I had a bit of a struggle with this film. Granted it is grand and luscious, with great battle scenes and events of great magnitude. At the beginning, the young Harry questions the constant drivel he hears from the mouths of a group of pompous old war lords. Yes, he is a bit cowardly, but when he hears about the carnage associated with battle and the way soldiers are treated if they doubt for a second their reason for being in battle, it is understandable. Of course, the movie never addresses that issue. It also never addresses the British need to conquer the known world. Why are they in the Sudan other than to pillage a culture that has survived peacefully for centuries. These people were defending themselves against imperialism, so, despite the portrayal of bravery, this glorifies the slaughter of all those "filthy Arabs." Is this so different from the Germans parceling up Europe. The Arabs are made to look like primitive tribesman (where were the bones in their noses). Oh, well, it's only a movie, but the whole premise with those four feathers charging cowardice and that snot girl and that old windbag and his pineapples just made it seem so arrogant and self-centered.
Review of The Four Feathers
