Let me say first off that I love Sam Mendes. I think he makes great movies...just not good war movies. I admire the talent it takes to make single shots, but it takes away from the art of film editing that creates emotion for a film. This is not a documentary and there is no need to make it feel like one. This movie sacrificed a lot of emotion for cinematography and it shouldn't have. There was no need for over the top scenes just to say we shot this continuously. I wanted to like this film, but it fell short of great war movies and I am left with a void. I really feel like this is the nail in the coffin for great war movies and I am really sad.