Cruel Iwo Jima of World War II (Pacific Meat Grinder)

Kelvin 2022-11-22 13:37:13

I saw this film on Tencent Video, and the one-sentence introduction below it says "one of the greatest World War II movies".

I don't know if it is the greatest, I just know that this film truly restores the most difficult battle in the Pacific War - the Battle of Iwo Jima. Because this battle was too many casualties and too cruel, it was also called the Pacific Ocean. Meat grinder.

The film is narrated through the painful memories of the three heroes who successfully planted the American flag on Iwo Jima, and some of the footage in the footage is truly cruel to watch, let alone experience. I sincerely hope that there will be no more wars in the world and that people of all countries can live in harmony.

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Extended Reading

Flags of Our Fathers quotes

  • [last lines]

    James Bradley: I finally came to the conclusion that he maybe he was right. Maybe there's no such thing as heroes. Maybe there are just people like my dad. I finally came to understand why they were so uncomfortable being called heroes. Heroes are something we create, something we need. It's a way for us to understand what's almost incomprehensible, how people could sacrifice so much for us, but for my dad and these men, the risks they took, the wounds they suffered, they did that for their buddies. They may have fought for their country but they died for their friends. For the man in front, for the man beside him, and if we wish to truly honor these men we should remember them the way they really were, the way my dad remembered them.

  • Franklin Sousley: So, where do you think they're sending us?

    Mike Strank: I think it's the desert, Frankllin.

    Franklin Sousley: Well, that makes no sense at all.

    Mike Strank: Well, it's just military psychology. They always train you for the desert on a volcano.

    Franklin Sousley: Aw, now you're just havin' fun with me.

    Mike Strank: Harlon, take your men right. Watch for Bedouins.

    Harlon Block: Yes, sir.

    Franklin Sousley: Hey, what's a Bedouin?

    Harlon Block: It's a guy with a camel.

    Franklin Sousley: Well, Jeez Louise, maybe we *are* going to the desert.