To quote myself, as I am wont to do, stories can be epic or empty depending on how they are told. So, as much I wanted to start this post with the following question, I couldn’t because I already knew my answer:
I don’t know what made this movie so bad: the incompetency that led to the failed coup or the movie itself.
I am presuming, of course, that the events *could* have been painted in a different light. I’m not saying I’m blind to the message that they were trying to send (i.e. that there was integrity in the effort). I just think that the poor decisions leading to the failure of the plan could have been made to feel less reflective of their folly. I feel like the movie made the conspirators look like idiots trying to execute a plan that was way over their heads. Was that necessary? I don’t think so.