Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Letters from Iwo Jima
We're into Oscar season, so I'm trying to cram in a few more movies. Consequently the reviews will be more frequent but shorter.
I was disappointed with this film. It is a good movie by all standards - well written, well acted, good production values.
But it was too soon after Flags of Our Fathers. My reaction was "Oh, another war movie. Oh boy."
War is hell. No matter what side of the battle you are on, war seems senseless when you are in the midst of it. That's the whole message of this movie. Not exactly original. This movie has nothing more to say on the subject that hasn't been said a million times in a million other war movies. The only difference is that they say it in Japanese.
Definitely worth seeing, but I wasn't blown away.
posted by Mentok @ 6:43 PM,
