StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

adonis98-743-186503 The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II. Flags of Our Fathers is another example of how Clint Eastwood struggles as a Director, he puts all those famous people to portray these characters but he doesn't develop them at all, the pacing is horrible and the film as a whole is boring and despite his solid direction half of the film is people screaming to each other, talking to each, talking about the flag and America and some war sequences that drag without the dramatic depth that it requires. Overall one of Eastwood's most overrated and boring films 'American Sniper' was a whole lot better. (0/10)

jovana-13676 Remember those old wartime films with all star casts and optimistic plots? Well, forget about all that. Clint Eastwood will show you war as it is: pure hell with limbs and heads and guts flying around. And don't kid yourself that those who come back home can actually enjoy it. This film is impossible to enjoy. The best part is the ending - after the credits roll. And you can actually sit through the credits because the beautiful music and photography will heal the shell shock caused by some of the previous scenes.

visiondive After raising of first flag, it was decided to raise a second flag that was bigger so it could be seen by everyone, including the Naval ships off shore. The picture was taken simply as a recruiting poster, How ever every photo journalist in the world still considers it to be (72 years later) the most famous photograph ever taken. One pf the original copies hangs in the Marine's Memorial Hotel in San Francisco, California. It was originally presented to the San Francisco Press Club. Still a mystery{ Where is the original flag?

Marc Israel The fabrication of a cure to what ails us and the device used to push that image can be intoxicating to each other. In Flags of Our fathers, the film is meant to show the conflict of that existence and the effects of those unwillingly cast into the leading role. Kudos to Mr. Eastwood for telling the story. I just wish I could sink my teeth into the characters more. I feel as if I went to a buffet only to relish quality over quantity. The war scenes were engrossing but the leading men showed their character that they already had. They were the same person from beginning to the end and the end is a sad story, as all war is. If we were able to truly be encapsulated by only only one of those characters, like Daniel Day Lewis' Bill "The Butcher" Cutting in Gangs of New York, then the history lesson can play out on another level. Editing a film to be non-linear doesn't make it more intriguing in this case, only a bit confusing considering the different narratives and no one character to rally around. Our Corpsman, wannabe Hero and drunken Indian come across as victims to time and place, like all war fatalities.