Is anyone as surprised as I am that Flags of Our Fathers is getting better reviews than The Prestige?
With the Prestige, coming on the heels of the Illusionist, I thought the former would certainly be the jewel of the magician-themed thrillers. It's Christopher Nolan after all, who reinvented the thriller genre with Memento and reinvigorated a classic movie comic franchise with Batman Begins. However, the film has been panned so far.
I have to say that I was not looking forward to Eastwood's new film, as I'm not a huge fan of Hollywood war movies, particularly ones that purport to be "the way it really was". Coupled with the trailer, which was bad, I thought Eastwood had finally slipped up (apparently he's on a roll with Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby). Yet, it is the movie that is winning the hearts of the critics for the upcoming weekend.
All that being said, the real answer is: who cares about the critics? Let's go out and see these movies and judge them for ourselves.
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