Flags of Our Fathers 2006

good film ish but watch "Letters From Iwo Jima" Ten times better than this one.

A bit of a scattered storyline, more of a look on the story/hype of the flag rising and the homefront than the battle/war itself.
Don't forget to watch its (better) counterpart, the Japanese view: 'Letters From Iwo Jima'

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.

It's a fascinating tale that it tells, which is definitely its strongest feature. As a whole I was very interested in it, individually I don't think it's as strong but as a collective it comes out nicely. Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford and Adam Beach are the pick of the performers, though there are a load of familiar faces elsewhere - including Paul Walker, John Slattery and Jamie Bell.

Super intrigued to check out 'Letters from Iwo Jima', which Clint Eastwood & Co. released two months after this to serve as a companion piece. Hopefully that's as good as this.

Interesting story but too slow, I fell asleep 3 times

Too slow at times. It gets a little long. Otherwise correct movie