@don
I just didn't see it that way. It wasn't the worst film ever but its definitely forgettable. the action scenes were fairly standard, there wasn't anything innovative or immersive about the filming. Compare it to other war films for instance like saving private ryan, platoon or full metal jacket.

The storyline seemed pretty standard too, man goes to war comes back, can't adjust, goes back bla de bla etc etc. The whole over the top sheepdog speech his dad gives made me cringe and I'm pretty sure I've heard the same thing in different movies before.

Id put it in the same camp as the notorious big film they made in 2009, its ok but not some masterpiece worthy of awards. Nothing set it apart other than the fact it was based on a true story, his own book in fact. His books more interesting, he put a bunch of crazy shit in it that may or may not have happened such as he was shooting looters during katrina, he killed two car jackers, he knocked out jesse ventura. Any of this stuff would have given the movie something different.