This is the giddiest war movie I've ever seen (that isn't billed as a farce). I am impressed by the sheer size of the production, but I find it hard to swallow when a movie has this much fun with war. Kusturica gets away with it, and then some, but that's because he understands pain as well as humor. Dragojevic seems amused by everything from woman-beating to critical injury. Even when he happens upon genuine irony he usually hammers it to bits.