After watching this excellent film I began wondering how many women found it enjoyable? It strikes me as a relatively "macho" type film and subject but also has an emotional element. How about it ladies...any comments positive or negative about his film.
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I'm a woman and I liked it, too. I think it was the directing--suspenseful and spooky, with great pacing. Plus, of course, Errol Flynn (who was actually 4-F)!
shareTypically this is one of my least favorite movie genres especially when the whole movie takes place in the jungle. However, I really enjoyed this film and wanted to take the time to write about it.
I thought this to be one of Errol Flynn's best performances. I found I felt a genuine interest in the [well- developed] characters. There was enough activity in between the fighting that allowed for connections to form, especially the way the journalist character was asking questions about the men's families and hometowns.
There was a natural feel to the film. I never felt like I was on a movie set with artificial plants and trees. Somewhere on this website I read that authentic uniforms, weapons and equipment were used.
Lastly, for a war movie with a lot of fighting and death there was some care taken to stage it so it wasn't "in your face". Take for example, the traumatic emotional scene in the abandoned village between William Prince's character, Lt. Sid Jacobs and Errol Flynn's character, Capt. Nelson.
Yes, I agree with you on Flynn's performance. Director Raoul Walsh enjoyed working with Flynn and I believe that they made 7 films together. The atmosphere of this film also immersed me in the story. For a film created in the Los Angeles Botanical Gardens, Warner Brother's Lot, and other areas around Los Angeles, Objective Burma has an authentic and gritty feel to it. The fact that it was filmed in 1944 during the height of WWII also adds to the authenticity of the acting. No one at the time of the filming knew how the war would turn out.
shareErrol played the softest Combat Capt ever. That would appeal to the ladies.
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I am serious,and dont call me Shirley