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Rewriting the sentence "The advertising spiel for this was 'treat your family to a Disney summer'" in favor of something more appropriate for an encyclopedic entry: "The films' promotional slogan was 'treat your family to a Disney summer'."Zengakuren (talk) 19:37, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A review that might have info useful for the article

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Here is a review in rebuttal of Roger Ebert's scathing criticism of this movie, posted here in hopes that some part of it might be seen as useful to incorporate into the article:

Roger Ebert totally missed the point of this movie.
[The song] "Half of me" is about spiritual healing. It is about the coming together of a man and a woman who have missed out on the wholeness of life. It is about the coming together of two hemispheres of a planet that has been scarred by not just World War, but nuclear bombardment. This is why the plane selected for the movie was the B-29. And this is why 'Bernie' decided to honor the Japanese by sewing their flag into the position of prominence for their sail. More than all of this, the movie is about the coming together of God and humanity. They survive the crash landing. Bernadette looks up and says "Thank you." Pilot Dugan replies "You're welcome." But through the experiences, he gains wholeness through her spirituality, and she gains wholeness through his self-reliance. God and human meeting in the middle.

The story of Noah's Ark is about the salvation of humanity. The animals are on board to seed a new beginning. All of this is about a new beginning. How can Roger have missed the so obvious symbolism of the nuclear B-29 bomber having its wings clipped, turned upside-down, and then "baptized" into the ocean under the sail of the flag of the Japanese Empire. The final scene is the boat-plane being towed to Oahu, the very site of the Pearl Harbor attack. This movie is rich on so many levels.

And if for some reason all of that gets by you unrecognized, this movie is still precious just for the high-resolution color film preservation of beautiful cinematography of one of the most historic aircraft ever built, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Considering its singular historic role in the peak of destructive power to be used in warfare, it could be seen as *the* most historic aircraft ever.

Both of my thumbs are up.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dustin Dewynne (talkcontribs) 05:54, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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