NEW TO DVD

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

Rated R

Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Ken Watanabe

Brian’s Rating 

As a general rule, movies about World War II, make strong patriotic statements and leave the audience feeling pretty good about America’s involvement in that global undertaking.  Flags Of Our Fathers, now on DVD, is careful to point out the incredible sacrifices made by American servicemen and their families during this conflict, but the film does suggest that the American public was kind of bamboozled by the US government’s version of the events which surrounded the planting of the American flag on Iwo Jima. The film is respectful of the American GI, and pays great tribute to the men who saved countless lives by giving their own, but some people are going to be a little uncomfortable with this account of how the war bonds sales machine took advantage of the situation.  But for a real cinematic treat, rent this one for home viewing and then go see Letters from Iwo Jima in a theatre.

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