they are brave

Vallie 2022-04-22 07:01:24

I have to say that this movie can cause people to feel bad.
I wanted to give up a few times in the middle, but I insisted on watching it, so the uncomfortable feeling continued to the end.
World War II in the eyes of a British boy born in Shanghai. Dirty Dirty Chinese, chaotic and crowded Shanghai, and long life in concentration camps, although interspersed with the interest and friendship of little boys, they still look extremely boring.
One sentence left in my memory, Jamie's opinion on the Japanese soldiers: "They are very Brave, aren't you?"

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  • Lue 2022-03-22 09:01:47

    A war movie, thought provoking, a movie worth analyzing, but the character understanding problem, I only give 3 stars

  • Damien 2021-11-20 08:01:41

    When everything is over, time stays on us. Sleep serenely, baby, slumber, Lovely baby, gently sleep; Tell me wherefore art thou smiling, Smiling sweetly in thy sleep? Do the angels smile in heaven When thy happy smile they see? Dost thou on them smile while slum'bring

Empire of the Sun quotes

  • Jim: We should eat the weevils, Mrs. Victor.

    Mrs. Victor: Oh, yes, I know, Jim. Dr. Rawlins told you.

    Jim: He said we need the protein.

    Mrs. Victor: Yes, well, Dr. Rawlins is right. We should *all* eat the weevils.

  • Jim: Basie, where do you live?

    Basie: Here.

    Jim: No, I mean after the war.

    Basie: Somewhere else.