Act of Valor (Spoiler Alert)

Whether you are a movie buff, a fan of the military, pro-American, or anything really, there are just some movies that look interesting to mostly everyone as a whole.  Act of Valor is one of those movies.  Ever since the trailer came out shortly after the killing of Osama in 2011, I've been wanting to see this movie.  Now a little over a year later I finally got to view it, and I must say, I am rather disappointed with the movie.  Now before you go judging me about being non-American because I didn't like a glorified recruitment video, here me out.  I liked the fact that they tried to incorporate actual Navy Seals as actors, but unfortunately, the acting falls short of believable.  The Seals who played as the Seals always had that tone to them like they were trying to hard to act.  It wasn't terrible by any means, but it just didn't have that feel to it at some points during the movie.  As far as special effects and production goes, there is none like Act of Valor.  The fact that most of the stuff that was used as props were actual military equipment was incredible.  The submarine, for example, was one of the coolest scenes of the entire movie.  The submerged submarine with the camera looking down into the water was awesome.  Editing wasn't too bad.  There were a couple times when I wasn't sure which Seal time was being featured in the particular scene, but once the "actors" started talking it didn't take long to figure it out.  The story was sub-par and simple but extremely believable, which is brilliant in my eyes, and I think that's what makes this movie so realistic .  Ceramic balls filled with explosive gel that can get through any metal detector is something that is very scary to think about.  Whether or not it's been tried I do not know, but when the weapon's manufacture stated that, "You could take a tour of the White House without anyone knowing" sent chills down my spine, because he was right.  A plastic bomb could walk right through America's doorway without knowing.  Run-time was about 1 hour 40 minutes.  I do believe that the movie could have hit the 2 hour mark no problem without it losing its edge.  Perhaps a couple more scenes that dealt with the background characters?  Or a few more minutes of fighting? I don't know.  Overall it was a decent film that deserves it's respects because of the military aspect, but I probably won't be watching it again.  In terms of a movie aspect, it falls short of something that could have been a great military flick, but as far as the actual military is concerned, the movie captures it perfectly.  Overall score of 6.8/10