Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006) by Patc. — 07 Nov 2006
A little obtuse in some of the domestic scenes, and the splicing of time-era scenes borders on the sloppy, but otherwise this project always has its heart in the right place. An unflinching bluff-call of the way our media abuses the word "hero".
Also a welcome if slightly overstated reminder of why we refer to the people of that time as our greatest generation - our parents who in their millions quietly accepted a duty to country and, despite the distraction of shameless and irrepressible opportunists, lifted our country to the top of the geopolitical food chain.
It's the obscure folk who live and die by the rules and play on the beach if given the chance, not the dominators and celebrities and mobsters, who advance civilization.
This review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006) was written by Patc. on 07 Nov 2006.
Flags of Our Fathers has generally received positive reviews.
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