“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;-)
hi there! reading your comment, i have to rearrange my schedule somehow and go to the
theaters! i was interested in this film, especially because the critics say that it is not a
‘one-sided’ film and has a fair view.
I am interested in “Bobby” too. I think it will be in the theaters soon in Japan…
Comment by hielmo — January 31, 2007 @ 1:45 am
>hielmo,
yea u should make some time for yourself to go to see movies. it’s always nice to see them in the theaters:)
i was pretty impressed at the creators of this movie. it’s not like…if you are Americans and watch this movie, you’d get hostile feelings toward Japanese, and vise versa….
this movie gets you think about war itself and Japanese military organization (Soshiki?) back then.
“Bobby”… i never heard it. i should check it out later!
Comment by *chihiro* — February 1, 2007 @ 11:48 pm