Flags of our Fathers
For some reason the American critics are going mad over this movie.
A film about the myth of heroes and how they are used for another cause. In this case, a meaningless photo is heralded as a sign of hope by the American public and short of cash the treasury bring back the 3 "heroes" for a whistle stop tour of the US raising money for the war effort.
It jumped about all over the place making any sense of what was going on a hassle. Flasbacks to the battle of Iwo Jima, the tour of the US and various points in the lives of the 3 surviving member of the flag-raising group.
None of the characters were memorable enough to give a crap about.
Overall though I thought the film was pretty mediocre, too disjointed and if I never see another bloody beach storming scene in a WWII movie again i'll be very happy.
Dissapointed.
