I'm surprised and happy that you reviewed this. They play this every now and then on TV over here in Korea which is how I found out about it. Christian Bale's character just seems way out of place here, but he does make it work. In fact, the whole cast of the movie is its greatest strength. Kudos to the two female leads for knocking it out of the park in their debut movie roles. Unsurprisingly, this movie is banned in Japan.
I like current Japan and it's one of my favorite places to visit, but denial of things what happened in WWII just annoys the heck out of me. Even glorifying many of the serious war criminals.
The novel is based on some true stories.Minnie Vautrin and the Nanking Safety Zone. The fact is worse than the movie. This is one of the Minnie Vautrin's diary which makes me suffer for a long long time: There probably is no crime that has not been committed in this city today. Thirty girls were taken from language school last night, and today I have heard scores of heartbreaking stories of girls who were taken from their homes last night-one of the girls was but 12 years old. Food, bedding and money have been taken from people. … I suspect every house in the city has been opened, again and yet again, and robbed. Tonight a truck passed in which there were eight or ten girls, and as it passed they called out "救命！救命！ Jiuming! Jiuming!"-save our lives. The occasional shots that we hear out on the hills, or on the street, make us realize the sad fate of some man-very probably not a soldier.
I recently watched this film on RUclips Films. I would like to give a shout out to Tianyuan Huang who played the young man, George Chen. He does an excellent job of portraying the stress his character faces and the courage of his character to face these challenges. I do not think that there is an adult actor who could have given a better performance of this character.
this is the saddest move ive ever seen. i watched it 9 years ago for a class and i can still picture scenes so vividly it makes me cry. i wish i had the courage to watch this again
I recently watched this film and was having a decent enough time, but I wasn’t ready for the ending. I recently read The Rape of Nanking and thought I’d watch the movie, but people be warned, the movie has a singular moment that brings the “rape of Nanking” to life and it thoroughly disturbed me.
This movie destroyed me. I watched it once when I was maybe 16 and never again since but I literally remember everything and every time I think about it I get chills
this in it self is a brilliant movie in acting and story line , nothing will ever come close to the atrocity's that happened in Nanjing so dont try to compare, just watch a great movie with great acting by all involved
i was just so surprised by how good this movie was, like you say there was a few people in it that had never acted before , and i think it was them that stole the show
@@TheSilverSpleen I object to all the movies that do that and even some of the movies that do it in a silly and cartoonish way are way worse than the movies that do it in a way that is intentionally brutal. I knew you would oppose these anti-Japanese films, I was sure of that.
I watched this movie in cinema when it was released. As a Chinese, I expected Zhang Yi Mou to do a good job on this one because we all hope the tragedy in Nanjing during WW II be seen from outside of China. But I gotta say I was disappointed. I wanted to shed a tear but,,, the emotional level was not built up properly. I mean I really wanted to be touched by the movie but failed to do so, despite my effort..Haha
Are you crazy? I was crying, it was so sad, too sad, I was tearful even a few days later when I thought f the young boy and he had to leave with the women, just toooo sad.
I'm not sure I want to wallow through that misery. I remember the director got death threats from Chinese people for having the nerve to portray some of the Japanese as human...
@@TheSilverSpleen It was an anti-Japanese film Perhaps you did not notice some scenes calling for anti-Japanese hatred Of course, anti-Japanese film production is just a move by the Chinese, and even the Chinese regime wants this hatred to be alive.
Was it not excessively sentimental to your taste? Whats the single word that means 'make your cry' in movies? i think the debate should be on How the chinese have their own values/ moral standards, in how some people are inherently inferior.
Do you encourage people to watch an anti-Japanese movie? 3:50 2:56 You probably know that the USA did terrible things during World War II and Even the "Red Army" of the USSR committed atrocities and war crimes during World War II and after the war, so it is not fair to ignore these atrocities committed by other countries such as the United States of America.
I take it by your name you're Uyghur? It doesn't lessen at all what you say. You would think that after what China went through during its' century of humiliation it would treat its' own peoples, Han or not, with more respect and dignity.
Do you really know the truth? I’m half Uyghur, And I was born in Aksu. (I don’t think you even know where is it, cuz you only watched those fake news.) You guys said we were treated badly by government and “ban” cotton comes from China.. are u sure you are helping us by prevent us selling our product and force many people loss their job? Which is really well paid( of course you don’t know, cuz fake new don’t expect that happen, they need a reason to make their movement sounds like “justice”)
It’s a absolutely great movie yes it’s toned down compared to history but it’s entertainment not a documentary and Christian is awesome (factor in Chinese director who can’t speak English telling a English man who can’t speak Chinese what to do that is a recipe for disaster with amateurs but both are professional and it shows)
I'm surprised and happy that you reviewed this. They play this every now and then on TV over here in Korea which is how I found out about it. Christian Bale's character just seems way out of place here, but he does make it work. In fact, the whole cast of the movie is its greatest strength. Kudos to the two female leads for knocking it out of the park in their debut movie roles. Unsurprisingly, this movie is banned in Japan.
I like current Japan and it's one of my favorite places to visit, but denial of things what happened in WWII just annoys the heck out of me. Even glorifying many of the serious war criminals.
The novel is based on some true stories.Minnie Vautrin and the Nanking Safety Zone.
The fact is worse than the movie.
