I was looking forward to seeing this, since it had won Oscar for best picture. I was so bored that I couldn't even watch the entire film. The first fifteen minutes is the best part. At least something happened then. After that, nothing happens. There is scene after scene of soldiers holding weapons, beating up Iraqui civilians and generally doing very little. I kept hoping a bomb would go off or an Irqui civilian would go crazy or there would be a suicide bomber. Anything to relieve the monotony. Even when I thought there would be a bit of human interest when the wife of a killed soldier receives a call, the scene was abruptly cut off. I finally shut the movie off. How could this have been selected for best picture?