No accuracy

Rating: 1/10 (22 January 2002)

If you want to do a film about war and call it art, fine, but don't pass it off as historical accuracy about Guadalcanal. It's a disservice to the American fighting men of World War 2. The war would have never been won if every soldier was as they were portrayed in this film. Guadalcanal was a terrible, filthy, disease ridden hellhole, and every inch taken was at a very high cost to our men. Our men suffered and died and this island was just the start of many more to come in the campaign in the Pacific. This film treats both sides as moral equals. Did someone forget that we were attacked, and the Japanese had already conquered most of China and the Philippines and Southeast Asia. I just want to end by telling all you art nouveau types to let history be told by those who were there. If you want to find out about Guadalcanal, read about the history of the United States Marine Corp.