, we get a good feel for the Navajo codetalkers, and we are able to see exactly what these guys did.
-The war scenes are intense and you are exilirated! These war scenes are heavy and very realistic.
-Ending ends very nicely. I won't give anything away, but John Woo really does show us the cultures of the Navajo.
very good movie, just not as good as Saving Private Ryan and We Were Soldiers (which i give 10 starts both), so I give Windtalkers 9 out of 10 stars!
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