Bad propaganda wrapped in a love story

Rating: 1/10 (18 December 2001)

I don't want to make this a long comment about the missing historical accuracy, a lot of people did that before already. But what really made me upset was the exaggerated patriotic touch of that movie, like it is common these days for "American" movies, mixed with racism and prejudices (U-571).
Already in the beginning is that scene, when the father of the little boy is accused to be a German and he is all offended and telling that he fought the Germans instead! That was so unnecessary. All the the morons, that never read a history book have a reason again to think, that Germans are bad people by genetical reasons, so they are still today.
This is simplifying the historical truth in a way, that is a slap right in the face of every European. The reasons for WWI where quite complex and nobody could be really blamed for it. But WWII was definitely caused by the allies, who where more interested in a weak Germany than in a stable Europe.
But it is easy to blame everything still on Germany after 60 years, because the USA is always right, the others are wrong.
So for what was that comment about the Germans in the beginning? I don't see any moral superiority, if a movie is made on such a low level.
But also the rest is pure propaganda for American patriotism. It twisted historical facts and unwanted truth is hidden. Also a behavior that is known well, not only from American movies.
As I said before, I don't want to discuss the historical accuracy, since too many did that before.
In Pearl Harbor it was not 2400 people that died. No! It was 2400 Americans! Does it make a difference which nationality they had? Every person dying because of war or violence is too much!
When the Japanese planes were shot down, the movie was making it look like a video-game. "Got you, son a of a bitch!" If Japanese or not, there was a human being dying in that plane and the movie made it look as if it is something glorious to kill an enemy.
The raid on Tokyo was a REVENGE for Pearl Harbor, not more and not less. Revenge is one of the lowest feelings a person can have. Is that moral superiority?
Alec Baldwin says in the movie, that if there is no way to get away, that he would know what to do. He would choose the right target and make his plane itself a bomb. Something that is an interesting statement, since September 11th.
And at the end it is said in the movie, that this war made America grow. That is quite true, but not to something so good as it was
claimed in the final seconds of the movie. It made the USA growing to use the A-Bomb against Japan, even the war was over already, just for testing purposes. It made them killing hundreds of thousands of german civilians during the raids on big german cities during the last months of the war. The list could be endless...
No, this movie is really bad propaganda and I feel put back right into the middle-ages and not at the beginning of the 21st century.
I really wonder what would happen, if a german producer would do a similar german movie about WWII ...
Shame on that movie. Nationalism and patriotism are the main reasons besides racism and religious fanaticism for all the bad things in our world. And that movie doesn't help to make it a better place at all.
I wonder, when we will ever see an accurate movie from Hollywood, that is talking about humanity and one world and that every party is making wrong decisions once in a while, instead of the USA as the center-point of the Universe and it's not existing superiority. Even movies like Private Ryan and Schindler's List are not accurate on a lot of stuff.
That movie really disappointed me and made me sad.