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Release in 1998 and running 170 minutes,this is the second film adaptation of James Jones novel about charlie companies fighting during WW11 on Guadalcanal.While I have yet to see the hard to find first film version made in 1964,or read the book,this film has merit.However it is filled with every single cliche ever put on film about war,and adds nothing new to those discussions.Thus 1 star off.What it is however, is a well acted and compelling display of those cliches and anyone who walks away from viewing it believing that was is glory and noble,well,I have a bridge to sell to such as YOU!!!
The problem with cliches is that,well,they are that and one sided depiction's to boot.
Still the acting is A++ headed by Sean Penn and Jim Caviezel and a score of others in small vignettes to round out the action.I recommend as its as true a display of"fog of war"as I have yet seen,but it is NOT ennobling one bit !!!! Trailer URL follows the picture and a IMDB summary below.
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese advance into the Pacific theater. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marines. The exhausting fight for a strategically-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell. The horrors of war form the soldiers into a tight-knit group; their emotions develop into bonds of love and even family. The reasons for this war get further away as the world for the men gets smaller and smaller until their fighting is for mere survival and the life of the other men with them. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
The problem with cliches is that,well,they are that and one sided depiction's to boot.
Still the acting is A++ headed by Sean Penn and Jim Caviezel and a score of others in small vignettes to round out the action.I recommend as its as true a display of"fog of war"as I have yet seen,but it is NOT ennobling one bit !!!! Trailer URL follows the picture and a IMDB summary below.
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese advance into the Pacific theater. A group of young soldiers is brought in as a relief for the battle-weary Marines. The exhausting fight for a strategically-positioned airfield that allows control over a 1000-mile radius puts the men of the Army rifle company C-for-Charlie through hell. The horrors of war form the soldiers into a tight-knit group; their emotions develop into bonds of love and even family. The reasons for this war get further away as the world for the men gets smaller and smaller until their fighting is for mere survival and the life of the other men with them. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
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