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Flags of Our Fathers [Blu-ray]
Flags of Our Fathers [Blu-ray]
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2Iwo Jima
3Movie before reading Book was confusing, Dramatized relatively Silent Battle scenes are Not satisfactory. What did you expect ?
2The Flag Raising and Afterwards
5Flags of Our Fathers
10%Worst War Movie I've Seen
5Flags of Our fathers
5Flags of our Father's
41%Harrowing
41%good, but not great
21%1.5 stars out of 4
51%Read the Book but Movie was Better
31%Flags of our Fathers
21%Ambitious but dull
50%Captures the sacrifices of the Vets
31%Falls a little short
5FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
10%What was the Message?
51%Beautiful!
50%I cracked it
51%2nd to Saving Private Ryan
51%Flags of Our Fathers
31%Good war film footage but narrative flow was confusing
31%Worthy effort, scattershot result
41%A Thought Provoking Film
41%outstanding
51%Flag raising X2
41%despite its flaws a moving film
41%An Attempt to Make a Great War Movie
51%History on Film
51%The best recent war movie made.
51%BEST MILITARY MOVIE IN YEARS!!!!!!!
10%A Gross Distortion of History that besmirches American character
31%I Am Not Confused
51%Even Heroes Can Be Casualties. . .
31%a decent film about the greatest generation
40%Not Perfect
21%dissapointed in film
31%A Great Film If You Can Tolerate the Flashbacks
41%Good intentions but mixed results
51%Flags of our Fathers
51%Incredible
41%A Historical Event That Did Not Happen As Portrayed
31%To walk all over the United States
21%Dumb
31%Didn't know what it wanted to be when it grew up
51%Own it! great for memory our history and excellent demo show off!
51%Outstanding movie
51%War Up Close and Personal
20%Flags of Our Fathers DVD
51%a must see
51%Best War Movie
40%War Fallout!!!
31% Not a FUBAR but definately a SNAFU.
40%Mythbusting For Good Or Ill
51%Flags of our father
41%Defining Moment
10%Difficult.
41%Time Bandits
10%The raising of the flag should be an event best left to history.
30%Found it high quality but boring
41%THROUGH A SOLDIERS EYES!!
51%Important film for all generations
51%The Hidden Side of The Flag Raising on Iwo Jima
51%OUTSTANDING!!!! Simply Outstanding!
51%Compelling and Riveting
20%Good War Action, Poor Movie Overall
51%Another Eastwood Anti-War Film of Heroism & its Consequences
51%very good
40%Clint Eastwood's multilayered study of heroism
51%image and reality
30%Not as good as...
10% A globdiferous film
10%Great Expectations Unfulfilled
51%The American Way
41%2nd Film is better but this has its merits
30%Too much bouncing around
20%BORING AND DEPRESSING
41%Flags of Our Fathers (HD DVD) Review by Justin Sluss
10%Simle Review
11%Anti-War film with some fighting
11%Pure Hollywood dreck
11%Terrible
20%Pretty boring
21%Revisionist Hooey
31%Doesn't Quite Merit a Salute
51%A frightening look
11%Terrible War Movie!
11%worst war movie in a long time
31%Could have been much better
41%Quadrupple irony
31%Great movie
21%The height of boredom
51%MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN. THE FORGOTTEN AND THEIR RAGGED WAR MEMORIALS
31%Desecration
41%Though not a masterpiece, a movie worth watching
31%Premise of the film derails to easily
51%Very good and historical...
41%Confusing, but thoughtful
30%Mr
51%Outstanding
31%What is a Hero?
31%Not the success it should have been...
20%I didn't like this movie
51%A Good movie
51%Clint Eastwood as a director is worth Gold...
41%We Need Our Heroes But Our Heroes Need Us More
51%The politics of war
31%Not as good as the book
41%Excellent Movie
11%good cinamatography
31%More flag waving, please
11%ZZZZZZZ
41%Flags Of Our Fathers
41%Heroes Are Manufactured, Soldiers Are Not
51%EXCELLENT!
41%But Have We?
41%good dvd
41%Aggrandizement of the Battle of Iwo Jima
51%GREAT MOVIE!!! EVERYONE SHOULD SEE
31%Read the book then see the movie
51%Very Good Movie
41%Reality
31%Entertaining
31%Not as good as I hoped
10%Fags of Our Eastwood
40%Good film, better book
41%Eastwood directs a masterpiece
31%Excellent Battle Scenes
21%Awfully direction mixed with bad storyline mixed with fantastic acting
21%Read the Book - Skip the Movie
51%Flags of Our Fathers
41%Great movie with a moving story
31%Needs to be watched sveral times
51%Much better than I expected!
