This war movie tells the Japanese side of the WWII story. A must watch for war/history freaks. And luckily unlike Jodha Akbar, it does not distort history.
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Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young teenager (Juno) makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child. She plans to bear the child for adoption and the entire movie starts from pregnancy and ends with delivery of the child.
10 replies on “Letters from Iwo Jima”
im no big fan of war movies because they glorify the winner
i saw this one http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050212/ which
i found ok – rambo though very good was a crap bunch of movies
i did want to see the first movie u mentioned because it is a rare treat
thanks for reminding me
ur a bit too late on juno… i think id reviewed it a long time ago
http://techntrek.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/juno-review/
this movie does not glorify war. in fact you will feel kind of sad after watching it.
didnt i say,
i did want to see the first movie u mentioned because it is a rare treat
thanks for reminding me
i was referring to Rambo etc the normal war movies
the glamorized bunch of movies that one hears about a lot
i have the dvd for that if you are interested.
about bridge on river Kwai… there was an indian remake starring Amitabh Bachan… and like all remakes they messed it up royally
thanks , maybe when i land up in bangalore
i have other methods to get whichever movie i want
😉
torrentspy no longer works for me, and bittorrent is able to download the torrent that i want, but i do not know how to enable the new search in it. which method do you use 🙂
btw next month I would be moving to Lucknow. its a nice city with lots of heritage and culture. If you haven’t been there then I would strongly recommend a visit. Also it is a classic example of how Hindus and Muslims can co-exist.
i generally search on mininova and then use utorrent
true the avadhi culture of the intermingling of hinduism an shia and sufi islam
moving from bangalore for good
not sure… i would be going back to student life for the next 2 years and forgoing 2 years of salary and income from stock trading, knowing that even after graduation one would earn the same is a big big investment.
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