Excellent acting in Strawberry growers' movie

Rating: 9/10 (19 March 2007)

This film about a fictional U.S. mutiny, and the events before and after, strongly illustrates a few vital points that makes "old" movies superior to most people, or at least to people who want to enjoy movies. First, the acting. Humphrey Bogart was the tough guy of the movies, Yet here, he breaks down, he gets confused, he shows some forms of cowardice depending upon your point of view. Would De Niro take such a role today? He would rewrite the script to make the captain an ogre, but never a coward or confused. And I pick De Niro because he has proved an ability to act. He can do it, but doesn't. The characters make this movie, and they're all believable characters. And the movie makes some points. The viewer can choose if the points are valid, but the film makes an obvious stand. The film was also obviously a commercial for the Strawberry Farmers of that time. They undoubtedly had a hand in the production. There is no way that every single officer on board a ship would like strawberries. Very few people can stand them. A hundred years earlier, when Vitamin C was scarce on long voyages, there would obviously be a deficiency in the body which would prompt someone to eat these sour, horrible tasting things, but not in the U.S. military of the post World War Two era. This isn't an action packed movie. It is more of a drama, and it is well written, and well acted.