ann hornaday, starting with you first. as a critic, what makes this movie about war stand out? you know, this is one of those rare movies that is utterly immersive. it just plunges viewers into this very gent and immediate and chaotic world of battle but somehow makes it coherent. so it sort of achieves two things at once. it captures the disorganization and the fear and the unpredictability of war, but also leads viewers through that territory with a great deal of assurance and logic. >> brown: paul rieckhoff, you among others have raised some of the questions about it. what's your view? >> well, i think it an s an exciting film, there's no doubt about it. but the problems that i've raise have had to do with the accuracy of the film. most americans walking into this film if they follow the marketing and the critical acclaim are going to think that this is how iraq is. and it's really not. it's riddled with inaccuracies ranging from the tactics to even the rank structure and the uniforms. it touches on a broader issue that we're concerned about, which is that most americans for