What a load of *beep*
Just caught the end of it, last half hour or so, and it's *beep* terrible. I'll just point out the negatives points I saw:
- The rain. How obviously fake was it? Pathetic.
- The embarrassingly cliché and outdated dialogue, come on, we've heard it all before. When one of the soldiers sarcastically says "Do you see any poets here?" ... Well, it's WW1, renowned for it's war poetry, so yes, there will have been poets there.
- Over the top use of bodies flying all over the place. Some of those bodies were doing somersaults and pirouettes.
- The scene where the German soldier has stabbed the Canadian and he's trying to push the bayonet further into the Canadian. This scene sums up the movie for me. *beep* acting, *beep* dialogue, *beep* everything. Just completely embarrassing.
- The whole crucifixion scene. What the *beep*. First of all, how quickly did those Germans manage to build a cross that's stable enough hold a body? This while fighting for their lives, too. Secondly, how convenient that all the fighting dies down when the German officer wants it to. Then the whole carrying it back with nobody helping him out even though they're just meters away. Then the rain suddenly stopping and a bird appearing (HOW ORIGINAL!!!) and then to top it off, everybody decides to start fighting again just after the soppy scene has ended.
I couldn't watch any more after I saw this. I can't believe they still make movies like this. Obviously the budget was there to make a decent film, but lack of original dialogue, bad acting and too many clichés ruined it.
0/10. *beep* terrible.
Btw, I'm sick with flu and English isn't my native tongue so apologies if I haven't made a lot of sense.