I disagree. I thought the movie was quite profound..Far better than anything I can recall seeing so far this year. Not Hollywoodish...it shows some extreme brutality and its aftermath in a matter of fact manner.
Colin Firth does do a wonderful job of portraying PTSD but early scenes in the POW camp with the younger versions of Lomax and Finley were what got to me the most. They were so incredibly young and brave and had no clue of the extreme brutality that were up against. Yet somehow Lomax, seeming more the geek than the soldier, was able to hold up and stand his ground and soldier on. We are only able to see how firmly he'd remained resolute in such a hellish existence towards the end.
The only issue is the isolation that the older Lomax is shown, as if he had no life in between his war experiences and his romance with Patti. As if he'd been plucked from one end of his life and dumped into the other.
The end was moving but they'd allied me too deeply to be as forgiving as easily as the character seemed to be. This may be because this part was for dramatic effect as Lomax never was on a mission of retribution but closure in real life.
But I can't imagine anyone not being moved at all or comparing this in any way to a Lifetime movie.
I'e upped my standards............Up yours
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rjrash
11 years ago
I tend to agree with you. I think the problem with this film was time constraint. There is to take from Lomaxs' book and I just do not feel they allowed themselves enough time to fully explore it.
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