[SoCal Pubbie]

No, I did not say what Oliver Stone did was okay. In fact, Oliver Stone is one of the few people in Hollywood I personally boycott. He manipulates facts to try and show a different outcome to a historical incident. The makers of the Great Raid changed no more, and probably less, than what they did back in the day with films like Thirty Seconds over Tokyo or Charge of the Light Brigade.

The movie theater is not a history classroom. The Great Raid was an excellent film and perhaps the last of its kind, since it didn't do well. Expect more movies like Platoon and Three Kings, since I guess people won't support a film that shows the U.S. military in a good light.

[Timmy]

The movie theater is not a history classroom. The Great Raid was an excellent film and perhaps the last of its kind, since it didn't do well. Expect more movies like Platoon and Three Kings, since I guess people won't support a film that shows the U.S. military in a good light.

Sorry, but the reason The Great Raid didn't do well is because it's not a very good movie. Even reviews by conservatives pointed that out. It is very boring until the end, the love story doesn't work, and there is scant character development. The subject (the rescue) is outstanding. The movie doesn't do it justice.

BTW, We Were Soldiers did quite well.

[TradicalRC]

I liked Three Kings.