Letters from Iwo Jima is the story of a group of Japanese soldiers fueled by the love for their country, who attempt to defend a key strategic defense point of their country at all possible costs. The movie also focuses on the stories of some of the major characters.
One thing is for certain-- Letters from Iwo Jima is one of the greatest war movies ever made. It is also quite cool that this time, the Japanese are made protagonists, which breaks the banality of World War II-based films. It is also outstanding that Clint Eastwood was able to direct characters who speak a language different from his. It's just astounding.
It is inevitable that war films like Letters from Iwo Jima have the highly-pumped action scenes and sequences. However, Iwo Jima does not rely on this to make it through to the end. Iwo Jima pushed each and every actor to the best of their acting abilities, and definitely had the viewers empathizing. Every line in the film has emotion-- and it is no hyperbole whatsoever.
Another thing that makes watching Letters from Iwo Jima worthwhile is that the stories of the characters are introduced with faded flashbacks. I found the move intelligent and enriching to the movie.
I cried a little because the deaths of the soldiers were just heart-wrenching. Unlike other war movies, where the soldier dies and the viewer goes "OK. Like, who's that guy who died?", Iwo Jima gives a reason that every soldier who is killed is remembered by the viewers. From Saigo's friend who committed grenade hara-kiri up to General Kuribayashi's dramatic pistol-in-the-chest death-- all of them are characters worth remembering. Even Uranus the Horse's death seemed a little tear-jerking. A little confession (whisper) I cried the most when Baron Nishi killed himself.
Letters from Iwo Jima is like any war film- there's the action-packed scenes and sequences, there's the death of several soldiers by brutal and unspeakable ways, and there's the usual friendship between the soldiers and the drama that comes when one is killed. However, Iwo Jima exceeds the usual war film by 200%, and these usual factors are magnified by Letters by Iwo Jima by the number of times it needs for the individual epithelial cells of the intestinal serosa to be seen.
Outstanding directing, outstanding acting, outstanding story-- all of these sum up to an outstanding movie. This is a war film that is so full of emotion that Pearl Harbor would have to make a run for its money!
Final say? Letters from Iwo Jima is an outstanding cinematic masterpiece that will have viewers' eyes glued to the screen. Every second is breathtaking, momentous, thrilling and emotional-- and this is no hyperbole. In my opinion, this is the greatest war movie ever made, and I stand by this.
One thing is for certain-- Letters from Iwo Jima is one of the greatest war movies ever made. It is also quite cool that this time, the Japanese are made protagonists, which breaks the banality of World War II-based films. It is also outstanding that Clint Eastwood was able to direct characters who speak a language different from his. It's just astounding.
It is inevitable that war films like Letters from Iwo Jima have the highly-pumped action scenes and sequences. However, Iwo Jima does not rely on this to make it through to the end. Iwo Jima pushed each and every actor to the best of their acting abilities, and definitely had the viewers empathizing. Every line in the film has emotion-- and it is no hyperbole whatsoever.
Another thing that makes watching Letters from Iwo Jima worthwhile is that the stories of the characters are introduced with faded flashbacks. I found the move intelligent and enriching to the movie.
I cried a little because the deaths of the soldiers were just heart-wrenching. Unlike other war movies, where the soldier dies and the viewer goes "OK. Like, who's that guy who died?", Iwo Jima gives a reason that every soldier who is killed is remembered by the viewers. From Saigo's friend who committed grenade hara-kiri up to General Kuribayashi's dramatic pistol-in-the-chest death-- all of them are characters worth remembering. Even Uranus the Horse's death seemed a little tear-jerking. A little confession (whisper) I cried the most when Baron Nishi killed himself.
Letters from Iwo Jima is like any war film- there's the action-packed scenes and sequences, there's the death of several soldiers by brutal and unspeakable ways, and there's the usual friendship between the soldiers and the drama that comes when one is killed. However, Iwo Jima exceeds the usual war film by 200%, and these usual factors are magnified by Letters by Iwo Jima by the number of times it needs for the individual epithelial cells of the intestinal serosa to be seen.
Outstanding directing, outstanding acting, outstanding story-- all of these sum up to an outstanding movie. This is a war film that is so full of emotion that Pearl Harbor would have to make a run for its money!
Final say? Letters from Iwo Jima is an outstanding cinematic masterpiece that will have viewers' eyes glued to the screen. Every second is breathtaking, momentous, thrilling and emotional-- and this is no hyperbole. In my opinion, this is the greatest war movie ever made, and I stand by this.