Flags Of Our Fathers Movie

[csv8]

This is a great war movie. Eastwood and Speilburg have made a great movie on the raising of the flag on IWO JIMA and what happened to the flag raisers. I have seen the Memorial in Arlington and if you drive around the Memorial anti-clockwise, it gives the illusion the flag is being raised.
Battle scenes are graphic and well done.
I would give it 4 out of 5.

[satria]

i have NEVER fallen asleep in a movie at the cinemas......NEVER.

i lasted about 30mins until i was (uncomfortably) snoozing for however long the rest of the movie went lol

*cough* great movie *cough*

PS: i love war movies, so this one imo was crap :P

[merlin]

Hmm I have been holding off seeing this one as movies directed by Eastwood do seem to be a snoozefest. Also from the reviews it seemed there was a lot of "back story" and not many fighting scenes - is this true?

[csv8]

Its not Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers. Its the story of the flag raisers on Iwo Jima and what happened to them. The battle scenes would be 50% of the movie. The book is a good read, film follows the book, so read the book first. Which is what I did. I was pleased with the movie.
Its a true story which is what I like.

[kooky]

I found it very entertaining

Also saw "the Prestige" last night, great flick ;)

[Aussie Falcon]

I have been to that Marine Corps memorial (it's proper name) and it's worth a visit as is the rest of the rest of the memorials, buildings and museums in DC.
I wasn't aware of that fact you mentioned. I do remember it was a very very long walk to get there from the National Mall especially on a hot summer day.

[4.9 EF Futura]

Saw the shorts for it last night, looks like its worth a watch... but not sure if it's the kind of film i want to see at a cinema. Certainly a story that i want to learn about.

Might wait for it on DVD and watch this one at home.

[csv8]

Originally Posted by Aussie Falcon

I have been to that Marine Corps memorial (it's proper name) and it's worth a visit as is the rest of the rest of the memorials, buildings and museums in DC.
I wasn't aware of that fact you mentioned. I do remember it was a very very long walk to get there from the National Mall especially on a hot summer day.

I only know that because I went on a tour and the tour guide showed us.
It is quite eerie to see it.

[Doctor Sodways]

I went and saw it because my girlfriend wanted to, originally i asked to see jackass or something, but im glad i went,it was a great movie, i was expecting it to be boring as i knew noting about it, but a good watch. A little long winded, but not bad overall, still would have preferred jackass though, or saw

[Peuty]

A little long winded, though I went and saw it with my brother in Southbank last weekend, and we both enjoyed it very much. I think it is a movie that you would need to know the background to to get the full story out of it, if that makes sense.