paulbalsillie

Oh my God what a load of boring garbage this movie was. For every ten seconds of interesting action there was ten minutes of tedious drivel. The audience I watched this with squirmed throughout and the moment it looked like it was nearly going to end, they raced out in droves. The credits hadn't even started.

Why is it that every time an epic movie that is obviously trying for a Best Picture Oscar is made it has to be: 1. Set in the past. 2. Based on a true story. 3. Three hours long.

This movie could have been cut down to sixteen minutes and it would still be mind-numbing.

Has Oliver Stone ever made a movie that wasn't tedious?

A very good series, though it had great potential to be much better. John Doyle had a perfect opportunity to build six characters, make us love them, and then show the pointlessness of war and bring tears to our eyes by letting one or more of them be killed by the Japanese. Thousands of POWs died needlessly and that is the main thing that people think of when they think of Changi or any of the other camps. That fact seems to be all but forgotten about in this series. Instead of making us wonder if everyone will live through the war, he shows us right from the first second that all six of the lead characters not only survived the war, but live to the year 2000.