i wasn not expect the high calibre of film make with joel schumacher direct this one and so i be surprised that tigerland wasn not a complete waste of time . in technique and it often derivative of save private ryan with the shaky camera work and grainy shot and the film occasionally run like it skip a sprocket all those technique speilberg use to make his film seem more realistic but in the end be more distracting than anything else . but unlike save private ryan and the emotional component wasn not a weak and a the character in this film seem more like real people and the story less contrived and not so wrap up in the american flag ( speilberg get an f in subtlety ) . next to the first section of kubrick full metal jacket and this be the most realistic portrayal of boot camp that i have see in a film and and for that i think it worth watch . it not a great film and but neither be it a bad film .