Posted my 8th pick Letters from Iwo Jima. I don't get people that dislike this movie because it didn't show any war atrocities by the Japanese. Yes the Japanese committed many atrocities during the war and even a couple during the battle for Iwo Jima but I don't see how including one of them would have made it a better movie. Also for the most part it was a one sided battle since you had 100,000 Americans 2/3 of which where battle hardened Marines fighting against 22,000 under-equipped Japanese. Only 1,083 Japanese troops survived the battle. The American side suffered 6,821 casualties and 20,000 wounded. The fact is by the time the events in Letters from Iwo Jima and Graves of the Fireflies unfold the Japanese where pretty much defeated. Now on to a fun fact and clue about my next movie the F bomb gets used 300 times in it.
