A bad war movie irritates me faster than a bad movie in almost any other genre. Bad comedies can still make you laugh once. Bad horror can still give you one nasty image. Bad action can still deliver one decent stunt. War movies are dealing with fear, command, chaos, death, history, trauma, brotherhood, state lies, survival, and the pressure of men being forced to act under conditions that strip away every decorative layer of personality. There is so much built-in gravity there that when a war film still comes out fake, inert, or stupid, the failure feels almost aggressive.
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