Would have been a bit better if Nicholas Cage would have shot maybe, say 40 more Japs. Another 10 bayoneted/slit necks also would have helped. It really lacked graphic dismemberment details as well. I think Nick could have lost about 10 more leathernecks under his command, just for the sake of character development, I mean we barely got the idea that he was a little disturbed over his war experiences.
I’m really glad the writers only wasted about 2 minutes of film time showing the Navaho’s code training. Good thing they didn’t bore us with minor details like: how the idea of using Navaho’s and their language as a military code came about, or how the code was developed and tested. After all, I’m sure that everyone who saw this movie knows all about the code talkers, has read a few books and seen a few documentaries about them. What a waste of time it would be to try to teach the audience anything when all they really want is to see Japs getting mowed down by the score.
No, it was much better to take such an amazing topic and boil it down to the theme, “What if an American had to kill an American to protect a valuable code?” Spatter that with a lot of blood and guts, ignore amazing existing true-life stories, and you’ve got yourself one less than mediocre hit!
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(Sorry if there already was a post on this, I’ve avoided the movie after hearing that it was disappointing, and just saw it last night.)
