I was interested in seeing Flags of Our Fathers, in high school and college, for my history classes, WWII was the most interesting subject and I've always loved learning about the different battles and historic moments of that time. The men who raised the flag at Iwo was something I never had an opportunity to study, I was lucky enough in junior high to see the statue in Washington, D.C., but I never understood what it meant, that's why I was looking forward to Flags of Our Fathers. I was interested in what the flag truly meant to the people and I'd say that Flags of Our Fathers was a great story to tell.
As I stated, one of the most memorable pictures of WWII was the men raising the American flag in victory. But do we know who those men were? What they were thinking about when they raised the flag? Was the flag staged? How did the men feel being called heroes coming home when they just witnessed so many of their friends being slaughtered? What makes a hero and could we really say who was the good and who was the bad of every war?
Flags of Our Fathers showed what we are still living with to this day, with the war in Iraq, we are very quick to call every soldier a hero, but sort of like Ira said in the movie "I was just dodging bullets", I don't think we could ever understand what these men went through and what it must have been like coming home to everyone applauding them when they just lost their brother or best friend, then being forgot after a while. While this isn't the best WWII movie, I don't think it's one to be missed, so please do give this movie a look, I think people need to understand what these men have gone through.
7/10
As I stated, one of the most memorable pictures of WWII was the men raising the American flag in victory. But do we know who those men were? What they were thinking about when they raised the flag? Was the flag staged? How did the men feel being called heroes coming home when they just witnessed so many of their friends being slaughtered? What makes a hero and could we really say who was the good and who was the bad of every war?
Flags of Our Fathers showed what we are still living with to this day, with the war in Iraq, we are very quick to call every soldier a hero, but sort of like Ira said in the movie "I was just dodging bullets", I don't think we could ever understand what these men went through and what it must have been like coming home to everyone applauding them when they just lost their brother or best friend, then being forgot after a while. While this isn't the best WWII movie, I don't think it's one to be missed, so please do give this movie a look, I think people need to understand what these men have gone through.
7/10