Finally went to see Clint Eastwood's new movie "Flags of Our Fathers" tonight. It came out about a month ago with high hopes going into awards season only to sink like a rock at the box office.
The movie is about the story behind the iconic WWII photo of soldiers planting the American flag on Iwo Jima. On a bigger level it's about the use of propaganda to rally the American public behind war.
It's an OK movie, but sure seems like it's timing is horrible. With such uncertainty over the Iraq War right now, who wants to learn American's emotions over the last "good" war were manipulated.
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