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To be honest, I wasn't really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was on the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' list, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, I have to admit that I had a rather hard time to connect with this movie. First of all, I saw it a little bit late so I wasn't really focused. On top of that, it didn't help that John Huston's voice was terribly monotonous and, even though what he told the viewers was quite informative, I don't think it always matched the action on the screen. As a result, while I was constantly trying to follow his narration, I was also struggling to follow at the same time what was actually going on on the battlefield. Seriously, I wish he did shut up for a few mins and just let the images actually handle the narrative, that's what movies are about, otherwise, we can just as well listen to the radio. Anyway, I thought it was some rather basic US propaganda but this movie is usually considered as a fairly accurate and above all rather bleak depiction of warfare during WWII. In fact, the damned thing was even considered to be too blunt by the US Army who refused to show it as a result. Anyway, even if the damned thing didn't really work for, it was still an interesting watch and it is definitely worth a look.
7/10
