Though not seeing the movie myself(which now I have to). I would say this description is truly perfect for my mindset. I cannot see how this would be a good way to do a movie with the limited amount of time to really fill in the blanks. I personally love movies where I can grasp the characters and understand them, regardless if it is a war movie or not. To mash up 3 different stories in an average movie time would leave me questioning everything about the movie. I mean we all know making a 3 hour movie has been done countless times, With a story this compelling you would think that time wasn't an issue...I mean if they can make lord of the rings last 3 hours I doubt that they would have issues doing this unless they were seriously dealt a crap hand with a low budget.