Finally saw the movie (money was tight, and it finally came out on video).
Damn what a disappointment. The combat scenes were good, not on the Saving Private Ryan level, but pretty good, but the entire homefront scene was so hamfisted and poorly done that I didn't care about any of the characters. This makes me sad, as all I wanted was a decent Canadian War Movie - the Dieppe miniseries was OK, but dammit, I want to celebrate a Canadian accomplishment, not a defeat.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that although they included the First Nation soldier and the French Canadian, that wasn't their defining characteristic for the movie.
Other than that, the rule should be "Don't suck."
And apologies for the thread necromancy.
