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Anti War

posted 17 years ago by gnix1979
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I completely dissagree with the comments made in the first blog. Its true that the film does get a bit confusing, perhaps starting with the battle may have prevented that.

What the viewer has got to remember is this, the film is not a dediacated war film, it a film about the neglect of British servicemen after being wounded in battle. The recent 25th birthday of the Falklands highlighted the fact that there are still guys out there suffering long after the war is over. Switch to 2007 and as the saying goes, what goes around comes around. The fact that soldiers are now treated by the NHS is completely unacceptable, how is it possible to compare somebody perhaps with a broken arm to somebody with gunshot wounds and mental battle scaring. You can't and the NHS should not be expected to.

This film was excellent, and highly recommended.

[–] runbone 16 years ago

Just saw the movie, got it from Amazon.com.uk. I'd heard about the film back in 1998 when I saw documentary on the history of the bayonet. At the end of the documentary they spoke with Robert Lawrence MC, and showed parts of the film. Mr. Lawrence spoke about what it felt like to bayonet a man. Thus for years I've been looking for the film about his experience. A good film, that shows the hardship the wounded have to life with after leaving the battle field. I didn't get a anti-war feeling, because Robert Lawrence, seemed to love being a soldier, loved being in the war, and while his wounds caused him great pain, and a mental change, the man still and the film seem to show the honour of being in the service. It's a good film, a thinking man's war film.

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