| Biswo |
Posted
on 09-Apr-01 11:22 PM
Looking at the pictures from Maoist-Police clash,I was immediately
reminded of several war movies made in the past.Just thought to
share some of my views about some of those war movies.
Platoon remains the best war movie I ever saw. The most striking
part of this movie was the way Oliver Stone depicted the American
dichotomy about war. It was so horrible to watch the Americans
attacking the village of Vitnam, and the disgust felt by Charlie
Sheen there.
Patton shows the delicate path of victory and responsibility while
depicting second world war era general.I think this movie is
really a remarkable movie in the way it teaches us lessons
about the war and the emotion of a general assoiciated with this.
The Deer Hunters and its Vietnam war scenes, esp the Russian
Roulettes, are so difficult to expunge from my memory, may be
because they were so frightening to watch.A very brilliant
performance by De Niro and Christopher Walken,I think.
Lawerence of Arabia, and The bridges on the river Kwai ,both
by David Lean, were also meticulous in their portray of war.
Even the English Patient(so similar to David Lean movies) shows
the moments of war effectively.Two other movies that should be
mentioned are Apocalypse now and Schindler's list.
[This is just a list of names, and I don't venture to offer my
criticisms of these movies, one of the main reasons is there
are already aplenty of those.]
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