Salon aside, I’ve read elsewhere that the movie wasn’t really directed very well and what could have been a very good movie isn’t.
Anyone seen this movie and if so, whaddyathink?
Its a great movie. Ignore the clowns trash talking it. That is part of a manufactured social media drive to protect Hillary. Reading the commentary of the people trash talking, it is obvious they haven’t bothered to see it.
“Salon aside, I’ve read elsewhere that the movie wasn’t really directed very well and what could have been a very good movie isn’t. Anyone seen this movie and if so, whaddyathink?”
I did and I agree it’s a VERY poorly made movie. main characters are indistinguishable because they all have the same beard; dialog, such as it is, is almost unhearable the sound is so poor; the battle scenes at the compound are disastrous because almost the whole 45 minutes are shot with a handheld shakycam, which induces nausea; and unless you read the book, i don’t think most people could even figure out most of what was happening in the movie or why, particularly the compound battle.
nonetheless, glad i saw it, it gets better towards the end, and does produce intense emotions.
still, michael bay made a real hash out of this movie. and that’s probably the main reason it’s failing: technically, it’s a very poorly made movie.
Very intense movie, even though you know the ending ahead of time. Well worth seeing.
My wife and I saw it, and she usually doesn't care for war movies. She thought this one was good.