I didn't dislike the movie the first time i saw it, jus felt disappointed
Second time i liked it better but felt the french were/are a bunch of gigantic homosexuals/cucks and needed more beef into the narrative
Third time i actually liked it a whole lot, dispair and being caged without knowing what to do or act, just trying to do small actions to try and turn the table, all the while the best strategies and biggest actions were reserved to revert errors they did, creating a useless vicious circle of wasted efforts, culminating in the ending, where almost everyone tough as hell (perhaps the only useful ones) were carried by their feelings, unconciously admitting it was all a dud, which the main characters somewhat realize in the last scene
I highly dislike the movie was promoted as a war film, in terms of content and action. This was more of a war-time film, which is not quite the same
I prefer his other stuff thou, and Melville already proved his versatility in his early films, doing Silence de la Mer, Belmondo is a Priest, Enfants Terribles. Doesn't help the man was a class A hack in his intentions later on
