Tim Carmody:
…As I am today, given everything I’ve learned about cinema and the universe, I can’t help but refuse and reject this picture in the strongest possible terms. It is a brilliant film that is also, unfortunately, a total mistake.
I’m not interested in films that plunge themselves headlong into violence any more. I’m not interested in the manipulation of multitudinous evidence to tell a simple, linear story. I’m not interested in British soldiers fighting Germans on the Western Front, telling stories about their time in the trenches. I came to the film looking for a story I hadn’t seen or heard before, and those stories were nowhere to be found.
This is a really interesting essay arguing against the film. I’ve seen the trailers and am still looking forward to seeing the film but this gives me something additional to think about as I watch.
When he “came to the film looking for a story I hadn’t seen or heard before”, well, then he came for the wrong reason, and he was misinformed. The point of the movie is its visual impact, not any new “stories”.
I have seen this documentary, and it is impressive.
It’s even more damning as he goes on and, presuming he’s being accurate, I can see why. I’m also kind of with Carmody – When I see movies like this I always wonder why they’re made when they tread the same ground that’s already so well and thoroughly covered.
Of course, this one was made because of the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1.
I see Carmody’s point, certainly. Jackson chose to tell the story of his grandfather, through selected surrogates, with a technique that younger viewers might pay more attention to than if he’d relied upon unprocessed footage. Jackson’s choice was personal and emotional.
But the focus is still well-trodden and limited, which is a great shame, considering how many other groups underwent horrors equivalent to or exceeding that of his chosen band of merry old chaps.
Perhaps the museum that originally requested Jackson undertake this project might be prevailed upon to ask him to follow up with an expanded scope.
So what. So he doesn’t like the film. BFD. Let him stew in his critical juices.
Personally, I’m intrigued by the film for the magnitude of its technical accomplishment. I’ve seen the trailers, and I want to see the whole thing now. To me, “black and white” has been a veil over the recordings of the past which has effectively obscured much of the reality of those times.
To see these long-dead soldiers in their natural colors simply serves to further point up not only their “reality” as living persons, but also the irony and the folly of all wars.
“Once upon a time and old codger went to the movies…”
Maybe this movie will resonate with Millennials. Well, then again, if it’s not on ‘smart’ device…
In 2018, we should all be awake to the reality that
Hollywood –is– and always was – – -INTEL.
Every A lister, before or behind the cameras, is a SPOOK
on the project.
SO- –SO much hoax–craft has been embarassed
this past year.
NOTE the evident duping delight in the faces before the
cameras even then
And are there ANY non–FTMs to be seen ???
Was JACK’s SUN set forth to ‘damage control’ the
unfolding embarassment of the globalist orchestrated,
USURY ‘very friendly’ – – -‘world wars’ ???
THINK about IT.