I felt this movie was a gross insult to the thousands of British and American civilians put into internment camps in the Far East during World War II.
Instead of being shown the daily struggle to survive and the daily battle of wills against the Japanese camp guards; we get choreography, fantasy scenes, cinematic bonbons. Plus we get a privileged snivelling kid who is devoid of empathy, and certainly not deserving of my sympathy.
Please rent "Paradise Road" or the TV series "A Town Like Alice" for a closer representation of what civilians faced in the the internment camps. And try "King Rat" for a view of what the British and American military faced.
"Empire of the Sun" is a grand waste of two-and-a-half hours.
Instead of being shown the daily struggle to survive and the daily battle of wills against the Japanese camp guards; we get choreography, fantasy scenes, cinematic bonbons. Plus we get a privileged snivelling kid who is devoid of empathy, and certainly not deserving of my sympathy.
Please rent "Paradise Road" or the TV series "A Town Like Alice" for a closer representation of what civilians faced in the the internment camps. And try "King Rat" for a view of what the British and American military faced.
"Empire of the Sun" is a grand waste of two-and-a-half hours.