Sentences with phrase «war scenes mostly»

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To paraphrase Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, «War is all hell, boys,» and Gibson certainly gives us his own private slice of Hades with these often repellent scenes of blinding, acrid smoke, bomb craters, fatal bullet wounds, bayonet attacks, grenade explosions, artillery bursts and horrid flame - thrower deaths among the mostly constantly - charging Nipponese soldiers.

The new footage is uneven — the dubbing is often jarring and the film quality varies — and consists mostly of short scenes that reinforce the story's Civil War backdrop, which fades from view for extended periods in the original release.

Such battle scenes, which could have been far more interesting had we truly cared for the characters, not only grind the movie to a standstill, they actually are mostly needless to tell the story and deliver the themes on the tragedy of sacrificing friendship and freedom for the good of the war.