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Nov 29, 2007 · Eastwood’s two-film project is one of the most visionary of all efforts to depict the reality and meaning of battle. The battle scenes, alternating between closeup combat and awesome aerial shots of the bombardment and landing, are lean, violent, horrifying.
Harrowing World War II drama isn't for kids. Read Common Sense Media's Flags of Our Fathers review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Clint Eastwood
- Cynthia Fuchs
- Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford, Ryan Phillippe
Nov 24, 2006 · Flags Of Our Fathers. Let’s start with an understatement — Clint Eastwood is very good at what he does. You know, laying into American myth. Deconstructing purple sentiment. Running a dirty...
Flags of our Fathers cuts back and forth between the bloody battle scenes and the publicity that was to follow at home, battlefield explosions mimicked by exploding fireworks at fundraising rallies. But what seems like a clever idea is barely enough to sustain over two hours of film.
Flags of our Fathers follows the lives of three surviving members who raised the flag in 1945 atop Mount Suribachi and how the government used these three individuals and the media in an effort to spark interest in selling war bonds to the American public.
Oct 20, 2006 · Feb 9, 2022. A nicely crafted war film. I wasn't overly invested in what was happening onscreen, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I still found 'Flags of Our Fathers' to be a very good and a very interesting story from the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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Oct 16, 2006 · Flags of Our Fathers is a film of awesome power and blistering provocation. An amazing feat, since Eastwood is tied to the nonfiction best seller that James Bradley wrote about his father,...
