I really did hate this movie.
It's the definition of disrespectful as well as being a poorly paced and poorly written mess. It portrays military personnel as limited thinking, trapped victims at best and complete tools at worst. There is no subtlety to its anti Iraq War stance. Every single character on screen that's not the Billy Lynn or Vin Diesel's Shroom is an annoying douchebag. That's not an exaggeration. From his fellow troops to ALL the supporting characters, they are ALL aggravating and irritating. This isn't just an awkward sledge hammer anti Iraq War movie but it's an unintentionally anti humanity movie. I wanted to punch nearly every character in the face and that includes Kristen Stewart's sister character, Chris Tucker's agent character and Steve Martin's Jerry Jones character. What a waste of a great cast.
Was there even a budget for this crap? It's no wonder the NFL nor the military itself would give them any support when making this thing. The fake Dallas Cowboys football team that was depicted was laughably bad.
I literally thought of walking out on this thing multiple times as the storytelling jump cut through time and dragged at every turn. Somehow, I managed to stay in my seat until he made his decision whether he would go with his sister or stay with his military brothers. Even before that scene was over I was heading to the exit. I just couldn't take any more of the nonsense. The unintentional disrespect to the military, the three hour instant love story with a cheerleader, the stage crew attacking "heroes" because they wouldn't leave the stage fast enough then assaulting them later, the "everyone in Texas is a sleazeball tycoon" stereotype, etc.
Ang Lee should be ashamed of himself for making a movie this bad.
It's the definition of disrespectful as well as being a poorly paced and poorly written mess. It portrays military personnel as limited thinking, trapped victims at best and complete tools at worst. There is no subtlety to its anti Iraq War stance. Every single character on screen that's not the Billy Lynn or Vin Diesel's Shroom is an annoying douchebag. That's not an exaggeration. From his fellow troops to ALL the supporting characters, they are ALL aggravating and irritating. This isn't just an awkward sledge hammer anti Iraq War movie but it's an unintentionally anti humanity movie. I wanted to punch nearly every character in the face and that includes Kristen Stewart's sister character, Chris Tucker's agent character and Steve Martin's Jerry Jones character. What a waste of a great cast.
Was there even a budget for this crap? It's no wonder the NFL nor the military itself would give them any support when making this thing. The fake Dallas Cowboys football team that was depicted was laughably bad.
I literally thought of walking out on this thing multiple times as the storytelling jump cut through time and dragged at every turn. Somehow, I managed to stay in my seat until he made his decision whether he would go with his sister or stay with his military brothers. Even before that scene was over I was heading to the exit. I just couldn't take any more of the nonsense. The unintentional disrespect to the military, the three hour instant love story with a cheerleader, the stage crew attacking "heroes" because they wouldn't leave the stage fast enough then assaulting them later, the "everyone in Texas is a sleazeball tycoon" stereotype, etc.
Ang Lee should be ashamed of himself for making a movie this bad.