American tolerance and rationality

Joannie 2022-05-30 23:52:25

After reading the tidbits and listening to the screenwriter’s comments, I felt a little touched. The tolerance and rationality of Americans impressed me.
Judging from the current point of view, it is hard to say that the film is very high-end, but it still has some attractive places. The dramatic tension of the film is very prominent, although it is only the command details of the generals on both sides. But in fact it is really wonderful, and the screenwriter tells the secret. In the process of writing, the screenwriter did not add too much ideology or the concept of good and evil of war to the film. This is unimaginable in the war films of our country, but it is also the genius of the film. The screenwriter regards the high-ranking Japanese officers as soldiers like the high-ranking officers of the U.S. Army, who do their best for their duties, and are intelligent and professional. There is no good and evil here, and only those who meet each other will meet good talents. tension! This kind of objective and unbiased attitude should be a higher perspective of war. For both parties involved in the war, the value of life and the honor of soldiers are the same.
Furthermore, after the Pearl Harbor incident, the US military detained all Japanese Americans and strictly screened them. This was criticized in the movie. The screenwriter of the film made it clear that as a country with a clear host, this practice actually occurred. This is the most shameful thing in the United States in World War II, because this practice is the same as the practice of the fascist countries it opposes.
I am surprised that the American people can reflect on their country like this in a movie! The views of democracy and freedom are so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and I am also impressed.

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  • Cmdr. Carl Jessop: "Wait and see." We waited. December 7th, we saw... The "Wait and see"-ers will bust your ass *every time*!

  • Miss Haruko Sakura: Damn it, I'm an American! What makes us different from German-Americans or Italian-Americans?

    Captain Garth: Pearl Harbor... I guess.