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Flags Of Our Fathers [2006]
from Warner Home Video
starring Paul Walker, Robert Patrick, Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Adam Beach
directed by Clint Eastwood

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• A Thought Provoking Film
  "Flags of Our Fathers' is a thought provoking historical film. It consists of two basic segments, scenes of the battle for Iwo Jima and the story of the War Bond Tour on which the survivors were sent.
  The battle scenes are excellent. They skillfully depict the horrors which must be war. The Bond Tour segments tell a different story about how the "heroes" were treated by others and how they viewed themselves.
  This movie is thought provoking in that it makes the viewer consider the nature and... more info

• Flagging a dead horse
  Although beautifully shot and based on a true story of a fearsome and bloody battle, this film manages to be confused, overly long and distracted by the rather marginal question: "Were the Marines in the famous photograph of flag-raising on Iwo Jima actually the ones who put the flag up?"
  The action chops and changes irritatingly between different times and the characters are not well-rooted enough for us to be quite sure who is who. When you put these two failings together, it is hard to keep track of... more info

• Fairly Average
  This film is well directed and the battle scenes in particular are vivid and real. Some of the acting is also very good making the film worth watching. However like with its partner, letters from Iwa Jima, the story carrying the action and overall commentory of the battle for Iwa Jima is slightly poor. Only one of the characters (the doctor played by Ryan Phillipe) is actually likeable and Indian character is such a mess I stopped having any sympathy with him quite early on.
  Over all its worth a watch,... more info

• A Mixed Bag
  I felt a bit let down by this film. Why? Well, here goes. The film is comprised of scenes from the battle at Iwo Jima and scenes from after the battle (where survivors from the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima picture are travelling around America in an attempt to convince the public to buy war bonds to keep America in the war.). The Iwo Jima scenes are very well done (I tried my best not to keep comparing them to Private Ryan as I do not think it was Eastwood's aim) but strangely I found myself relieved... more info

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