Miracle at St. Anna

[sven]

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The Road certainly looks like it will be a good film and has the star power. However, only time will tell. My guess is it will be a hit this year along with the Where The Wild Things Are Movie. As for 2012, I am not sure. I think it will be widely watched but get mediocre reviews.

The Road will probably get killed by word of mouth. Its being marketed as an action flick and from what I understand its got very little action in it at all. I doubt most people come away happy from it.

[JBH3]

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I'm w/ you and the OP, and thought this was a masterful/powerful film.

I'm not seeing where the acting was poor. Can someone give an example of "poor-acting" in the film. A scene perhaps.

No...No takers.

So was it horrible acting, or rather characters (Chocolate Giant) who you couldn't grasp?

Because I think that the movie was well-acted.

Bishop came across as a cocky New Yorker, just looking to get out of the war alive, and move on with his life.

Stamps was the prototypical soldier. He had integrity, wanted to do right, and wanted to lead.

Hector was a man of integrity, like stamps as well, but knew his role, and followed orders.

Chocolate Giant was never meant to be a soldier. That is evident, as he was likely drafted, and in the war because of his duty as an American. Lee making him into a warm-hearted, man of faith, albeit a little lacking between the ears, translated well. The scene of him crossing the river, having his buddy's brains splattered across his face, and looking lost/shell-shocked couldn't have been done better.

Angelo (the boy) translated well as a child, lost, having seen his entire village slaughtered, and the only way he copes is to produce an imaginary friend (Arturo). He latches onto Chocolate Giant because he saved his life, and that is translated well IMO.

All the other supporting roles (Partisan, Nazis) are portrayed well, and show some human truths to that god-awful war i.e. the Nazi officer who gives Hector a gun and tells him to defend himself.

So where is all of this bad acting at?

[Pete1210]

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I wouldn't say the acting was bad or great.
Overall, I enjoyed this movie very much. It was different and better than what I expected from the trailers.

[bjf1377]

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Finally got to see this after wanting to see it for a while. Overall I enjoyed it. It started off well, then slowed down until about halfway through. I think most of the acting issues can kind of be tied to that portion starting from the flashbacks until the action picks up. Some of the characters seem way too forced (like the bossy southern white guy and Michael K. Williams' character). I started to get to the point where I was going to turn the movie off and watch something else, but damnit if I didn't start getting into it. I think it could've been much much better and is no where near the level of Saving Private Ryan, but I have certainly seen much worse.

I give it a 7.5/10

[Jackdog]

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No...No takers.

So was it horrible acting, or rather characters (Chocolate Giant) who you couldn't grasp?

Because I think that the movie was well-acted.

Bishop came across as a cocky New Yorker, just looking to get out of the war alive, and move on with his life.

Stamps was the prototypical soldier. He had integrity, wanted to do right, and wanted to lead.

Hector was a man of integrity, like stamps as well, but knew his role, and followed orders.

Chocolate Giant was never meant to be a soldier. That is evident, as he was likely drafted, and in the war because of his duty as an American. Lee making him into a warm-hearted, man of faith, albeit a little lacking between the ears, translated well. The scene of him crossing the river, having his buddy's brains splattered across his face, and looking lost/shell-shocked couldn't have been done better.

Angelo (the boy) translated well as a child, lost, having seen his entire village slaughtered, and the only way he copes is to produce an imaginary friend (Arturo). He latches onto Chocolate Giant because he saved his life, and that is translated well IMO.

All the other supporting roles (Partisan, Nazis) are portrayed well, and show some human truths to that god-awful war i.e. the Nazi officer who gives Hector a gun and tells him to defend himself.

So where is all of this bad acting at?

The acting was pretty good except for Laz Alonso. The dialog was questionable at best and not appropriate to the time period. Obligatory nudity. Soldiers using language and phrases that would be used only today. A German loudspeaker that blares Axis Sally's propaganda for several square miles over the battlefield and is audible to all. LOL. I also didn't like the way Lee portrayed the Buffalo Soldiers as cowardly, undisciplined, mutinous, hyper sexual, superstitious, ignorant, contentious, sloppy, etc.
I have family that served in the 92nd Infantry Division "Buffalo Soldiers". IMO,that Division certainly deserved better than this film. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it though. Different strokes.

[Kanobi]

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Soldiers using language and phrases that would be used only today.

I couldn't stand that

[Buckeyes_Doc]

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I was hugely disappointing in this movie, one of the worse war movies I've ever seen. This is no where near Saving Private Ryan. I was excited to see it, but after watching the first hour I wanted to turn it off.

When I heard that loudspeaker before the 1st battle of that woman's propaganda I just laughed, that's ridiculous.

I think all in all I didn't feel like I was watching a WWII movie, with the actors using terms we use today and just being portrayed as cowards didnt do it for me.

[jim416]

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The acting was pretty good except for Laz Alonso. The dialog was questionable at best and not appropriate to the time period. Obligatory nudity. Soldiers using language and phrases that would be used only today. A German loudspeaker that blares Axis Sally's propaganda for several square miles over the battlefield and is audible to all. LOL. I also didn't like the way Lee portrayed the Buffalo Soldiers as cowardly, undisciplined, mutinous, hyper sexual, superstitious, ignorant, contentious, sloppy, etc.
I have family that served in the 92nd Infantry Division "Buffalo Soldiers". IMO,that Division certainly deserved better than this film. I'm glad you guys enjoyed it though. Different strokes.

Spot on. Didn't do justice to the soldiers. And I'm probably one of the few, but what the heck is with all the "obligatory" sex scenes in movies. I just sort of groaned (as I always do).

[JohnMarshall12]

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Miracle At St. Anna is ok overall and does have some good scenes like the post office scene at the start and the scenes with the Italian kid, but Defiance is a better war movie.