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Re: *** Official FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS Review Thread
I haven't read the book on which the movie is based, but I liked what I saw in the movie. I liked that it was a different kind of movie than Saving Private Ryan. While the scene of the US troops arriving on Iwo Jima bore some similarity to Ryan's famous opening, the movies vary in their intensity. Where Ryan tells the story of the D-Day invasion, Flags uses the Iwo Jima battle to tell the story of the soldiers involved. I liked how Eastwood's movie cut back and forth from the bond tour to the battle (and to the present, although there was considerably less clarity there).
Strong performances from the cast, and the picture looked great. While I doubt this is the Oscar home-run that many thought it would be, it should be remembered at Oscar time.
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