Form: Movie
Director: Steven Spielberg
The movie was about a boy named Jamie Graham who came from a
wealthy British family who got separated from his parents in the crows of
panicking people as the Japanese forces are occupying the Shanghai
International Settlement in China. Around 1937, while desperately searching for
his parents, he met an American sailor, Basie who he insisted to go with while
in search for his parents. Jamie, who has been nicknamed by Basie as Jim,
eventually looked up to Basie and has been his “assistant”. They ended up staying
in the Internment Camp where he struggled to live and survive with the other
American and British captives until about 1945. As the Japanese decided to
leave the camp at that time, the captives also decided to leave the camp and
marched through the wilderness in hopes of being able to find their way back to
the city and be able to live as they once lived. This was also when Basie
decided to leave Jim with the other captives in search of other alternatives to
survive/escape and to detach himself from Jim. Most of the captives died of
hunger during that march but Jim survived until that time that the Japanese
lost the war and American troops distributed food over the desert. It came to a
time where the captivated kids were rescued by American soldiers and put them
in an orphanage. When Jim’s parents went to the orphanage, he did not recognize
them with him being away from them for so long and having to struggle to
survive during the years that he has been captivated. But eventually, his
mother recognized him and was reunited with his family.
The
movie was directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie used creative techniques such
as putting up a combination of violent and emotional scenes. What caught my
attention in this movie is that the director was able to uplift a message on
lending a hand to others and how victorious we are as humans over suffering and
war. Though sometimes I got lost at some scenes, you have to remain focused on
the story line the director is trying to relay. The movie has a good
cinematography, the transition of scenes, and other technicalities were
well-performed. The actors in the movie were able to deliver and portray their
roles excellently as well. The value or message that I got in this movie is
that how thankful we should be that we can experience triumph even amidst
unavoidable circumstances and how we should acknowledge the presence of our
families in our lives. The message of this movie was sent out to those who
themselves experienced World War II as well since this movie was a
semi-autobiography movie. All in all, I
can give a two thumbs-up for this superb movie!
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