Having rewatched this a few times I can honestly say that I find almost the entire first hour to be unnecessary. It’s by no means a masterpiece but I think the casting choices and the visual effects budget held it back immensely. It seems to flip flop between seriousness and comedic hyperbole at times. Its a movie made 4 years before 9/11 but having rewatched it afterwards the parallels are almost disturbing. Its one of my favorite movie soundtracks, especially in the latter half of the movie but that said I think overall it would have been much better if cheese factor was toned down slightly. I know the end result was probably close to exactly what the makers of the film were going for but I also think if it had been taken a little more seriously then I could have easily called it the best anti-war movie of all time and for sure one of my favorite war movies.