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In Reply to: Is this movie quite different from Flags Of Our Fathers? posted by townsend on January 29, 2007 at 17:31:35:
would have been better filmed as such. The outdoor scenes were on such a small scale. A few dozen extras. Made the enormity of the battles seem miniscule. The special effects were terrible, i.e. the ships massing in front of the beaches. Cookie-cutter cutouts. Ditto the bombers.
Two major faults, yet the film held together and because of the strong performances, it was worthwhile.
A couple of other problems: many, many Americans died on the island but we get very little actual killing of Americans by Japanese. Yes, it would have created an almost impossible barrier for the film to overcome but by omitting it, the entire movie rings quite false. We never find out how many days have passed. The length of the stand is important for a true realization of the ferocity and commitment.
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"A couple of other problems: many, many Americans died on the island but we get very little actual killing of Americans by Japanese."Not having seen the film, I can only speculate that the reason for this was because of Eastwood's intent was to view the events through the eyes of the Japanese. Certainly brave, even at this point in time. The Japanese version of events on Iwo Jima would likely be different than the U.S. version. The deaths certainly occurred, but to the Japanese, the deaths were likely not the story and the focus of Iwo Jima as they would be to the U.S. I understand that Flags of our Fathers was the same story from the American perspective, and I suspect was more detailed in the deaths that occurred.
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