I just sat through all 131 minutes of that garbage and I can't tell you why.

To put it bluntly, the plot was unfocused. -There were too many action scenes with little point. -Said scenes didn't flow together. -All characters started and ended the movie with the same disposition: this movie lacked any development. -Need I even mention the obnoxious (and pointless) shaky cam? -The technical errors are stunningly obvious and cringe-worthy. -Even when the ending seemed like it could bring cohesion to it all, it, well, ended.

...and all of those parts add up to bland movie that goes nowhere. I still have no idea whether or not this movie praises the war or detests it, and the characters lack the intelligence and likability desirable for an easy answer. This movie has high production values, and I respect that, but production values don't make a good movie.

Honestly, I am devastated that this won any Oscars at all, especially when compared to the other much more tolerable films that were nominated. Avatar, despite not being my favorite movie of the year, was infinitesimally better than this.