This is one of the Minnie Vautrin's diary which makes me suffer for a long long time:
There probably is no crime that has not been committed in this city today. Thirty girls were taken from language school last night, and today I have heard scores of heartbreaking stories of girls who were taken from their homes last night-one of the girls was but 12 years old. Food, bedding and money have been taken from people. … I suspect every house in the city has been opened, again and yet again, and robbed. Tonight a truck passed in which there were eight or ten girls, and as it passed they called out "救命！救命！ Jiuming! Jiuming!"-save our lives. The occasional shots that we hear out on the hills, or on the street, make us realize the sad fate of some man-very probably not a soldier.
I recently watched this film on RUclips Films. I would like to give a shout out to Tianyuan Huang who played the young man, George Chen. He does an excellent job of portraying the stress his character faces and the courage of his character to face these challenges. I do not think that there is an adult actor who could have given a better performance of this character.
this is the saddest move ive ever seen. i watched it 9 years ago for a class and i can still picture scenes so vividly it makes me cry. i wish i had the courage to watch this again
Nanjing, place where I grew up. I love this city.
I recently watched this film and was having a decent enough time, but I wasn’t ready for the ending.
I recently read The Rape of Nanking and thought I’d watch the movie, but people be warned, the movie has a singular moment that brings the “rape of Nanking” to life and it thoroughly disturbed me.
This movie destroyed me. I watched it once when I was maybe 16 and never again since but I literally remember everything and every time I think about it I get chills
Thanks for the positive review. It's still on my to watch list; now probably raised up several slots!
Did you notice the Red Swastika Rescue workers recovering bodies it was subtle but a nice touch.
"Whatever we might feel about Christian bale"??? dude is a powerhouse
Do you know the actual historical context that inspired this film or the book?
I am surprised by Christian Bale's presence :D Curious now :D
this in it self is a brilliant movie in acting and story line , nothing will ever come close to the atrocity's that happened in Nanjing so dont try to compare, just watch a great movie with great acting by all involved
Except the Siege of Changchun, but don't expect a Chinese movie about that any time soon...
i was just so surprised by how good this movie was, like you say there was a few people in it that had never acted before , and i think it was them that stole the show
@@TheSilverSpleen I object to all the movies that do that and even some of the movies that do it in a silly and cartoonish way are way worse than the movies that do it in a way that is intentionally brutal.
I knew you would oppose these anti-Japanese films, I was sure of that.
No disrespect but this movie has been out for a while and you're just now reviewing it?
HelloBoy145 I'm glad he did. I'd never heard of it :P
I only started the channel in 2013.
TheSilverSpleen that explains everything.
I watched this movie in cinema when it was released. As a Chinese, I expected Zhang Yi Mou to do a good job on this one because we all hope the tragedy in Nanjing during WW II be seen from outside of China. But I gotta say I was disappointed. I wanted to shed a tear but,,, the emotional level was not built up properly. I mean I really wanted to be touched by the movie but failed to do so, despite my effort..Haha
It's not a great film, but it was better than I expected it to be.
Are you crazy? I was crying, it was so sad, too sad, I was tearful even a few days later when I thought f the young boy and he had to leave with the women, just toooo sad.
Review City of life and death as well.
I'm not sure I want to wallow through that misery. I remember the director got death threats from Chinese people for having the nerve to portray some of the Japanese as human...
That was a very excellent movie though
@@TheSilverSpleen It was an anti-Japanese film Perhaps you did not notice some scenes calling for anti-Japanese hatred Of course, anti-Japanese film production is just a move by the Chinese, and even the Chinese regime wants this hatred to be alive.
zhang yimou's films are often thought provoking, at least the ones that I watched, minus The Great Wall
Batman could of destroyed the Japanese.
Kids wear Batman pajamas.
Batman wears Donnie Yen pajamas.
TheSilverSpleen For some reason I found your reply really funny and I keep going to it time to time. XD
Was it not excessively sentimental to your taste? Whats the single word that means 'make your cry' in movies? i think the debate should be on How the chinese have their own values/ moral standards, in how some people are inherently inferior.
this is no hk movie btw this movie reaks of china
I occasionally review mainland films, and this one was surprisingly good.
Do you encourage people to watch an anti-Japanese movie? 3:50
2:56 You probably know that the USA did terrible things during World War II and Even the "Red Army" of the USSR committed atrocities and war crimes during World War II and after the war, so it is not fair to ignore these atrocities committed by other countries such as the United States of America.
now chineses are doing same thing to uyghur... if you hate people did this to you, think about uyghur.. let's them free
I take it by your name you're Uyghur? It doesn't lessen at all what you say. You would think that after what China went through during its' century of humiliation it would treat its' own peoples, Han or not, with more respect and dignity.
check the sources and the evidence, then think about your comment again. you fell for the propaganda.
@@JoeMcKenzie888 why china dont allow UN to visit uyghur ruclips.net/video/vnjHHVLxKdU/видео.html
i think u shud read more abt this issue and consider both sides of the argument before concluding that china is doing the same to the uyghurs
Do you really know the truth? I’m half Uyghur, And I was born in Aksu. (I don’t think you even know where is it, cuz you only watched those fake news.) You guys said we were treated badly by government and “ban” cotton comes from China.. are u sure you are helping us by prevent us selling our product and force many people loss their job? Which is really well paid( of course you don’t know, cuz fake new don’t expect that happen, they need a reason to make their movement sounds like “justice”)
It’s a absolutely great movie yes it’s toned down compared to history but it’s entertainment not a documentary and Christian is awesome (factor in Chinese director who can’t speak English telling a English man who can’t speak Chinese what to do that is a recipe for disaster with amateurs but both are professional and it shows)