Letters from Iwo Jima

Brilliant. Simply brilliant. The acting is at its finest in this dramatic film, while the visuals are stunning. I don't know why people go see terrible movies like "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" or "HSM3". Some people just don't have... Full review

as a war,drama and tragedy movie,the script filled all the scenes with passion and classic essence,the most amazing thing in the movie that Eastwood war among the japanese themselves and didn't eclipse the other side in the other hand,and added "the... Full review

Ken Watanabe has done it again he was great in the Last Samurai now he's great in this film. What this film really shows is not just honor in the soldiers life and how bad war is. It also shows their... Full review

Clint Eastwood told the film fantastically. Ken Watanabe was great as General Kuribayashi. The perspective of the Japanese was told great and you had a feeling that these soldiers were just like us. Struggling in life, missing their families. Great film... Full review

Very well done. Ken Watanabe was great. The only thing that I felt could be better was the feel of the color. That was a personal thing on my part.... Full review

This was great you will not be dissapointed, Clint Eastwood only gets better tastefully done and I didn't mind the sub titles this did justice to the movie bravo.... Full review

Being a World War 2 reenactor myself, this movie moves me unlike many other movies have. Its this rare film that shows it accuratly through the eyes of a soldier, not of the battle. But that is the beauty of this... Full review

Overall the movie was decent minus the mandatory "bad" American soldiers scene as they excute two POW's. Of course the scene was needed to keep a balance for the "Support the troops and not the war" crowd who need to see... Full review

Anyone who faced the Japanese either as combatants or as civilian during WWII will tell you that Japanese were very brutal. War crimes committed by Nazi Geramany is often talked about; but, Japanese war crimes are often glanced over. In German... Full review

As happens all too often in our society, movies can be an attempt to wash away the sad effects of our own terrible past... This movie seems to hope to convey that Americans were no better of worse than the Japanese... Full review

A picture is worth a thousand words..... ... Full Review

Given that assemblage of talent, it was pretty hard not to get ones hopes up too high that Flags could turn out to be one hell of a great wartime drama. s best film, Letters From Iwo Jima), and it arrived with extremely high expectations, especially from me. ... Full Review

The movie is realistic and heart wrenching. Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima is a triumph, and one of the best war movies of recent years. It's actually a much more accomplished and effective movie than even Flags was. ... Full Review

Between the pithy dialogue and the retro humor which comes at the expense of big hair bands, be prepared to laugh throughout the duration of this delightful date flick. As a film about sadistic obsession, this film succeeds. ... Full Review

I won't argue against the strong filmmaking, the well-written script, nor the fine performances ( Ken Watanabe turns in another pro job). But since this is not an entertainment, escapist film, I really think you need to ask why this film is being made. ... Full Review

A picture is worth a thousand words. To director Clint Eastwood, the emblematic photograph of Allied soldiers raising the American flag on Iwo Jima was worth the labor and commitment of two feature films: "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters... ... Full Article

The best American films of the year disturbed the peace and spoke to our anxious historical moment."United 93" beat "World Trade Center" to the theaters and found precisely the right cinematic approach to an all-too-recent tragedy. ... Full Article

Like "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters From Iwo Jima" two years back, Tom Stern shot two Oscar-contending features for Clint Eastwood a few months apart using the same basic production methodology honed by Eastwood's team over the years to... ... Full Article

In the past five years, since the Academy Awards moved to late February, 19 out of the 25 best picture nominees had been seen somewhere in the world by the end of September. ... Full Article

Everybody is making lists of the questions the candidates should be asked during the debates.My question would be: What's your favorite movie? As my faithful readers all know, the answer to that question says a lot about the person... ... Full Article

War movies have always intrigued me, from classics such as All Quiet on the Western Front to Grammy Awards like Saving Private Ryan. After watching Flags of Our Father, I became intrigued about the famous battle of Iwo Jima, from... ... Full Article