Get ready for the inevitable Letters From Iwo Jima backlash. Clint Eastwood‘s film having won Best Picture trophies from two high-profile orgs — one reputable, one not so much — provides incentive for those who respected/ admired it but didn’t think it was greatest thing since sliced bread to go on the attack. As CHUD’s Devin Faraci wrote earlier today, “If Letters From Iwo Jima is setting up a sweep, I’m going to hug a hand grenade.”
