terrible seeing it again

Rating: Null/10 (7 May 2004)

This was my favorite film as a kid, from the age of about 5-9 I would watch it every Christmas, and i thought it was amazing, the music, seeing the war, the death, people dying, people get shot, every little detail in this film stayed with me, and I could remember everything. I loved being scared by this film, and being so sad by the music, and parts where certain characters die, such as the part where the kamikaze soldier offers James a peach, then as he's about to cut it with his samurai sword, gets shot in the throat, and you see the blood spill down onto the peach, this was all amazing stuff for me, seriously.... HOWEVER I decided to watch the film again for the first time in about 11 years, i'm 20 now, and from beginning to end I was SHOCKED at how bad this film is... everything is cliched, the acting and script is rubbish, the shots aren't special, everything I remembered as special is cheesey and just ridiculous!! I will no longer recommend this film to anyone, apart from parents who have kids 5-9, if their children have an imagination like I did then they will probably find this film special too, it made me grow up a bit a learn some important things in life. PS. (I also thought James was the coolest kid in the world) hahaha I can't believe that now!