Capo
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Post by Capo on Apr 7, 2007 13:40:58 GMT
Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood 2006 USA At the battle of Iwo Jima, several American soldiers are made famous by erecting the US flag atop the conquered hill. Spielberg's executive producer credit brings up several starting points: the washed-out greens and greys of the battle scenes not only resemble the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, but sometimes feel like lame imitations; like Speilberg, too, Eastwood is in dire need of a good editor, because as it stands, he cannot for the life of him finish a film. This starts off well enough, with a flashback that propels the narrative into a kind of multiple-angled recollection of the same event, and it does at times look gorgeous (visually, it's his most impressive film), with many POV shots, from the ground and from planes, making it feel like a Medal of Honor videogame; but Eastwood's insistance on a voiceover to lend emotional resonance and narrative closure, both of which are not even needed, ruins any potential for lasting effect.
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