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**PackerfanXD** · 10-20-2006, 10:37 PM

Save your money and rent it.

I was so jazzed to see this movie only to find out that it is a crappy movie dotted by (not enough) cool war scenes. A total disappointment.

AwPhuch · 10-20-2006, 10:52 PM

Overall how was it...was it fairly accurate or liberalized by HollyWierd?

I still refuse to watch Jarhead, just from the stuff I heard others say about it

**PackerfanXD** · 10-20-2006, 10:55 PM

The whole movie was about the raising the flag photo and war bonds. It was fairly accurate as I understand it, but not a good movie.

Flags of Our Fathers left this reviewer...cold.

**beardman2** · 10-20-2006, 11:06 PM

I got the book at costco a week or so ago. I have a habbit of collecting really good books I don't get around to. It will be a while before I get to this one. I'm on an early pre-american history kick currently.

nightraider · 10-21-2006, 12:02 AM

Thats too bad. All the reviews I read on it basically called it ho-hum also.

Mark M · 10-21-2006, 05:23 AM

I'm waiting to see how the movie actually plays out once it's been out a while.
I understand what it's supposed to be about, and the hype has you believe that it's a "gung ho" movie about how great our military is in time of war when they are severely tested.

HOWEVER, I harbor this "suspicion" that it's really a Leftist, Liberal, anti-war movie dressed up to look like something else.

I haven't seen it, so I can't say. I'm just sittin' here wondering...

Mark

bkelm18 · 10-21-2006, 01:42 PM

The book wasn't really about the battle of Iwo Jima, sure, a lot of the book took place there, but it was more about how one photograph changed these people's lives and encouraged a nation at war.

VAXDGUY · 10-21-2006, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by beardman2

I got the book at costco a week or so ago. I have a habbit of collecting really good books I don't get around to. It will be a while before I get to this one. I'm on an early pre-american history kick currently.

James Bradley's second book (Flyboys) is even more interesting from a historical point of view if you can get past his gimmicky writing techniques and his secondary thesis of "When it came to atrocities in the Pacific the Americans really didn't have the moral high ground that we'd like to think." (I learned some things about what the USMC did in the Philippines early in the 20th century that made my head spin.)
The way the story is woven, including the how close George H.W. Bush came to being the subject of this book instead of President, is masterfully done.
I liked it much better than FooF which I haven't read for 5 years.

MarineFlyboy · 10-21-2006, 03:13 PM

I'll be seeing it tonight so I'll chime in with what I think about it. I've been reading the book and so far its a great read.

Semper Fi

(A little moto pic I took up in D.C.)

Dustoff '68 · 10-21-2006, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by VAXDGUY

James Bradley's second book (Flyboys) is even more interesting from a historical point of view if you can get past his gimmicky writing techniques and his secondary thesis of "When it came to atrocities in the Pacific the Americans really didn't have the moral high ground that we'd like to think." (I learned some things about what the USMC did in the Philippines early in the 20th century that made my head spin.)
The way the story is woven, including the how close George H.W. Bush came to being the subject of this book instead of President, is masterfully done.
I liked it much better than FooF which I haven't read for 5 years.

....we would like the world to think we do, but we really suck at covering up our dirty laundry...especially when we are caught....My Lai (beaucoup fotos), Abu Ghraib (more unsavory fotos).....

10-20-2006, 10:37 PM	#1
PackerfanXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ground zero of the invasion Posts: 7,161 Blog Entries: 1	Flags of our Fathers Save your money and rent it. I was so jazzed to see this movie only to find out that it is a crappy movie dotted by (not enough) cool war scenes. A total disappointment. __________________ The wealthiest nation in the world with the mightiest army man has ever assembled could not stop them. http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...00-358890.html Welcome to the Socialist States of Barakistan An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. -Author unknown.

10-20-2006, 10:52 PM	#2
AwPhuch XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 702	Overall how was it...was it fairly accurate or liberalized by HollyWierd? I still refuse to watch Jarhead, just from the stuff I heard others say about it __________________ "If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. " ~ Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ./S99 LinuxRevolution start Si vis pacem, para bellum

10-20-2006, 10:55 PM	#3
PackerfanXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ground zero of the invasion Posts: 7,161 Blog Entries: 1	The whole movie was about the raising the flag photo and war bonds. It was fairly accurate as I understand it, but not a good movie. Flags of Our Fathers left this reviewer...cold. __________________ The wealthiest nation in the world with the mightiest army man has ever assembled could not stop them. http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...00-358890.html Welcome to the Socialist States of Barakistan An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. -Author unknown.

10-20-2006, 11:06 PM	#4
beardman2 XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,955	I got the book at costco a week or so ago. I have a habbit of collecting really good books I don't get around to. It will be a while before I get to this one. I'm on an early pre-american history kick currently. __________________ - He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. ~Thomas Paine I will not be involved with the dreams of angry men. Founding Documents Freedom isn't free: http://www.anysoldier.com

10-21-2006, 01:42 PM	#7
bkelm18 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Oak Ridge, TN Posts: 1,155	The book wasn't really about the battle of Iwo Jima, sure, a lot of the book took place there, but it was more about how one photograph changed these people's lives and encouraged a nation at war. __________________ The United States Constitution (c)1791. All Rights Reserved. Welcome to Tennessee, patron state of shootin' stuff.

10-21-2006, 12:02 AM	#5
nightraider XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,483	Thats too bad. All the reviews I read on it basically called it ho-hum also.

10-21-2006, 05:23 AM	#6
Mark M XDTalk Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 81	I'm waiting to see how the movie actually plays out once it's been out a while. I understand what it's supposed to be about, and the hype has you believe that it's a "gung ho" movie about how great our military is in time of war when they are severely tested. HOWEVER, I harbor this "suspicion" that it's really a Leftist, Liberal, anti-war movie dressed up to look like something else. I haven't seen it, so I can't say. I'm just sittin' here wondering... Mark

10-21-2006, 03:13 PM	#9
MarineFlyboy XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 368	I'll be seeing it tonight so I'll chime in with what I think about it. I've been reading the book and so far its a great read. Semper Fi (A little moto pic I took up in D.C.) __________________ I come in peace, I didn't bring artillery. But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes: If you *** with me, I'll kill you all.* Marine General James Mattis

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