It seems like all the other reviewers will grab any anti-war message movie and talk about how great it is, no matter how bad the movie may actually be.
It has a good message, but it is brought about too blatantly (Stockwell speaking directly into the camera). And symbolism doesn't work well in movies when you have a character directly state what a symbol means. (As in the scene where the war orphan directly explains what the green hair symbolizes).
And why does the movie never offer any explanation for Peter's outrageous lies??? I guess it is just natural for any war orphan to tell outrageous lies about spending 3 days in a cave with a tiger.
Please do not watch this movie to try to gain any great insight. The whole message can be summed up in a simple formula:
WAR = BAD
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BOY + GREEN HAIR = TERRIBLE MOVIE
It has a good message, but it is brought about too blatantly (Stockwell speaking directly into the camera). And symbolism doesn't work well in movies when you have a character directly state what a symbol means. (As in the scene where the war orphan directly explains what the green hair symbolizes).
And why does the movie never offer any explanation for Peter's outrageous lies??? I guess it is just natural for any war orphan to tell outrageous lies about spending 3 days in a cave with a tiger.
Please do not watch this movie to try to gain any great insight. The whole message can be summed up in a simple formula:
WAR = BAD
...
BOY + GREEN HAIR = TERRIBLE MOVIE