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The bombing was terrible but?

posted 9 years ago by swojtak
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Propaganda! Funny nothing was said of all the victims of the Japanese. Feeling sorry for them was like felling sorry for all the Germans the allies killed!

[–] karnevilelp 9 years ago

My Dad and I are big history buffs, he's especially interested in WWII because he was a child during it. We've talked about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and basically agree: the Japanese as a government (and since it was a military dictatorship, it's people) were going to fight to the death. The Russians, having "won" in Europe, were preparing to invade Japan. If the Allies including Russia had invaded it would have meant the almost total destruction of Japan, the slaughter of a large portion of its citizens and a high death toll on the Allied side. The bombings are a perfect example of the saying "The lesser of two evils".

Obviously what happened to the people of both cities after the bombings was ghastly, it was a horrible end to a truly horrible period in human history.

[–] Degree7 9 years ago

Sounds like allied propaganda.

~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

[–] gribfritz2 9 years ago

Yes. The baby they showed with radiation burns should have been tried as a war criminal and executed.

[–] karnevilelp 9 years ago

Oh please. I didn't like this movie at all, the documentary scenes in Hiroshima were very powerful and it then turns in a boring "Will they stay together or not?" thing.

[–] SamoanJoes 8 years ago

gribfritz2, I love your sarcasm. It's a shame some people *cough* the poster above *cough*, don't appreciate it.

[–] Get_your_azz_to_Mars 8 years ago

Indeed, it's a shame the horrors done to that baby aren't associated with the government that brought Japan into a ruinous war.

Formerly Of_Unknown_Origins.

[–] ShellOilJunior 8 years ago

you must separate the leaders of a country from its people. The bombs ended the war but the result was still a tragedy.

[–] parknourie 8 years ago

Was the film a propaganda? Maybe.
But in my view it was about individuals scarred by the war regardless of their side.
The woman is from France, the victorious country.
Yet she was in love with a German soldier.
At the end of the day, when the war ends, what remains are the people.
And they all suffered in their own way, regardless of their nationality.

And this is coming from a South Korean person (me), a country that suffered by being occupied by Japan until the end of WW2.
I feel that many films try to make Japan look like the victims because they were bombed by the end of the war.
But honestly, this was not a film my cynical perspective repelled myself against.

It was an absolutely adventurous filmmaking.
The theme was excellent and it was filmed very stylistically.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down and a Wagging Finger of Shame

[–] Beau_Buffet 8 years ago

It's utterly incredible how some people can miss entirely the point of a movie.

This film is not political at all. I'm not even sure you watched it, but even if you did: you missed a great movie. It went over your head.

[–] jakdstew1989 (5) 7 years ago

This movie is devastating if it really connects with you. It's primarily about the pain of moving on and the pain of remembering. World War II played a huge role in altering each of the characters' lives and is a part of both their memories that they can never forget. That's the extent of its significance in the film. It's not concerned with political matters, only individual human emotions.

[–] TheArgentinian (7069) 4 years ago

GFY, war mongering redneck.