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In Reply to: A hammer, yes... posted by Joe S on April 18, 2000 at 14:20:13:
***..I found the whole film relentless as well. It certainly didnt provoke thought as much as it assaulted you. But given American views of war it represented at least a bit of a breakthrough for Hollywood in depicting people as less than bulletproof heroes. I'm wondering if thats the most we can hope for given where the average moviegoer here is coming from.
Hey, at least Tom Hanks didnt have a limitless clip machine gun in each hand taking on the entire Wehrmacht all by his bulletproof lonesome. Unfortunately, in Hollywood, this must be considered a small victory...That is true. I sometimes tend to see things in an absolute, rather than relative, way. When taken against the rest of that almost invariably pale background, it stands out.
Perhaps my frastration with it is from realizing that it was not all that it could have been. They had all the resources they needed, they had a good shot at greatness, and all they have achived was just above the average.
We may not get another chance for quite some time.
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Follow Ups
- Agreed... - Victor Khomenko 14:29:49 04/18/00 (5)
- Yes, sort of like... - Joe S 14:52:39 04/18/00 (4)
- Brutality - an endless search for perfection... - Victor Khomenko 15:19:09 04/18/00 (3)
- A sense of reality and desperation that I suspect... - Joe S 15:35:58 04/18/00 (2)
- "a veneer on human existence which is tissue paper thin" - Stephen Hayes 17:22:42 04/18/00 (1)
- Not just a US phenomenon... - Joe S 18:36:50 04/18/00 (0)
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