tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post711110581434921579..comments2024-03-27T17:34:52.560-05:00Comments on A Garden Carried in the Pocket: The Railway Manjenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-72558928820986275862014-06-12T12:06:08.372-05:002014-06-12T12:06:08.372-05:00Whoa. I can certainly understand your not wanting...Whoa. I can certainly understand your not wanting to see the film! The POWs in the Asian war had a much higher rate of suicide post-war than those who were held in German camps. The brutality was unimaginable. That is why I don't think I can see the film of Unbroken, the details were so horrifying. <br /><br />jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-84028226520726078552014-06-12T11:57:23.752-05:002014-06-12T11:57:23.752-05:00I have avoided this film because my Dad was one of...I have avoided this film because my Dad was one of those men in the picture, although he was in Korea rather than in Burma. The men who went to Burma were in the first detachment sent out from Singapore, those that went to Korea in the second. I am glad though that some attention is being given to their suffering because in the UK at least they tend to get forgotten in the concentration on the European war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-76261184485929532752014-06-10T07:54:11.095-05:002014-06-10T07:54:11.095-05:00Wendy - I want to see Unbroken, and at the same ti...Wendy - I want to see Unbroken, and at the same time, I wonder if I will be able to stand it. I had to stop reading the book several times.<br /><br />I want to read Railway Man, too, after seeing the film. I know that there are differences in the film version.<br /><br />Melody - I agree that we have something to learn from history, and in the story of Eric Lomax, something to learn about forgiveness.<br /><br />jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-23278400375594479792014-06-10T03:06:24.743-05:002014-06-10T03:06:24.743-05:00War films always have an emotional impact on me; I...War films always have an emotional impact on me; I guess that's because my grandmother survived the WWII when the Japanese invaded our country and I'd heard some horror stories from her. <br /><br />Still, I think we all have something to learn from the history. I'll have to check out that movie. Thanks for the review!!Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967837585961009598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-51482554373075727892014-06-10T03:05:59.550-05:002014-06-10T03:05:59.550-05:00War films always have an emotional impact on me; I...War films always have an emotional impact on me; I guess that's because my grandmother survived the WWII when the Japanese invaded our country and I'd heard some horror stories from her. <br /><br />Still, I think we all have something to learn from the history. I'll have to check out that movie. Thanks for the review!!Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967837585961009598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-52194970790990431812014-06-09T18:58:32.832-05:002014-06-09T18:58:32.832-05:00I am looking forward to reading Unbroken later thi...I am looking forward to reading Unbroken later this year. Probably closer to the movie release date. Maybe. <br /><br />I really want to see Railway Man. I only recently learned of the book, but now I want to read that too!Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.com