Letters from Iwo Jima is one of the worst movies I've watched recently. It is slow and disjointed. It treats the characters with kids gloves. So much effort is made into making the Japanese personable that they make them saints as well. But enough about the movie.
There is an interesting idea which I picked up on while watching the movie. That is of the unstoppable American advance and how if you're on the other side, how desperate you are to stop the advance. Also, how with mechanized war there is lots of softening up, but still, you need to eventually send infantry to secure the place. Lastly, the bombing while they're dug into tunnels underneath reminds me of the Empire Strikes Back. The entire Pacific campaign also reminds me of Babylon 5 and the battle of the line, with the Terrans as the Japanese and the Minbari as the Americans.
Also, how fragile human beings are and how easily they break. Plus, how machine gun fire is used, strategically holding fire to draw them close, and then mow them down.
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