The odd title “In the Valley of Elah” reflects the odd, outrageous content of an awful new movie  (which opened in limited release Friday) starring Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon and Charlize Theron. The film focuses on the purportedly ruined, violent degenerate lives of returning Iraq war veterans but takes its title from the Bible. In the midst of the picture, the main character, Tommy Lee Jones, painstakingly retells the story of David and Goliath as taking place“In the Valley of Elah.” Does the title then signify that Jones himself represents David? He’s a grieving father trying to uncover the mystery of his soldier son’s murder. This would mean the movie sees the US Army as Goliath. Or else, with its emphasis on gruesome atrocities by drugged-out US troops against innocent Iraqis, director Paul Haggis paints America itself as roaring, over-confident Goliath, and the insurgents as little David. Either way, the film is a stilted, ham-handed insult to all who wear the uniform.