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Streaming? Was this review helpful? This is a movie which fails on all levels: Directing, Actors, Storyboard, Music, Camera What a waste of money to produce such a movie.
Great Expectations Script (1998) Dialogue The Great Gatsby Script Dialogue The Great Raid Script Dialogue The Great Train Robbery Dialogue Green Card Script Dialogue Green Street Hooligans Script Dialogue Green Mile Script I don't know about you but that is truly refreshing in this day and age of movies. GREAT FILM.
It is not every time that you see a movie where we Filipinos fight with Americans and at the same time play an important role. 35 out of 68 found this helpful. He was also terrific in 156 out of 212 found this helpful. I felt though that the film underestimated what we Filipinos really went through during the war.
It would have been just to include the other atrocities perpetuated by the Japanese: babies thrown in the air and caught with bayonets, women brutally raped and breasts carved out, or the massacre of approximately 100,000 unarmed and innocent civilians during the battle for the liberation of Manila on the first days of February 1945. Need a score for your barnstorming action movie?
My girlfriend wants us to see it again...! We Filipinos usually just bow down and think solemnly of the past and say to ourselves "How can we?! You could do worse. Unfortunately, war is brutal and dangerous.
Summer movie season is a magic time of year when Hollywood traditionally rolls out its most appealing merchandise. I am a former US military historian and had the opportunity on Saturday evening to view an advanced screening of The Great Raid. 19 out of 34 found this helpful. 86 out of 134 found this helpful.
Was this review helpful? The screenplay was based on two books: William Breuer's "The Great Raid on Cabanatuan" and Hampton Sides' "Ghost Soldiers." 136 out of 195 found this helpful. 122 out of 148 found this helpful.
22 out of 39 found this helpful. The Great Raid (2005) Starring Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Fiennes, Marton Csokas Directed by John Dahl Screenplay by Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro Based on the books "The Great Raid …
There are a few sequences that even non-military viewers will be scratching their heads from a military tactical and logistics point of view. The R rating is for disturbing scenes of violence and torture, but the scenes are necessary to tell the story. Was this review helpful? The movie was realistic, profound and inspiring; I was impressed. He said that the Japanese soldiers were brutal. He was in the Bataan march and spent all of the war in a prison camp. THe newsreel and actual footage that bookends the film add to its impact as one can compare the actual characters with their counterparts in the film. Will be in the running for "Best Picture" and may take home several Oscar's. 4)The raid was postponed 1 day because of said recon (causing great consternation to all involved) 5)There was a turf war brewing among the 2 philipino resistance leaders (both wanted in on the raid) and Musci showed great diplomatic skills in solving this last second problem. Also depicted is the courage and faithfulness of the Phillipine underground. Was this review helpful? The craft is also expertly balanced - the film looks, sounds and feels accurate and not bounded by Hollywood conventions. As mentioned in the former comment, the graphics, scenery, etc.
Fictional elements are added to the story, such as a surprisingly compelling love story, and believable explorations of friendships among both prisoners and fighters. I feel that this is an important film for people to see regarding the little known but most impressive rescue attempt made during WWII. Was this review helpful? Someone who vacillates between They all portrayed their characters and meshed out the story without any modern day politicking and criticism. With exception to the spurting blood when bullets were fired, I felt that I was watching a movie from 75 years ago. 10 out of 13 found this helpful. To be reminded of this is sobering, if not harrowing. Go see it.....!! I first remember seeing him in XXX as the Bond villain-style baddie. There were good character developments as well as action sequences.
Was this review helpful? And Benjamin Bratt turns in a mature, restrained performance that marks him for great things on the big screen. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of The Great Escape. 68 out of 92 found this helpful. We already know about the horrors of war and it was moving to see the heroic exploits undertaken by some very brave men to save their comrades from Japanese annihilation. Many aspects of this film have never been done before in a war movie.
I saw a preview in Michigan, last Monday. I am Don, a Filipino. The Great Raid ----- August 12, 2005, a review by Teresita "Terry" Bautista Berkeley, CA In the near-empty Shattuck Cinema, I gave myself the birthday gift of watching The Great Raid on opening night. It is a must see on the big screen.