41%book is better
31%Flags of Our Fathers : Falls Short
51%Flags of Our Fathers
31%good but could have been better
20%Flags of Our Fathers
41%Flags
51%THE REAL IWO JIMA STORY
41%Flags of Our Fathers
20%Flags of Our Fathers
41%A different view of a time of war
31%Left out so much interesting - and pertinent - material
51%Flags of our Fathers
41%Flags of Our Fathers
40%Nice, but flawed film
41%Not a "war" movie in the usual sense
31%Flags is Ok
11%A disappointing portrait of Iwo Jima
51%Saddle up boys, lock and load
51%Flags of Our Fathers
41%Good war film.
41%Great film, poignant, moving filled, great take by Clint Eastwood
41%Flags of our Fathers
51%Flags of our Fathers
21%Wasn't that great.
41%Read the book first...
40%the real story of the twin towers
41%Great, a little flawed picture.
51%falg of our fathers
41%Iwo Jima
41%informative, disjointed
51%Stupendous !
50%Excellent acting! All in all an excellent movie.
51%I Don't Even Like War Movies, But This Was Great...
10%Movie was an insult to any service men and especially Indians.
41%Three survivors who found out that "easy" duty can be very hard
51%Loved it
51%EXCELLENT WWII MOVIE
11%Constant flashbacks make it difficult to follow and to be engaged with the movie
41%Eastwood's Impeccable Craftsmanship Triumphs Over Overly Ambitious Story Structure
41%Defining Heroism
31%Good movie, horrible DVD
51%Flags of Our Fathers
51%Flags Of Our Fathers
11%I could not even finish the film
11%Great Story Marred by Poor Direction and Script
30%OK - but they should have stuck closer to the book
51%Very vivid
41%They're all heroes
51%Though they fought for their country, they died for their fellow soldiers!!!
31%Fabulous Book But A Mediocre Movie
21%A disappointing film that fails to live up to the potential of its great theme
31%Worth Seeing, But Just Average
11%very surprised...
51%Direction was Phenomenal
21%A Propaganda Piece
41%Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
41%"Everybody saw that damn picture and made up their own story about it."
30%Marines storm up the Beach of Iwo Jima and Prepare
30%Flags of Our Fathers
31%Make my Day!!!!
21%With absolutely ZERO emotional breadth, the full film adds nothing you didn't already get from the trailer.
40%Good story, great action but emotion is missing
21%needs a history vs. hollywood segment
41%What is a hero?
31%Beautiful movie, but bare-bones DVD
41%A Film that Polarizes the Audience: Intention Versus Impact
31%Needed More On The Characters/Men
51%FROM A VIETNAM VETERAN.................
10%A Movie that Soils True American Heroes.
50%Best Picture of the Year
31%Do not buy this DVD!
51%They Fought For Their Country, But Died For Their Friends
51%Flags Of Our Fathers DVD
31%Less
50%I was very impressed!
30%admirable but deeply flawed war movie
41%A Bit of A Disappointment
31%Great film - wait for the combo with letters from Iwo Jima
21%No Extras
41%Don't expect an action movie...
41%close...... but
51%Real People, in a Real War
51%good movie
51%The Film of the Year that You Missed!
51%Is there an "ultimate edition" planned?
51%Great Personalities
51%One of the best
51%Enjoyment of this or other movies
11%Could have been a great movie but.......
51%I thought this film was beautiful
20%Where's the rest of the movie?
51%New light on the Imo Jima flag-raising photo
51%Another morally complex, sad, brilliant film from Mr. Eastwood...
21%Aweful movie to great book; not Clints fault though
31%Tell me something new
41%A rambling, acceptable film
51%Read the Book FIRST!!!
41%Flawed But Still Powerful
20%mediocre, lengthy and most of all, boring
21%Flags Of Why Bother?--A Great Story And Message Derailed By A Lack Of Characterization And Obvious Tone
51%A thoughtful war film
21%The action bits were good
51%Maybe Eastwood's Best
51%A Great Story Told With Great Subtlety
40%stirring war drama
40%The Shortcomings of War
51%"Heroes are something we create."
40%Flags of ur Fathers
51%"Flags Of Our Fathers" is brilliant!
41%Thought-provoking
51%Thanks, Clint!
40%A Visually Stunning & Emotional Look At Heroism, But The War Genre Is Starting To Wear Out
51%Sets the record straight about the photo of soldiers raising the American flag at Iwo Jima
51%Easier to understand my own father
51%An Elegy to Valor....
51%A different America than the one in the history books
51%What So Proudly We Hailed
40%3 1/2 - Complicated Storytelling Mars An Otherwise Interesting Film
31%I Expected More with Dirty Harry at the Helm
50%Very true to the book
40%Eastwood's new trilogy complete with another autumnal masterpiece,
51%Not really a war film.
41%History Recreated Through Moving Images
41%Innovative approach to a difficult dramatic problem
41%Good, yet dissappointing.
41%A GOOD FILM, THOUGH A BIT DISAPPOINTING
51%A Necessary Disappointment
41%An Icon Deconstructed
41%Every Picture Tells a Story--Especially, Iwo Jima
11%A Tremendous Disappointment and a Truly Horrible Film
40%A Pretty Good Movie (Rating 8 out of 10- -4 stars)
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