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Letters From Iwo Jima' named best film of 2006 (Let me guess, another hate America film)
AP ^ | Thursday, December 7, 2006 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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."


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To: against_kerry

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.


21 posted on 12/07/2006 1:25:16 PM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: L98Fiero
HA!
22 posted on 12/07/2006 1:26:21 PM PST by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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To: against_kerry
I think it's also a searing condemnation of war.

OK, asshole, if you have a better idea I'm all ears.

23 posted on 12/07/2006 1:27:28 PM PST by HIDEK6
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To: L98Fiero
Yeah, I'm trying to think of that war movie where everyone is running around just LOVING the war. For some reason I'm drawing a blank. :)

That would have been Patton.

24 posted on 12/07/2006 1:28:32 PM PST by HIDEK6
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To: Al Gator

Charging off half-cocked is FR's favorite sport.


25 posted on 12/07/2006 1:30:12 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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To: HIDEK6

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


26 posted on 12/07/2006 1:34:38 PM PST by L98Fiero (The media is a self-licking ice-cream cone)
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To: justshutupandtakeit

Nah, I just prefer to charge off full-cocked myself.


27 posted on 12/07/2006 1:35:17 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: HIDEK6

A great man nonetheless.


28 posted on 12/07/2006 1:35:21 PM PST by L98Fiero (The media is a self-licking ice-cream cone)
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To: dfwgator

That can produce a lot of stares.


29 posted on 12/07/2006 1:36:27 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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To: L98Fiero

Bradley to Patton - "I do this job because I've been trained to do it. You do it because you love it."


30 posted on 12/07/2006 1:36:37 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: against_kerry

The enemy don't seem to go for all this sh*t!!!!


31 posted on 12/07/2006 1:41:41 PM PST by Waco
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To: EricBlair11
O.K., what about this...

http://www.aiipowmia.com/731/vivisection.html

or this:

http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter23/in021003palawan.html

34 posted on 12/07/2006 2:51:38 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: onedoug

ping


35 posted on 12/07/2006 3:09:12 PM PST by windcliff
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To: EricBlair11

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.


36 posted on 12/07/2006 3:23:36 PM PST by Grateful One
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To: windcliff

...zzzzzzz....


37 posted on 12/07/2006 7:30:50 PM PST by onedoug
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To: against_kerry

It's from a Japanese perspective.


38 posted on 12/07/2006 7:33:44 PM PST by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

Besides Clint and Oliver Stone, how many people went to see that film?


39 posted on 12/07/2006 7:35:52 PM PST by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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To: Al Gator

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.


40 posted on 12/07/2006 7:43:15 PM PST by Hildy ("Death plucks my ear and says - LIVE - I am coming.....")
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