Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Gemini Cricket]

I just got back from seeing Letters from Iwo Jima. I was blown away. I enjoyed it immensely. I think Ken Watanabe was robbed. He should have been nominated for Best Actor. He was superb. There were many levels to his character and he played them all well.

If I had to rank the Best Pic noms best to worst, they'd be in this order:

The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Queen
Little Miss Sunshine
Babel

With that being said about Iwo Jima, I'd like to just say that I think the WWII film has been played out for the time being. I think there needs to be a break. especially a break from Spielberg's take on it.

Empire of the Sun
Schindler's List
Eyes of the Holocaust
Voices from the List
Shooting War
We Stand Alone Together
Price for Peace
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
and the upcoming The Pacific War

All these films are Spielberg's take on WWII. He's diluting his take on the war by constantly focusing on it.