Note: I don’t own the rights to the picture. Pretty sure it’s just one of a dozen different versions of the movie’s promo posters.
Summary:
You know what happens. It’s kind of like watching Titantic in that you have a general gist of the story. The taglines are pretty cool. There are a few very sentimental and moving parts, but by and large, I think they missed several opportunities to humanize the film.
Additional Comments:
- It’s visually stunning and as gorgeous as a war movie can get. Lots of explosions, but nothing gory.
- While on the short side, the movie is like watching one giant, long battle scene.
- The way they chose to edit it made certain parts choppy. Nighttime, daytime, nighttime, and so forth.
- I really wish I knew all of the character’s names. In the beginning, they did little lettered parts telling you the obvious like you’re now watching the air battle or the sea battle. How hard would it have been to add like 8 letters telling us some of the guys’ names?
- I’m okay with there being little dialogue. The middle of a firefight is hardly the getting to know you time, but even a well-placed flashback would have sufficed to give the viewer more of a reason to care about these people and their fate.
Aside: Hearing British accents again was kind of fun for me since I’d just gotten back from a 10-day trip.
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Conclusion:
It’s a beautiful movie that’s well-worth seeing at least once in your life. I’m not sure if it’s a buy the blue ray and play repeatedly sort of good, but it’s definitely good. Certain elements would have made it better, but overall, it’s a solid war film.
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