watched eastwood's Flags of our Fathers and liked it. good story, nicely put together, and a nicely anonymous cast for the most part, though barry pepper in fatigues is starting to get to be a bit much for me (not that there's anything wrong with him, i just don't think i have ever seen him wearing anything else, ever). i'm really looking forward to seeing Letters from Iwo Jima when it comes out in may (which i have heard is even better).
i think the ending on this one drags on a little bit (and is a tad redundant) ~ eastwood prolly could have shaved off enough of it to bring it in closer to the 2-hour mark. but i will say this: that scene where they go into the cave to see what the Japanese have done to Iggy seals in my mind that clint eastwood really knows what he's doing as a filmmaker and is easily up there among the other greats. it's an amazing moment ~ best in the whole movie and certainly one of the most powerful shots i've seen in a film.
so, thumbs up in spite of a bit of drag. very anxious to see the sequel ~

i think the ending on this one drags on a little bit (and is a tad redundant) ~ eastwood prolly could have shaved off enough of it to bring it in closer to the 2-hour mark. but i will say this: that scene where they go into the cave to see what the Japanese have done to Iggy seals in my mind that clint eastwood really knows what he's doing as a filmmaker and is easily up there among the other greats. it's an amazing moment ~ best in the whole movie and certainly one of the most powerful shots i've seen in a film.
so, thumbs up in spite of a bit of drag. very anxious to see the sequel ~

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sheesh, my mind is slipping.
at least you knew him, i only know people who know people. hahahahaha ~
p.s. i am culling 19th century engravings of inuits and walruses and other blubbery things.
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Not that he'd *ever* remember me. It's always a little odd to see people I know on television or the silver screen, especially when I remember them as a volleyball playing, beer drinking goofy kind of guy....
p.s. i am culling 19th century engravings of inuits and walruses and other blubbery things.
Ooooo! Does that mean you're going ahead with the story? :D
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possibly ~ depends on my engraving findings. i've got a project in mind, though it might be infamously silly (along the lines of
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The publicity rather played up the
cheapness and mendacity of the use of
the heros but the event was honorable
and necessary...
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it mostly succeeds, i think. it's definitely flawed but a strong effort ~ and honest, i think, which is important.
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i want him to live forever. i know i'll cry when he dies.
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