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One of the things that the movie accurately portrayed was the fact that the soldiers had trouble fitting in again upon their return. Especially when they saw their families had grown to function without them. I think this is especially shown in Al, because he is upset he hasn't been around to watch his children grow. And because the household has adopted a new lifestyle, especially when he commented on Peggy doing the dishes. He though that the family still had a maid. What I noticed that was also accurate, and this is more so from personal experience, is the fact that Al brought back gifts from his time overseas. With the samurai sword and Japanese flag. Whenever my dad came back from a deployment he always brought us something from where ever he was. And finally, the Stars and Stripes [http://www.stripes.com/] is a real newspaper for the military. They have a European and Pacific version and that is the primary source for keeping up with what is happening on the Home front.- Jenn | One of the things that the movie accurately portrayed was the fact that the soldiers had trouble fitting in again upon their return. Especially when they saw their families had grown to function without them. I think this is especially shown in Al, because he is upset he hasn't been around to watch his children grow. And because the household has adopted a new lifestyle, especially when he commented on Peggy doing the dishes. He though that the family still had a maid. What I noticed that was also accurate, and this is more so from personal experience, is the fact that Al brought back gifts from his time overseas. With the samurai sword and Japanese flag. Whenever my dad came back from a deployment he always brought us something from where ever he was. And finally, the Stars and Stripes [http://www.stripes.com/] is a real newspaper for the military. They have a European and Pacific version and that is the primary source for keeping up with what is happening on the Home front.- Jenn | ||
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| + | Along with everyone else, I definitely think this movie accurately portrayed the soldiers having to acclimate to civilian life. It was interesting because the men were so excited to get home to Boone Creek, yet once they arrived, they found ways to avoid going to their homes and families, such as going to get a drink etc. It seemed that on the first night, the reason Fred and Al got really drunk was maybe a way to cope with the fact that they were back to civilian life and were no longer at war. It seemed like it was a way to ease the adjustment. Another interesting thing about the soldiers' readjusting was that whenever anyone brought up the war and its possible psychological effects on any of the soldiers, they either got defensive or just blew it off saying the feeling would pass. I think many soldiers did not want to come to remember their time fighting and when people assumed the soldiers' were suffering psychologically, the soldiers felt singled out from society and probably as civilians as well. Also, the movie accurately depicted the situation with soldiers jobs. When Fred went to visit his old workplace, he was told since the company had changed hands, he could not get his same job back. On the other hand, Al got his banking job back, but a different task was given to him. Then Homer was receiving his unemployment stipend from the government. ---Alex M. | ||
I agree that this movie does a great job showing the difficulties of readjusting to civilian life. As the guys mention on the plane ride home, sometimes returning home after that long is almost scarier than deploying in the first place. I think I was most impressed by the depiction of Homer's disability though. It was always so matter-of-fact, but showed how even once you think you've adjusted to something, there's always still more to be done. While some people were uncomfortable with Homer's prostheses, a lot of them, especially Wilma, just wanted to stay around him and get used to it. The film also showed the misunderstandings that can come from having a visible difference or disability, like when the little kids are actually watching Homer and Wilma because they want to spy on the grown ups who are in looooove, but Homer thinks they're staring because of his hands. All in all, it was a very interesting, deep portrayal. -- P.A. Appel | I agree that this movie does a great job showing the difficulties of readjusting to civilian life. As the guys mention on the plane ride home, sometimes returning home after that long is almost scarier than deploying in the first place. I think I was most impressed by the depiction of Homer's disability though. It was always so matter-of-fact, but showed how even once you think you've adjusted to something, there's always still more to be done. While some people were uncomfortable with Homer's prostheses, a lot of them, especially Wilma, just wanted to stay around him and get used to it. The film also showed the misunderstandings that can come from having a visible difference or disability, like when the little kids are actually watching Homer and Wilma because they want to spy on the grown ups who are in looooove, but Homer thinks they're staring because of his hands. All in all, it was a very interesting, deep portrayal. -- P.A. Appel | ||
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I thought the movie did a good job of trying to portray soldiers coming back from war from different walks of life. We had Al, the family man, Fred who was married, but with not much to come back to and an indifferent wife and then Homer, who came back to an un-certain situation at home. There was also the man who came into the bank and asked for a loan from Al. I’m sure many of the soldiers took advantage of this bill where the government would match half of what the bank provided. They all shared their different experiences of war, but not in great detail and I think the movie did a good job of capturing how many soldiers wanted to hide from their war experiences in public but in private they could not avoid them. Each character was emotionally fragile, but they dealt with it in different ways and ultimately I think each found peace with a woman (except maybe Al’s women was Jackie Daniels). –afrisk | I thought the movie did a good job of trying to portray soldiers coming back from war from different walks of life. We had Al, the family man, Fred who was married, but with not much to come back to and an indifferent wife and then Homer, who came back to an un-certain situation at home. There was also the man who came into the bank and asked for a loan from Al. I’m sure many of the soldiers took advantage of this bill where the government would match half of what the bank provided. They all shared their different experiences of war, but not in great detail and I think the movie did a good job of capturing how many soldiers wanted to hide from their war experiences in public but in private they could not avoid them. Each character was emotionally fragile, but they dealt with it in different ways and ultimately I think each found peace with a woman (except maybe Al’s women was Jackie Daniels). –afrisk | ||
| − | Harold Russell (the actor who played Homer Parrish) was really the real deal. His acting was really based on his own experiences. He does accurately portrayed a disabled veteran. - A. Brudno | + | Harold Russell (the actor who played Homer Parrish) was really the real deal. His acting was really based on his own experiences. He does accurately portrayed a disabled veteran. - A. Brudno |
== Things the movie got wrong == | == Things the movie got wrong == | ||
