Chinese New Year is over.

Watched Just Follow Law today.

Surprise. Surprise.

I admit I have never been a fan of Singapore production. Have been doing "avoidance learning" on local films - as in avoiding them so as not to learn.

But it's not so bad. Is full of Singapore flavour.

Talking about movies, there's two MUST WATCH if you are a fan of war films:

Letters from Iwo Jima

Synopsis:
Academy Award nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Batman Begins”) stars as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the American-educated general who courageously led the Japanese resistance to the massive American onslaught of the island of Iwo Jima.

Flags of our Fathers

Synopsis:
In February, 1945, one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific theater of World War II occurs on the tiny island of Iwo Jima. Thousands of Marines attack the stronghold maintained by thousands of Japanese, and the slaughter on both sides is horrific. Early in the battle, an American flag is raised atop the high point, Mount Suribachi, and a photograph of the raising becomes an American cause celebre. As a powerful inspiration to war-sick Americans, the photo becomes a symbol of the Allied cause.

The three surviving flag raisers, Rene Gagnon, John Bradley, and Ira Hayes, are whisked back to civilization to help raise funds for the war effort. But the accolades for heroism heaped upon the three men are at odds with their own personal realizations that thousands of real heroes lie dead on Iwo Jima, and that their own contributions to the fight are only symbolic and not deserving of the singling out they are experiencing. Each of the three must come to terms with the honors, exploitation, and grief that they face simply for being in a photograph.


By the way, both films are directed by Clint Eastwood.

Thought that it would be interesting to see how he portray the Japanese perspective and American perspective.

Right... I know I shouldn't impose my own interest on others. But I am a big fan of historical films.

Er hem... and being kinda subtle about it...


BAND OF BROTHERS!
SCHINDLER LIST!
PIANIST!
PATRIOT! (Er. is that historical?)

Alright.

Subtlety in check.