++ U 571 Blu ray

Back when Bill Paxton was coming off of some great 90's work, Matthew McConaughey was trying to be seen as a serious actor, Harvey Keitel was starring in everything and Jon Bon Jovi was trying his hand at acting, `U-571' was born. Like so many have stated, this film looks great, it sounds great and in the end it is rather entertaining, BUT the biggest flaw is the most noticeable and the one that will forever mar this from being anything worth my time and attention.



It's stupid.



Not only is the film largely formatted for the taste of American's (who would have ever thought I'd ethically battle a Matthew McConaughey film?) but the script is obviously thrown together with the most preposterous of direction.



It's almost as if it wasn't even trying.



The sad thing with a film like this is that it is supposed to be serious and believable. When you are dealing with a subject as strongly enrooted as WWII you need to handle with care so-to-speak. You can't take so many liberties, and while some can be somewhat forgiven (I mean, I understand the `leaning' towards the American side of things since this is a Hollywood film made from the American point of view) they really should be. I mean, film of this nature should at least attempt to be honest.



And what saddens me even more is that the film is reduced to a state of ridiculousness, with one impossible sequence after another. It's one thing for a sci-fi popcorn muncher in the vein of `Armageddon' to pull out all stops in the `preposterous' side of things, for a film like that is supposed to suspend our disbelief. It's another thing entirely when a film about a widely discussed and historically chronicled war is played with in a way that basically makes a mockery of a very serious and very controversial subject.



If you're not going to take it seriously then don't do it at all.



But, I guess the whole `starring Matthew McConaughey' should have been ample warning.



So, in the end I have to say `skip this one'. Yes, the effects are solid and the overall tone and feel of the film is `authentic', but the film borders on insulting with its handling of the subject matter.
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