Comments on: Movie Review. A Little Pond http://socius.or.kr/2010/04/19/movie-review-a-little-pond/ to do & know in daejeon Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:40:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeffrey Miller http://socius.or.kr/2010/04/19/movie-review-a-little-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-6782 Jeffrey Miller Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:25:00 +0000 http://socius.or.kr/?p=2798#comment-6782 Good review Mike. I am going to pass on this film. Yes, atrocities happened in the war on both sides--like the photos of U.S. soldiers outside of Daejeon who were shot in the back by North Koreans execution style (their hands were tied behind their backs with barbed wire). I am not disavowing that civilians did die at the hands of the military--whether caught in friendly fire or confused with the enemy. One of my problems with the book was how the authors "fictionalized" some of the story--like one description of a young soldier stroking his weapon, anxious to get to Korea and kill. When I reviewed the book in 2001, the editors wrote to the editor of the Korea Times. Guess they didn't like what I had to say. The Korean War was filled with tragedy and we're still trying to put some of those ghosts to rest. Thanks for sharing this review with us Mike. Good review Mike. I am going to pass on this film. Yes, atrocities happened in the war on both sides–like the photos of U.S. soldiers outside of Daejeon who were shot in the back by North Koreans execution style (their hands were tied behind their backs with barbed wire). I am not disavowing that civilians did die at the hands of the military–whether caught in friendly fire or confused with the enemy. One of my problems with the book was how the authors “fictionalized” some of the story–like one description of a young soldier stroking his weapon, anxious to get to Korea and kill. When I reviewed the book in 2001, the editors wrote to the editor of the Korea Times. Guess they didn’t like what I had to say.

The Korean War was filled with tragedy and we’re still trying to put some of those ghosts to rest.

Thanks for sharing this review with us Mike.

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