The basic purpose is to wash the captain white, and to wash in all directions 360 degrees without blind spots. Except for the fact that the Japanese submarine did not use the torpedo and the captain did not take the Z-shape at the time, it cannot be changed. As long as there is any slightest possibility. All the accusations have been sealed for you. Some have been washed out to the point of exaggeration. For example, where the captain escaped, he said that the captain was thrown onto the sea by the shock wave of the explosion and did not take the initiative to escape, but he could find an empty ship with "good luck". Lifeboat, the captain is alone.
Because the film was so hard cleaned and washed so hard that I suspected a great white shark attack, the survival of the crowd, the love triangle NTR, the life of the Titanic version of the crew are just means to attract the audience and conceal the purpose of the cleansing, otherwise I can’t understand why it’s not like what some people say in "Captain Sally", focusing directly on the captain himself, using court scenes as the main axis, and the theme of whether the captain is responsible or not, and narrating the whole story instead of getting it. It was made into a splicing monster like Titanic + Great White Shark + Pearl Harbor + Captain Sally. Just because I have everything and do everything, there is no place in the whole drama that can give me enough shock. The crew's torment for the four days was painful and terrible? Didn't feel it too much. Is the love of boys and girls touching? I don't think so much. Except for the boy's confession at the beginning, I was planning to take out the ring and was taken away by the crew. I felt the young man's vitality. From the point of view of the disaster film, the special effects inside, as some people say, are a bit fake.
So this film is really a bit of a dismantling of American blockbusters.
Finally, let me talk about my views on the historical events of the film. Based on my rough data collection, I personally believe that Captain Charles McVeigh was responsible for the sinking of the Indianapolis heavy cruiser, and the military courts are responsible for him. I personally think that the trial is fair.
Some excuses for the captain are somewhat far-fetched in my opinion, such as why the Indianapolis is not equipped with a destroyer escort. Heavy cruisers are meant to travel on a single ship. Cruisers and cruisers, as the name suggests, are used for single-vessel cruises. It’s not aircraft carriers, battleships or the like. Even battleships like the Bismarck have no destroyer escort. They follow the two Prince Eugen ships, and even the Hood and the Prince of Wales who hunted them are not escorted by destroyers. They are monitored by the side. Their Norfolk and Suffolk heavy cruisers were also not escorted by destroyers. Not to mention that the Indianapolis returned from the rear. The area from Tinian Island to Wright Bay is the US military’s own waters. The Battle of Wright Bay is over. The Indianapolis is to participate in exercises to prepare for the decisive battle in Japan, not to participate in the war.
A heavy cruiser comes back from the rear and needs additional destroyers to escort. Don’t you think this is a very extravagant thing? With heavy cruisers as the center, one or several destroyers are escorting a fleet. Is it necessary to send a fleet commander to the Indianapolis? It's not a battle. Do you have to form a fleet when you come from the rear to participate in the exercise? It's incredible just thinking about it.
But some excuses actually took the captain's responsibility. The Indianapolis has no anti-submarine reconnaissance equipment. The captain had known for a long time that there were three Japanese submarines patrolling in the waters he passed. Then you still do not honestly take the Z word to evade? It took three days from Tinian Island to Wright Bay, and the accident happened in Indianapolis the day after leaving the port. In such a short period of time, you don't even use the Z word? If you don't have an accident, who has an accident? And Indianapolis was at a speed of 17 knots, and the Indianapolis could reach 32 knots at full speed. Judging from the speed of the ship, the captain is not in a hurry to return to the team, so why not use the Z word? Apart from negligence, underestimating the enemy's slack, and having a fluke mentality, I can't find any other reasons.
However, when it comes to the captain himself, although he was at fault, he was indeed a tough guy, a great man, who did not shirk his responsibilities, did not evade, and finally apologized with death. He was a great person. In fact, the military court did not give him any decent punishment. It is said that not only was he not demoted but he was promoted. There have always been supporters around him who complained for him. A full 23 years have passed, and the only thing that entangles him is his inner conscience. After all, not everyone in this world has a conscience, let alone condemned by it.
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