Flags of Our Fathers (DVD) > Reviews > "Flags" and "Letters"

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Loved it
Story	Outstanding
Characters / Performances	Outstanding
Special Effects	Outstanding
How does it compare to similar films?	Outstanding

Advantages:	Shows Human Conflict from both sides
Disadvantages:	The Horrors of War .  .  .  .

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

It is World War II. It is nearing the end of the conflict, and The Americans and the Japanese are giving each other hell. These two films, Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima tell the story of the battle of Iwo Jima, from the opposing sides.
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"Flags" tells of the story of six young men from "Easy" Company, and how a picture shot by a photographer, who incidentally, wasn't even sure he had a good shot, made them famous. They were brought back from the front line, to tour around the U.S.A and get the American Citizens to buy "War Bonds", with which the Government would fund the war effort. (God forbid they had to pay out of their own pockets)….. "Flags" is the story of what happened from the American point of view, in the Battle of Iwo Jima, and how the Americans considered it such a victory…..

But a victory at what cost is the question I was left asking myself ?? So many people lost their lives in that conflict, all about an island in the Pacific Ocean……

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"Letters" is the story about the Battle through the eyes of the Japanese. It tells of the horrors that the Japanese soldiers went through, killing themselves when they knew that defeat stared them in the face, and the horrors of what war was like under the Generals commands….. In Japanese, with English subtitles, it is not an easy film to follow, but I found that it was the better of the two films, more descriptive, and more passionate.

Clint Eastwood directs both of these fine films, and he collaborates with Steven Spielberg on both films. Clint Eastwood is a superb Director, and he really shows how it was from both sides of the conflict.

I paid £15.99 from Asda for my copy, which was a present for my husband, but it can most likely be found a little cheaper on other websites or from other supermarkets which stock DVD's.

Thanks for reading…..

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