"Hamburger Hill" - Did It Nail the Grunt's-Eye View or Nah?

Okay, bookworms and movie buffs! OliviaCinema here, diving into another adaptation... well, sorta. "Hamburger Hill" isn't based on a specific BOOK, but it is trying to adapt a real historical event and the experiences of soldiers in Vietnam. And honestly, I'm conflicted. They definitely nailed the brutality. The senselessness of it all just oozes off the screen. The constant rain, the mud, the fear in the guys' eyes... damn. But did it fall a little too much into war movie tropes? Like, I get that war is hell and all, but sometimes it felt like they were checking off boxes – the disillusioned newbie, the grizzled vet, the guy who just wants to go home. I found myself wondering if the intensity came at the expense of character depth, especially for some of the less prominent guys. Specifically, I was thinking about Languilli (Anthony Barrile). They establish him as kind of a wise-cracking cynic, but did he get enough screen time to really make his eventual fate hit as hard as it should have? And what about Motown (Courtney B. Vance)? He gives a solid performance, but I feel like we only scratched the surface of his character. Maybe that's the point – war doesn't allow for deep dives – but I'm still curious what everyone else thought. Did you feel connected to these guys beyond the general "war is bad" message, or was it more about the overwhelming situation?