Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="06dd8c02dduajq.jpg"> <div>                                                   </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="204990e20.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Judy & Lutz Perschon</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Judy Lutz Perschon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >back to</FONT>  <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><B>At The Movies With Lutz</B></U></A></div> <div> Flags of Our Fathers (2006)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="758" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 153 WIDTH="746"><div> Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bob Longino says:  <I>"A unique, challenging look at World War II -- from the battlefield of Iwo Jima to hero worship on the homefront." </I>  This is a hard movie all the way around.  A realistic look at war.  There's no glory here, and it's based on true stories of the soldiers, that were involved with the flag raising on Mount Suribachi.   One thing I liked about this movie was it stayed very real, unlike Pearl Harbour toward the end.  But that means walking out feeling sad and somewhat disillusioned.  Probably should be seen on the big screen to give the full effect of the big scenes.  It was also well acted and well shot.  Worth seeing to remind us of the price some paid to sustain our freedoms.  Rated <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" >R for sequences of graphic war violence and carnage, and for language.   Leave the young children at home.</FONT> </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 51 WIDTH="746"><div> Lutz's Rating <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> Judy's Rating <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 164 WIDTH="746"><div> <B>Storyline From Yahoo: </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" >February 1945. Even as victory in Europe was finally within reach, the war in the Pacific raged on. One of the most crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo Jima, which culminated with what would become one of the most iconic images in history: five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi. The inspiring photo capturing that moment became a symbol of victory to a nation that had grown weary of war and made instant heroes of the six American soldiers at the base of the flag, some of whom would die soon after, never knowing that they had been immortalized. But the surviving flag raisers had no interest in being held up as symbols and did not consider themselves heroes; they wanted only to stay on the front with their brothers in arms who were fighting and dying without fanfare or glory. 'Flags of Our Fathers' is based on the best selling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers, which chronicled the battle of Iwo Jima and the fates of the flag raisers and some of their brothers in Easy Company.</FONT></div> <div> <B>Ratings: Critics  B+    Users  B+</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>