Letters from Iwo Jima

So I saw letters from iwo jima from 2006, directed by the legendary Clint Eastwood. I have always personally hated Clint Eastwood, not because of his movies mind you, he actually is extremely talented and makes great movies especially since "unforgiven." No I hate him because he is a pretty good looking tough guy, and well to get back to what I said in that last sentence he is also really talented, intelligent, an accomplished musician, and he was mayor of Carmel California jut to give a little something back. Of course you can see why a man who's greatest accomplishment thus far has been this blog, would hate such a man. So back on track this movie was awesome. It was part of a two movie series including flags of our fathers(which I also review), about oddly enough the battle of Iwo Jima. First off this movie is beautifully shot, it is mostly done in this sort of colorful black and white (a paradox of sorts), I want to say he did this both to capture the time this movie takes place in since movies were in black in white then, and to really spotlight how desolate and bleak this island of rock seems to be, as well as the bleakness of the situation (well from a Japanese perspective). Secondly, as someone who speaks Japanese, I can say it is beautifully acted; by the way this movie is almost entirely in Japanese, except in scenes involving Americans. Finally, the story is great, it is truthful and gives us a sense of another perspective (if you are American or European). It does not portray the Japanese as evil so much as dutifully patriotic. I highly recommend this movie, though the more jingoistic of us will not appreciate the sacrifice the Japanese made as well during WWII, this is a more cerebral war movie, and one I think may possibly be a little bit of a cult classic someday.