Rank the 2017 best picture nominees.

Firstly, the true story of Desmond Doss is absolutely incredible, he is a bona fide war hero. This movie is not incredible. Which is a giant shame. Doss deserved a more intelligent war movie about what he faced and what he believed in.

Instead, we get a hammed up, cliche driven parody which borders on a superhero comedy. Vince Vaughn doing one liners. A torso as a human shield. Slow motion action shots of grenades in mid air ( yes I know Doss did really kick one of of the way but not in slow motion like a south american soccer player doing an overhead kick). It has dialogue so tired and overused that it belongs in a vault with the key thrown away ("We gat company boys!"). Could the scriptwriters really not think of something else to say?

By the end of the first act, I expected someone's teeth to glisten in the sunlight whilst winking, before devouring a forkful of blueberry pie. The heroine may as well have mopped her brow with the outside of her hand and fainted. So utterly inane.

Oh and the Japanese are apparently barely human evil enemies too.

Gushing, pro USA claptrap despite some nice photography. A big shame.