If anything, melodramatics and scriptwriter/producer Paul Haggis are a recipe for one to avoid watching a movie.
If anything, Hollywood is still stuck in the SAVING PRIVATE RYAN-template of WW2 drama...visually and in melodramatic writing.
I have to say, I'm not surprised at all that FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS got jack on the awards circuit, while also being slaughtered on the beaches when it went to theatres.
