yet again and i appear to be the only person on planet earth who be capable of criticize japanese film make before 1970. fire on the plain ( 1959 ) be another in the seemingly endless line of classic that get all sort of praise for no apparently good reason . as much a i love to overgeneralize and psychoanalyze all of these moviegoer who have such horrible taste in film and it still nearly impossible to rationalize why anyone would ever think that poorly make fluff like this should be proclaim a some sort of masterpiece . what i find truly ironic be that fan of derivative classic like fire on the plain focus so much on inside the box movie making ( orthodox grading standard like scriptwriting and act and camera work and etc . ) yet it always seem like the most highly revered classic be most deficient in these very standard . for example and one of the lazy copout for a filmmaker involve force verbal exposition where character basically explain everything for the viewer even when the construct scenario be totally artificial . most surprisingly and the very first scene in fire on the plain use this indolent tactic to the extreme . after a funny head slap and the following useless dialogue assault the viewer and why can not you grasp the situation . we land to the west under heavy fire to reinforce unit at tacloban . we lose two third of our men . our artillery be sink in transit . we try to reach burauen airfield by cross the central mountain but without artillery it be impossible . the enemy counterattack force a fanout across the valley . you know that . so why and exactly and be one character tell another character something he already know . oh yeah and that right and the maker of this film be too lazy to think of more natural way to communicate this information . you see and a quality film would actually show these event happen and or at bad it would involve dialogue involve one character who have no knowledge of those event . heck and even an opening summary in paragraph form direct at the viewer would have be good than what transpire here . such instance of poor quality movie making be litter throughout fire on the plain to the point where this film feel like it be write by imbecile for imbecile . for example and the lead character stumble upon some skeleton wrap in japanese garb . instead of do the natural thing like oh i do not know give a depressed mannerism and the character blurt out japanese soldier . thanks buddy and but i could have figure that one out for myself . even bad and this movie be saturate with over dramatic ploy . the most ridiculous scene involve a pair of boot . picture this . a soldier walk along and find a pair of wear out boot . one would think that such a find be utterly useless and but it turn out that the soldier boot be in even bad condition and so he pick up the worn boot and leave his super worn boot behind . fine and i get the point . the soldier be in rough shape a fact that be already clearly emphasize with their worn boot to begin with . the scene be ridiculous and but i be ready to let it go and until the second soldier arrives . you see and he find the previous soldier super worn boot and notice get ready and cause here it come that his boot be super duper worn boot . lucky man and he pick up the super worn boot and leave his super duper worn boot behind . but you see and that not all because the third soldier then arrive . he find the previous soldier super duper worn boot and inspect them and along with his own super duper worn boot . since both pair suck and he toss them both aside and smile a he continue barefoot . at this point i be ready to throw my television through my living room window . the heavy handedness and overdramaticism and and paramount absurdity of this sequence be beyond bad film making . it super duper bad film making . there be a number of similar and completely stupid moment to be have . like the time when the lead character ask someone and hey and be you dead . like the guy be go to answer yes if he actually kick the bucket . i will also be the first to condemn the subpar performance of the lead actor and who be the quintessential posterchild for artificial reaction . i laughed hard during that open head slap where his head slingshot back in place with this stupid and goofy expression on his face . the fact that this trivial fluff piece get an imdb average rating of 8 . 4 while a certifiable masterpiece like a tale of two sister ( 2003 ) only get a 7 . 5 be the height of mass stupidity . and to think that some people actually delude themselves into think that atots doesn not make sense . well and not every movie can have completely outrageous super duper worn boot on it side .