Eastwood shot this film and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) back to back to convey an emotional time in human history. The Second Great War makes for great entertainment and human connection and Iwo Jima captured this perfectly. Unfortunately, "Flags" focuses much more on the politics of the war and uses its narrative to jump between timelines, which distracts from the atrocities of the war while making it difficult to differentiate personality amongst the soldiers. Monotony set in early and, while beautiful at times, this film really lacked the punch it should have had.
Review of Flags of Our Fathers
