Review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006) by Jasonj. — 29 Nov 2006
The obvious benchmark in the genre is Saving Private Ryan and this movie fails in the most fundamental way in comparison. You do not care about the characters at all. I've never seen so much forced crying on screen.
At the end of SPR, the characters were all developed so well that you cared about everyone... a great deal. Someone needs to make a good war epic about the war in the pacific. Pearl Harbor was bad. Thin Red Line was mediocre.
It's an open canvas.
This review of Flags of Our Fathers (2006) was written by Jasonj. on 29 Nov 2006.
Flags of Our Fathers has generally received positive reviews.
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