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Re: "Flags of Our Fathers"

Posted by townsend (A) on November 5, 2006 at 11:53:39

In Reply to: "Flags of Our Fathers" posted by rico on November 5, 2006 at 10:26:45:

Rico, this movie just didn't do it for me. I was disappointed, like many of the forum members who discussed the movie in an earlier thread.

I think the movie made its point in the first 30 minutes. But then the audience had to hear it repeated ad nauseum for the next hour. The plot was thread bare . . .

I didn't think any of the acting was noteworthy. Philippe, who was excellent in Crash, was wasted.

The hellacious of war should have been a major plot point, but the brief combat scenes didn't communicate it. I know--the movie was based on a book, and it was about what happened to those who staged the raising of the flag when they returned to the States on a government PR campaign to sell war bonds.

I do admire Eastwood for making the mirror image of this movie, Letters from Iwo Jima, to be released next February. But for me, he missed the mark on this one.

townsend

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