Posted on 12/07/2006 12:48:25 PM PST by against_kerry
NEW YORK -- "Letters From Iwo Jima," the second of Clint Eastwood's two-part look at World War II, is the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures' pick as the best film of 2006.
Also on the list, announced Wednesday: "Flags of Our Fathers," in which Eastwood shows the aftermath of war through the eyes of the military men who raised the American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
"This is his masterpiece," NBR President Annie Schulhof said of "Letters From Iwo Jima." "I was blown away by its delicacy, the poignancy of how he talks about war. I think it's also a searing condemnation of war. It was a unique view of the Japanese side of the battle. We don't always see that."
Clint refused to show this in Flags of our fathers. Such as american soliders captured by the Japanese being tortured and multilated as they were.
Instead he concentrates on
Racism by whites against blacks and indians, portraying the flag raising on iwo jima as just a scam so america could sell war bonds, and making soliders all out to be stupid idiots for daring to fight for their country.
OK, asshole, if you have a better idea I'm all ears.
That would have been Patton.
Charging off half-cocked is FR's favorite sport.
And he was one man whose point of view contrasted that of his men and fellow officers.
"Magnificent! Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God help me, I do love it so!" -- George S. Patton
Nah, I just prefer to charge off full-cocked myself.
A great man nonetheless.
That can produce a lot of stares.
Bradley to Patton - "I do this job because I've been trained to do it. You do it because you love it."
The enemy don't seem to go for all this sh*t!!!!
http://www.aiipowmia.com/731/vivisection.html
or this:
ping
To be honest the beheading of prisoners was viewed as an honor by the Japanese tradition..............
So glad to hear this!
And all the while I was being so judgemental.
...zzzzzzz....
It's from a Japanese perspective.
Besides Clint and Oliver Stone, how many people went to see that film?
I wasn't happy with the "fiction" Clint inserted into Flags of our Fathers...it's only purpose was to portray America has a terrible country.
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