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."
I saw the movie and thought it was pretty good. I personally feel the Japanese military was subhuman but not all the Japanese. The only mistake I saw in the movie was when the dud round landed next to the guy dumping the honey pail. The color coding was wrong on the projectile and the rotating bands were not engraved, meaning it had not been fired.
Just saw "Letters From Iwo Jima", this weekend. I thought the movie was generally well done.
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