All my examples got said already, but I did have a thought about "Wind Talkers" being an interesting example because it was directed by John Woo, of Asian action flick fame. The movie seemed to me to be a deliberate homage to older big budget WWII films--maybe "Sands of Iwo Jima" with John Wayne, because Wayne's character is killed in that movie, as Nicolas Cage's is in "Wind Talkers." I find it interesting that Woo made the choices he did.
Cage was the biggest star in the movie, but I think it's really about Adam Beach's character; it ends with him.
Another interesting bit: at one point, Adam Beach (Yahzee, I think?) pretends to be Japanese as a ruse in the midst of battle, and it works.
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Fri, May. 18th, 2007 12:58 pm (UTC)Cage was the biggest star in the movie, but I think it's really about Adam Beach's character; it ends with him.
Another interesting bit: at one point, Adam Beach (Yahzee, I think?) pretends to be Japanese as a ruse in the midst of battle, and it works.