tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30951741.post5278244718745822689..comments2024-03-08T00:19:44.136-05:00Comments on The Kanrei Home for Wayward Lemmings: Celluloid Illusions of WarAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15897700063744746464noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30951741.post-40771980641782139292006-10-17T00:31:00.000-04:002006-10-17T00:31:00.000-04:00I haven't seen that many war films, but I did see ...I haven't seen that many war films, but I did see 'Private Ryan.' I suspect it was pretty heavy on realism. Soldiers should have everyone's complete respect and gratitude.Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30951741.post-40412718229337871142006-10-17T00:16:00.000-04:002006-10-17T00:16:00.000-04:00I think Saving Private Ryan was close, but a movie...I think Saving Private Ryan was close, but a movie can never capture it correctly. The John Wayne movie "Sands of Iwo Jima" got it as best they could then by killing John Wayne. It was not done so the fact that even the Duke can die in a war was an attempt to show the horrors.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15897700063744746464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30951741.post-4932954366534705982006-10-17T00:13:00.000-04:002006-10-17T00:13:00.000-04:00You're right, soldiers aren't tools. A lot of war...You're right, soldiers aren't tools. A lot of war movies tend to glorify or romanticize war, don't you think? If they're going to tell it, they should tell it like it is.Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30951741.post-50283926151290216382006-10-16T22:52:00.000-04:002006-10-16T22:52:00.000-04:00Amen.
Soldiers do. Their job is horrible, but ne...Amen.<br /><br />Soldiers do. Their job is horrible, but needed. They are not tools yet every government and leader seems to use them and we buy it every time. Myself included.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15897700063744746464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30951741.post-85891728844337077662006-10-16T22:48:00.000-04:002006-10-16T22:48:00.000-04:00Soldiers are not public relations tools......Not f...Soldiers are not public relations tools......Not for the right OR the left....and we see so many on the left trot out the memory of fallen soldiers to prove whatever their point is....Same with some on the right...<br /><br />As someone who once was a soldier, I know that our fighting men and women don't have the luxury of questioning the tactics or overall strategy of what is going on in the geo-political world...<br /><br />A solider fights for their (our) country....PERIOD.....<br /><br />I saw War Stories with Olvier North about the 'drunken Indian' (named after the famous song about him) who helped raise the flag....it was heart wrenching....What he saw at in war drove him insane.....War is never easy, pretty, or bloodless.....Rex Zeitgeisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642575223837309912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30951741.post-77941859875156297832006-10-16T19:00:00.000-04:002006-10-16T19:00:00.000-04:00They are advertising this film in the exact manner...They are advertising this film in the exact manner that this film is protesting. True irony.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15897700063744746464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30951741.post-40786454822475089042006-10-16T16:39:00.000-04:002006-10-16T16:39:00.000-04:00Your last sentence says it all. The illusion is r...Your last sentence says it all. The illusion is rarely the reality.Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.com