Flawless and Japan has every right to make this movie
This is more or less in response to the "The most nauseating part of Gojira." post. But I'm starting a new thread so people actually read it.
Japan did horrible things, no doubt. Or rather the Imperial Japanese Army did horrible things, not the civilians. Contrary to popular belief, the atomic bomb did not save hundreds of thousands (some claim millions) of lives. Truman had a new toy and he wanted to play with it. And who better to test it on than a country that they were at war with.
Let's take a few quotes
"It always appeared to us that, atomic bomb or no atomic bomb, the Japanese were already on the verge of collapse."
- General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold
Commanding General of the U.S. Army
Air Forces Under President Truman
"It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender. My own feeling was that in being the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was taught not to make war in that fashion, and wars cannot be won by destroying woman and children."
- Admiral William D. Leahy
"Japan was at the moment seeking some way to surrender with minimum loss of 'face'. It wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing."
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower
"I am absolutely convinced that had we said they could keep the emperor, together with the threat of an atomic bomb, they would have accepted, and we would never have had to drop the bomb."
- John McCloy
Ironically, America DID let Japan keep their emperor.
Oh and this
"P.M. [Churchill} & I ate alone. Discussed Manhattan (it is a success). Decided to tell Stalin about it. Stalin had told P.M. of telegram from Jap Emperor asking for peace."
- President Harry S. Truman
Diary Entry, July 18, 1945
http://www.antiwar.com/henderson/?articleid=11405
Then we have people who call it a justifiable act of revenge because of what Japan did to foreign countries, especially China. But the logic is morally quite disturbing in my opinion. If Country A's military attacks Country B's civilians, then Country C can attack Country A's civilians. War crimes have been happening since the beginning of time. In the first century, China murdered and raped Vietnamese. Russia and Germany committed awful atrocities to each other during WWII. During the Boxer Rebellion, the eight nation alliance (Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) murdered and raped Chinese civilians. The Japanese were actually the only ones who DIDN'T rape Chinese civilians. I guess if a guy killed my family, I would have a right to murder his family by that logic.
My uncle was a Vietnam veteran and a few years ago finally told me about the awful things that he witnessed. He saw one of his fellow troops rape a young Vietnamese girl (about 10), cutting off her tongue so she couldn't scream, and then bayoneting her. He also saw an American soldier gouge out the eyeballs of a Vietcong POW with a knife before executing him. I suppose American civilians should be nuked for such heinous crimes, not that they had anything to do with them.
Simply put, Japan had every right to make this movie. They have every right to be upset about the horrors of the atom bomb. This film is a masterpiece. I'm sorry for this insanely long post but I really needed to express my feelings on this.