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In reply to the discussion: Peter Jackson's Cartoon War Sanitized images like these are war pornography. That they are no longe [View all]bdjhawk
(420 posts)The movie actually gave an intimate look at the horrors these people went through. My father was a combat veteran of WWII and we always saw WWII movies and tv shows. As Ive grown older, I have thought a lot more
about the day to day grind- the details of everyday life. Besides seeing the horrors of battle in this movie, we also saw what it was like to have no toilet paper, wear filthy clothes, eat tins of crappy food and this was for months on end. One scene that was particularly stunning was looking into the eyes of a group of young soldiers waiting during a calm moment and being told that virtually all of them were dead 30 minutes later.
As others have mentioned , this was shown in the US on three dates only in Dec and Jan. Apparently, the response was good as it is now being shown on many more screens and on a daily run.
If you do see it, please do yourself a favor and stay for the post- movie addition of Jackson telling how the movie was made. No detail was spared in making this as authentic as possible (colors of uniforms, grass, etc) and the technology was so interesting to learn about. You can tell it was a labor of love to make this as authentic as possible. The effort should be applauded and not condemned. I highly recommend it!