I am not sure what people's beef is with this movie but objectively speaking, this is a great movie. No one is comparing it to "The Longest Day". No one said that it was meant to be a true story. But from a pure movie making stand point, it was a excellent movie. Better then most of the stuff that has come out in recent times.
And you really cannot compare it too "The Longest Day" as one movie is trying to be a accurate representation of the events on June 6th, 1944. The other is a story of what might have happened during the same period.
I thought it was a brilliant script and very well acted movie. The scene that get's me the most is when Matt Damon's charactor as a old man asks his wife if he has lived a good life and been a good man with tears in his eyes. I also think that it was a great tribute to the veterans of WW2.
