Stephan_fr

There's a saying in script writing that anything you write should be extraordinary. Your fav movies and series are all extraordinary plots - but this however is about nothing. Not in a Godo type way, no. In a "daughter smokes weed and son plays video games" kinda way. Those are the stakes: none. No one to hate , no one to like. No one. Boring endless Brolls are the only interruption of this snore fest.

How could they mess a script so bad was my only takeaway. Paint dying is more interesting. Acting in S1 can't salvage this fiasco of dialog - nothing could have to be fair. Save yourself 10 hours.

This series is NOT about what you think - and thankfully was filmed before Hollywood became all "Hollyweird". It's about being stuck in a place with people you may not like, and it puts you right in the middle. No wonder Slate & and the other usual suspect hated it. It's also absolutely brilliant, but deeply flawed.

Visually it's near perfect, the way people talk, move, etc, it's spot on. But what's not spot on and a total fabrication are officers like "Captain America", who simply wouldn't exist in this context. As for bad officers, there are plenty, but not all concentrated in one unit - in other words, this battallion won the 'stupid lottery' for the sake of keeping the story going.

There's also an over emphasis on war crimes that goes unpunished, if everyone acted that way the US marines woiuld have disbanded a long time ago. Mistake happen, and there are some criminal elements in some ranks, but not at this insane, utterly deranged level.

Overall, it's hard hitting and brilliantly filmed, it's a winner for sure but shame they didn't make the story as realistic as the guns and locations.

I was expecting to give this a 4, but after watching it twice and realizing it was designed to be watched twice, it convinced me to write this review.

Rare are the movies that stick with you - but this one did for over 15 years - and on the second watch, it didn't disapoint. The sound design truly stand out, the script is sublime, and every actor is at their peak.

Hollywood never makes good films anymore and I feel the whole space peaked in 2006 before A24 came on the scene. This - however - is a masterpiece. It's not perfect, but it's very close to.

I won't spoil it - it's extremely engrossing, well acted and well scripted. And for once, a Hollywood movie has a message and it's not the one you're thinking. Brilliant - makes you feel all the emotions :0.