Best War Movie : Letters from Iwo Jima
Posted by Mathieu Jobin Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:57:00 GMT
This movie just came out yesterday, strange coincidence I was passing by the theater. This is pure Chef-d'oeuvre. I wish I could have understood more, but what I could understand was enough to make me learn enough about the story.
It's fully japanese movie, but has been produced by Clint Eastwood. So, it got this final hollywood touch. Fortunately without breaking the whole thing. Like Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) was way too much Holliwoodize. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Is excellent and tells us a 4-6 months story with a 36 days attack. An attack the US had planned to succeed in 5 days. On a off-topic note, it really seems the story is repeating itself when I heard yesterday Bush says that had not succeed as fast as they has planned. I'm not too sure what he believes he succeeded there. but as I said. I'm off-topic.
So the US was planning to get on Iwo Jima island to build a base and attack Japan's main island. Japan was already week at this moment, so US thought it would take only 5 days. this movies is so rough. and teach you so much about Japanese culture. It is very excellent.
Now I really want to watch Flags of Our Fathers (2006). Its "Letters from Iwo Jima"'s little sister. Basically, Clint Eastwood made two movies, one with the Japanese view and the other one about the US view. it's gotta be a Hit as well.
Wait no longer. Go Watch it.
Hi! Nice to meet you. I'm Kohei, Japanese.
recently I watched the "Letters from IWO-Jima in Japan. and I already had watched "Flags of Fathers", too.
and I agree with you. the both movies told a lot of important things to ous Japanese, too. actually I was so touched.
What I thought through these movies is that there is no big difference between Americans and Japanese and that we must not forget the war for not making it happen again in the future.
According to rankopedia, Platoon is the best war movie ever. Saving Private Ryan comes in second and Apocalypse Now third. But I agree that Letters from Iwo Jima is a great flick.