MacArthur

My Dad was a WWII Marine in the Pacific. He brought back this quote: "With the grace of God and a few marines MacArthur took the Philippines"

Great product

This is an outstanding movie. Gen. MacArthur is beautifully shown by Gregory Peck. It is historicallyaccurate (so many films and books are not), and it shows the enormous burdens placed on MacArthur andby implication on the Navy commands in the Pacific War. It shows the genius that was MacArthur in thePacific War with Japan and then against the Communists in Korea. If you are inclined the accept the political spin of the 1950s (and today) that MacArthur did not follow orders (even the Joint Chiefs of Staff advised President Truman that they found NO violation of an order), then I suggest thatyou ask these questions: (1) Should we be pleased with the conditions in North Korea today, with theirrockets that can reach the U.S., and (2) should we be pleased with the "state of war vs. non-war" that existsin Korea today, and (3) should we be pleased that North Korea serves as a buffer for China that does notwant a unified Korea to exist as South Korea exists today??? Of course other major decisions and people were involved in the "Korean Truce or Armistice" andPres. Eisenhower was one. He hated General Ridgway, who then commanded the 8th Army in Koreaand could have gone to the Yalu River (called "Amrok River" in Korean) and the Reds could have stopped him or the 8th Army, butEisenhower did not allow it. Instead, he said to the Reds, in effect, stop here and now or face nuclearobliteration. The result was that the Reds retained what they had and have to this day. But this movie is a portrayal of MacArthur; it is superbly done, one can learn from it, and beginto learn how to think about the Korean War, the "truce" so-called, and the effect of both to this day.

This movie, starring Gregory Peck, follows the military career of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur from early 1942 during the fall of the Phillipines to his relief by President Harry Truman in 1951. Very little of his personal life is covered and the movie focuses on a small period of time in his career.Gregory Peck gives a fine, professional performance in his role as MacArthur and the movie itself is well-acted and directed in general. Locations, special effects, cinematography and score are all quite good.The movie itself gives a portrayal of MacArthur as both brilliant military commander and vainglorious ego. The movie, while not especially fair to MacArthur, at least does allow the viewer to see his military brilliance and hear his often brilliant oration. The movie recounts MacArthur's use of "island hopping" strategy to cut off and isolate significant Japanese forces rather than fight them at a high cost in casualties. MacArthur is presented as essentially a "benevolent dictator" during the postwar occupation of Japan. The DVD moves on to Korea where MacArthur's Inchon invasion is a brilliant and bold operational move which is negated by the Chinese invasion - which everyone, not just MacArthur, didn't see coming.The best scenes in the film are when Gregory Peck is able to convey the deep emotions of MacArthur at beginning and end of the movie speaking to cadets at West Point, coming ashore at Leyte and addressing the Fillipino people he loved as well as his visit to a POW camp for a long-awaited reunion with survivors of the "Death March" and a tearful reunion with Gen. Wainwright.The movie handles his conflict with and eventual relief by President Harry Truman in the standard fashion - which is to say, overwhelmingly from the Truman point of view. Truman was often vindictive and petty, relieving the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Louis Denfeld in 1948 over public disagreement regarding naval budget cuts. He even demanded the resignation of his own Secretary of Defense over a minor issue. Truman could tolerate little to no disagreement and often acted rashly in temper tantrums.Although the movie presents events in a less than fair fashion, the movie itself is not completely one-sided and it is certainly a well-made and acted film. I give this DVD four stars.

Gregory Peck with his vast filmography of outstanding work, has never been better than here as Gen. MacArthur. His other "greatest role" in my opinion is as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird," and that is a great rarity wherein a great American novel became a true classic to some extent owing to Peck's work in what also has become a classic film. But Douglas MacArthur must have been a terrific challenge to the great actor, in that for a prominent American he was a terribly complex and difficult man, not merely a military genius as shown by his Army record, a true visionary who was also amazingly short-sighted in significant ways. See the passage in the film where the great general laments being overruled by a mere politician (Truman), when it's on record that he knew all the time and thought it proper that the U.S. military is subservient to its civilian bosses. MacArthur was also an administrative genius, as shown by his successful conduct of the U.S.'s temporary but absolute dictatorship over occupied Japan after the war. Then he was again brilliant as allied commander in Korea, to the extent that sixty-odd years later some still say that the west might have won that war had he stayed in command. After all, what other country remains divided between communism and freedom? Okay, there are two Chinas. Any others? So Peck plays MacArthur with compassion and sensitivity for much the man he must have truly been. He offers us great insight to U.S. history during the early- and middle twentieth century. He also clarifies a salient point: MacArthur was no kind of warmonger, but specifically a great commander during times of war.

I like this movie every much , Gregory peck does a great job portraying Douglas McArthur. I like a line McArthur says towards the end when he's complaining about being held back in Korea, they only want me to bomb half a bridge , I can see the military still having these problems today in trying to win wars .

Um bom trabalho de Gregory Peck torna esta biografia um tanto esboçada dos anos de guerra de MacArthur um filme muito assistível. O elenco de apoio é igualmente bom, não é um filme de "ação", mas mais um olhar seletivo sobre alguns dos aspectos das conquistas de MacArthur, que se estendem desde seu conceito magistral de ilha pulando para recuperar a área do Pacífico, até sua reconstrução imensamente impressionante do Japão. Há alguns clipes de noticiário do homem real neste disco que mostram o quão bem Gregory Peck se saiu no papel. Esta versão em BD é um pouco mais longa que a versão em DVD e acredito que o custo mais alto do BD não é compensador.

Enjoyed movie!

Buena calidad y sonido se recomienda a fans del cine belico

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Gregory Peck hat einige wirklich großartige Szenen in diesem Film, und stellt den MacArthur in seiner ganzen z.T. Widersprüchlichkeit dar. Die US-amerikanische Kriegspropaganda, die hierzulande gar nicht so bekannt ist, wird eindrucksvoll gezeigt und auch die Dialoge und Spannung sind gelungen. Überzeugender Kriegsfilm.