I impressed by how far the film went, unapologetically.
Retcon history? No prob. Cheerfully portray American war crimes? Go for it. Bust out hate speech and brutality? done and done.

I’m not saying those are negative aspects of the film, but it really struck me, nonetheless.

Also, I was impressed with the patience he showed in the plot progression. Each scene built up suspense, even if you knew what was going to happen, it made you wait for it anxiously. I actually thought the audience I was watching with would be annoyed by how slow things were happening, but a weird thing happened, and I kinda think that it’s one of the major points of the movie:
[possible spoiler alert]
They were cheering each death and brutal act. Adults, teens, old people- they actually cheered along with the movie, and it was starting to bug me, and I realized why when the scene with the german audience watching the war hero movie came on. It was almost the same thing. Parts of that scene were like I was watching the audience I was sitting in.

I dunno. I can only say that I don’t know if I liked the film or not. I do know that it kept me glued the entire time.