War is hell and in many ways " The Great War " has had an effect on the British psyche not a million miles removed from the way Jews see the holocaust . It killed British idealism and has made the Brits Euro-phobic or at least Eurosceptic which is a testament to the years 1914 to 1918 .
Indeed war is hell but unfortunately Gilles MacKinnon does the impossible and overstates the horrors of the conflict . " Overstates ! How is that possible Theo ? " . Look at the bizarre opening when young British soldiers wail like banshees amongst dead German counterparts as the camera comes to stop on a couple of Tommies having a brew . Are we in a British trench ? If so then why aren`t the stretcher bearers rushing to help the screaming troops ? Are we in no mans land ? If so how can British soldiers brew tea without the fear of German snipers ? Do you see the point I`m making ? The director ignores logic by painting grotesque pictures as to the horrors of war . War is hell but any movie director overstating the case does the dead a disservice , an image is only haunting if it makes sense and this kind of juxtaposition does not make sense
I didn`t like REGENERATION , it`s stagey , melodramatic , too talkey and I`m at a loss if the director , screenwriter or author of the original novel should be blamed . I`m also at a loss to explain blatent homo erotic overtones in movies featuring the first world war , REGENERATION is full of them as was the later British film THE TRENCH
If you want a taste of the conflict that killed British idealism I recommend you ignore REGENERATION ( And THE TRENCH ) and watch the 1960s BBC documentary THE GREAT WAR
Indeed war is hell but unfortunately Gilles MacKinnon does the impossible and overstates the horrors of the conflict . " Overstates ! How is that possible Theo ? " . Look at the bizarre opening when young British soldiers wail like banshees amongst dead German counterparts as the camera comes to stop on a couple of Tommies having a brew . Are we in a British trench ? If so then why aren`t the stretcher bearers rushing to help the screaming troops ? Are we in no mans land ? If so how can British soldiers brew tea without the fear of German snipers ? Do you see the point I`m making ? The director ignores logic by painting grotesque pictures as to the horrors of war . War is hell but any movie director overstating the case does the dead a disservice , an image is only haunting if it makes sense and this kind of juxtaposition does not make sense
I didn`t like REGENERATION , it`s stagey , melodramatic , too talkey and I`m at a loss if the director , screenwriter or author of the original novel should be blamed . I`m also at a loss to explain blatent homo erotic overtones in movies featuring the first world war , REGENERATION is full of them as was the later British film THE TRENCH
If you want a taste of the conflict that killed British idealism I recommend you ignore REGENERATION ( And THE TRENCH ) and watch the 1960s BBC documentary THE GREAT WAR