I finished watching this film just a few hours ago and decided to take a look what does the IMDb say about the film. Some commentators have claimed that the film has little to offer for non-Japanese viewers. I have to disagree for at least I, a Finn, found the film very close to my heart. Perhaps the fact that both Finns and Japanese have always been forced to fight enemies much larger than our own nations have given us similar courage to fight in spite of all odds. The sailors on Yamato and their calm courage before and during the battle reminds me of our own warriors waiting for another mass attack by Bolsheviks intent on wiping out my nation.
What took me by surprise is the outright arrogance of some reviewers when issuing moral judgments from a very shaky ground. After all, should a representative on Communist China really condemn Japanese atrocities and dictatorship when his own regime killed over 50 million of its own citizens? Or how short a memory do those Americans have who are ready to condemn Japan for activity that pales in comparison with the ruthless genocide of American Indians? Or representatives of those European countries who practiced very brutal colonialism for many centuries.
As for the film itself, the effects are not particularly great. As is quite typical of CGI, attacking enemy aircraft are unrealistically agile in their movements. But, music was excellent, as was acting. And a big bonus for not succumbing to the political correctness and victors' arrogant brainwashing re-educational propaganda that ruins e.g. modern German war films in particular and historiography in general and which is unfortunately present on so many other reviews.
What took me by surprise is the outright arrogance of some reviewers when issuing moral judgments from a very shaky ground. After all, should a representative on Communist China really condemn Japanese atrocities and dictatorship when his own regime killed over 50 million of its own citizens? Or how short a memory do those Americans have who are ready to condemn Japan for activity that pales in comparison with the ruthless genocide of American Indians? Or representatives of those European countries who practiced very brutal colonialism for many centuries.
As for the film itself, the effects are not particularly great. As is quite typical of CGI, attacking enemy aircraft are unrealistically agile in their movements. But, music was excellent, as was acting. And a big bonus for not succumbing to the political correctness and victors' arrogant brainwashing re-educational propaganda that ruins e.g. modern German war films in particular and historiography in general and which is unfortunately present on so many other reviews.