I mostly agree with them. To be honest, the movie is more of a satire of the "patriotic"/war movie, but even with this understanding of the it still doesn't get the themes of the book right. My memory seems to be failing me about the exact differences, but I remember reading the book thinking that so much of it was the opposite of the movie, not just in facts but in theme.
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-Jeff
Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings; they did it by killing all those who opposed them.