| I saw Kakoda just recently and have a mixed reaction.
On one hand I was moved by some of the scenes of mateship and it does succeed in letting us know how awful the conditions and dangers were for the Aussie diggers. But on the other hand none of the great stories or people I've read from the New Guinea battles were featured and I think a lot, lot, more could have been put into the script and onto the screen. It's not up there with "We Were Soldiers," or "To End All Wars," or "Saving Private Ryan, " etc.
But it's not a flop either, and worth seeing. It might give some in the audience an appetite to read up on the hero's of the New Guinea campaigns of WWII. |