I don't know what people see in this movie. It's not about war, it's about a superhero. Would not go about spoiling, but expect to see the grand-dad of John Maclain fight out in an unrealistic sequence of events. No real soldier ever went through so much stuff (let alone survived it all).

They took a list of ALL things that could happen in a war and made one soldier experience them all, supposedly in one day.

And political messages... There were very few black or Indian soldiers fighting in WW1. Sure, i never knew that they thought in it at all, before this movie, but come on- the fellow2 went through a lot as it is - you mean he'd be lucky enough to meet a balck soldier and an Indian soldier too? Mendes should have made a documentary