Empty watch, not watching again, and can't recommend unless your a military movie nut.
Most of the movie felt like Jason Biggs hating his life and trying to get out and get laid (so basically American Pie without the humor or pastries, go watch that instead, it's much deeper). No one else is important, maybe Natasha McElhone (a fine actress), and everyone could really be played by anyone, that's how little they mattered.
While there is some great material to work with here, they don't utilize anything, including humor.
I would have thought I'd love to see a movie about a guy forced to live another soldier's life.
I would have thought I'd love to see a movie about a facility that has dead soldiers on life support because any number of potentially good reasons.
I would have thought a romantic triangle in a chain of command would be compelling. Plenty of room to push boundaries and play with the concepts of power.
The one thing it really does that pisses me off is that it tries to wax philosophical with the news paper (like a blog on paper), the whole reason the guy Biggs is supposed to be is there, and wants to be "Catch-22", but just fails in the dialogue and use of the paper itself and the Colonel's reaction.
Don't waste your time, there are so many better movies with...well, almost anything I mentioned in this review.
Most of the movie felt like Jason Biggs hating his life and trying to get out and get laid (so basically American Pie without the humor or pastries, go watch that instead, it's much deeper). No one else is important, maybe Natasha McElhone (a fine actress), and everyone could really be played by anyone, that's how little they mattered.
While there is some great material to work with here, they don't utilize anything, including humor.
I would have thought I'd love to see a movie about a guy forced to live another soldier's life.
I would have thought I'd love to see a movie about a facility that has dead soldiers on life support because any number of potentially good reasons.
I would have thought a romantic triangle in a chain of command would be compelling. Plenty of room to push boundaries and play with the concepts of power.
The one thing it really does that pisses me off is that it tries to wax philosophical with the news paper (like a blog on paper), the whole reason the guy Biggs is supposed to be is there, and wants to be "Catch-22", but just fails in the dialogue and use of the paper itself and the Colonel's reaction.
Don't waste your time, there are so many better movies with...well, almost anything I mentioned in this review.