“Letters fr○m Iw○ Jima”
i believe that this movie already came out in Japan.
i heard some good reputations about this movie.
yea some people would say "Ken Watanab.. again!?" i guess Hollywood likes him:)
i can’t really make commenst on this movie, but i wanna mention stuff that struck me…
- even though the movie goes slow, stays in the same color and in the same place - Iw○ Jima, i didn’t feel the movie was long.
- there are some scenes that shows the craziness of that time (like killing their own soldiers because they tried to surrender or tried to or did "escape" instead of commiting "honorable" suicide.)
- the movie shows both good and bad sides of American soldiers as well as Japanese soldiers (Japanese soldiers beated Americans up to death, but also tried to cure an injured one. and American soldiers killed surrendered Japanese soldiers, but also tried not to kill and caught a Japanese soldier live.)
- ridiculous authority the Kempei (military police?) had during WWII in Japan.
- competition or hostility between Japanese military groups (navy, air force, army). this caused non-cooperation and non-unification of Japanese military.
this movie is the second film by the same director focusing on Iw○ Jima following "Flags ○f ○ur Fathers"
i actually wanted to see the first one before seeing the second one, but i guess it’s fine to see the second one first since these are not series.
this movie also made me realize how unknowledgable i am about this island’s tragedy (was it tragedy? i don’t even know it….).
this director difinately has surprised many audience both in Japan and the U.S.
it is an American who made this movie, not a Japanese director (many Japanese ppl involved in this movie, though).
my eyes and all attention were stuck on the theater screen during the whole movie!!
there were some gross scenes that i didn’t like to see, though….
anyway, if you haven’t seen this movie, i’d recommend you to;-)
