Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by john dem (i) on May 14, 2001 at 19:14:05

In Reply to: Re: This is the last time I'm going to do your homework for you ! posted by Nick on May 14, 2001 at 15:49:31:

"Luckily the Geneva convention did not exsist yet" was the statement you made.

All I did was point out that the Geneva Convention did exist. If you want to change your point to "The Geneva Conventions may as well not have existed in the minds of those brave men who faced the most difficult circumstances during the war against the Japanese"- go right ahead.

Thank you, I am wide awake by the way, and as far as I know Harrison Ford has made only 1 WW2 action movie- "Force 10 from Navarone", but Hanover Street was set in WW2 England. You should have used Van Johson or John wayne or even Vic Morrow.

If you want to see a Pacific War movie explore the ambivalence which marines faced towards the Japanese, try "Hell to Eternity".

Its about the true story of a marine-"Gabby" Gabaldon who was brought up by a Japanese family in the US. The action takes place on Saipan, it's not a great film, but the hero wrestles with his conscience many times. After seeing his buddy savagely killed then hacked by a katana wielding Japanese officer- he goes on a rampage, taking no prisoners, even shooting unarmed Japanese in the back!

The he is taken to see Japanese civilians who are jumping off a cliff rather than surrendering. He is shocked, and for a moment sees his own mother as one of the civilians.

He changes. He goes out and single -handedly captures the Japanese general and convinces him to surrender his troops. He succeeds. The hundreds of remaining troops throw down their weapons. As the troops file by the general and Gabby, the general takes out his knife and ceremoniously disembowels himself, barely making a whimper he eventually falls to his knees as the beaten soldiers trudge past him towards the marines.