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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about MacArthur |
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This movie is about the professional life of Douglas MacArthur, the military commander of the Allied Forces during World War II and Korea. He is forced to withdraw from The Philippines to the safety of Australia but vows to return. He is frustrated at having to lobby the President and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to win approval of his plan before making the heroic push forward to the very shores of Japan before the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He accepts the surrender of Emperor Hirohito by the Japanese military command and Japanese Foreign Minister on board the USS Missouri. He delivers a speech on the evils of war.
Eventually, he is relieved of command by President Truman when differences arise in their ideologies about the Korean conflict the potential for a war with China. Much like his tank squadron commanding counterpart in the European Theater of Operation (ETO), Gen. George S. Patton, MacArthur will not tolerate cowardice, he will sacrifice thousands to gain victory, he is courageous in the face of enemy fire, and he failed as a leader due to an inability to understand the politics involved in the new order that emerges from the end of World War II.
--David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of MacArthur |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Southeast Asia
- Pacific Islands
- the Koreas
Water?
Yes
Water:
- warship
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- hundreds
Kind of violence:
- air battles
- land battles
- amphibious landings
- nuclear/unconventional war
- hand to hand
- guns
- ocean ship battles
Unusual forms of death
- hanging
- perforation--bullets
- visually blown into pieces
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
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