garundaboink

Why is it that every war film has frontal attacks in it? Do writers of war films not know the least military doctrine? For the plot to work at all this film has to ignore every aspect of military doctrine of the era.

For example, a platoon of GIs attack an enemy held town with no cover - out on in the open. They have done no reccon. They have no intel on the German positions. They have no mortars, no bazookas, no artillery support, no machine guns, no armor, no tanks, no air cover, And that's the only way this story works.

Why? Because if any one of those items were available, the attack might succeed and that's not what the plot calls for.

Another flaw in the plot is that the officers of the company would have been able to file complaints about the captain. They can protest orders and write complaints without the major's permission. Yes, there's a chain of command, but no it isn't as rigid as this plot wishes you to believe.

These two major flaws make this story just plain silly.

There are also technical mistakes with the German armor. Not a significant flaw, but annoying none the less.

This is the dilemna with war movies - do we make it accurate or do we ignore inconvenient facts for the sake of drama. This film opted for the drama.

Yet another movie I will never have to watch again.

If you wish to see what it would be like to fly from So. Cal. To a frosty, snow-engulfed island south of Newfoundland, and be cooped up in crappy digs with a shrill, emotionally needy, self-obsessed whiner hell bent on unearthing some reason to argue then skip the trip and just watch this film. You'll save on airfare, hotel bills and therapy, trust me.

To be blunt, it hurts me even to see someone else go through a relationship with someone this fragile.

Everything about this film made me cringe in fear of getting into a similar relationship where the partners, after presumably a very long relationship, are still walking on eggshells, fearful of stepping on a landmine every time they open their mouths. Geez, either grow up or move on.

And the music this relationship produced reflects the relationship to a tee, with the male culprit in the affair from hell pleading "I can change" to the satisfaction of the queen bee.

One further comment - Quincy Jones said good music has three elements - melody, harmony, and rhythm. This stuff lacks rhythm. None. Unless you find slow chord arpeggios enough to shake your hips to. And I found none of the lyrics uplifting at all.

I will give you the best couples therapy advice I can think of - you two should develop a sense of humor - it seems to be seriously lacking in your outlook on life. There wasn't one funny, uplifting or philosophically enlightening moment in this film and if it comes on TV again I'm going to turn it off and have a chat with the dog.