Feinder -> RE: Letters From Iwo Jima on AMC tonight (2/19/2008 6:15:54 PM)
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I thought Letters was pretty good. I liked it more than Flags of our Fathers, simply because it was more about the battle, than in Flags, half of it was about the demons they faced afterwards. Not to minimize either of those points. But I thought Letters was good, because it's -very- difficult to do a different perspective, no matter how hard you try. I think Eastwood actually did do a good job of creating (mostly) sympathetic characters. My thought on it was, "You guys are bastages. Your situation sucks. And I understand that you're trying to live by that whole Code of Bushido thing. But our guys aren't Code of BS, and if you look down on us for it, then so be it. And when your world collapses on you, don't ask me for sympathy (and I understand you won't give me any either. So that being the case, there is no "agree to to disagree" and our guys are just going to have to kill you. Sucks to be you." But from perspective, I think it did well as Japanese perception. I also think it was valuable to raise awaremenss in Japan. I actually found the commentary -after- the DVD very disturbing, that most of the actors and youth of Japan had no idea that there was even a war with the US. -F-
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