Original Child Bomb (2004) User Reviews (3)

Asks great questions, but gives no suggestions

[SatchmoJuJu · 8/10 · 24 April 2005]

I watched this movie as part of a film class a few days ago, and I really enjoyed it. The music really adds a lot, and the narrative line is well thought-out and interesting.

The film is thought-provoking and raises a lot of interesting questions about the worlds nuclear situation, but doesn't give any answers or suggestions as to what we can do about it, which just leaves the audience saying 'yeah, that does suck about those nukes.' Thus, the film doesn't stand to solve anything.

Still, the conversation it will spark with those who watch it will be worth it, and it's a well made film. If you can find it, I strongly recommend it.

Inflamatory, biased and sensationalistic

[pvera · 1/10 · 14 January 2007]

This piece of garbage tries to pass itself as a semi-documentary, when it is pretty much a propaganda piece for the anti-war movement. I find it extremely distasteful how it presents the devastation in Japan without showing any relevant background on the war itself.

In reality this mostly feels like an end-of-semester class project for an audiovisual arts course.

I am all for freedom of expression and I respect the visual arts, but I don't like when propaganda tries to format itself as to pass for documentary media.

There are plenty of decent anti war films that do the job *right* and without the cheap antics seen in this piece.

Another Useless Slanted Armchair Quarterback Documentary

[climbingivy · 1/10 · 2 October 2006]

This documentary is another useless, slanted, armchair quarterback, hit piece on the bombing of Japan with two nuclear weapons in 1945.I tried to watch this movie with an open mind on the Sundance channel earlier today.The more I watched it,the more I thought,where have I heard all of this before?I was under the impression that this was a piece designed for high school students, and maybe university students, on the exploits of the horrible American government,and Harry Truman,and how could they do this to the Japanese people.This movie did not address all of the facts about Japan's activities in World War II.The filmmakers only addressed that America is an evil entity, that dropped two nuclear bombs on two Japanese cities,nothing else.War is not pretty for anyone,and the filmmakers are either extremely naive,or being disingenuous to the audience that they want to supposedly educate.The last straw came when they showed President Harry Truman and what he said at the time, and then guess who came next;President George Herbert Walker Bush.As far as I know President George H. W. Bush was not involved in world war II, and the decision to end the war with Japan by using nuclear weapons.As I see it,when you make a film about history,you should present all sides,not only the slanted, uneducated side of liberal hand wringers who have no sense of history, or solutions.