"The Banner of the Fathers": What do heroes do with them?

Idella 2022-04-24 07:01:06

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Tell me about "The Banner of the Fathers" starring Jamie. I read a lot of movie reviews without mentioning him. Jamie also began to be able to make big director's films in the United States. Cowboy director Clint Eastwood directed this "Flag", which is better than Si's "Saving Private Ryan". It didn't win an Oscar, which may be related to the relatively tender lineup. Ryan Phillippe and a few GIs were from Wind Whisperer and GIs. Not as famous as TOM HANKS. I'll just say Jamie, his role in it is equivalent to a supporting role. He still plays with the protagonist Ryan Philip. On the battlefield, he follows Ryan's DOC everywhere to rescue the wounded, carry stretchers, and occasionally target the enemy, saying With dirty words, shoot the enemy. It's a bit like an old fried dough stick, and it's no longer a green recruit. Jamie only appears in the DOC's recollection of the war scene. In the film, DOC keeps asking iggy where are you. Iggy and doc were close comrades in the battle of Iwo Jima. They were always inseparable. DOC took good care of Iggy. There must be IGGY where DOC appeared on the camera. Although in the black and white picture, everyone looks almost ashamed, little Jamie's little white face steals the spotlight, but unfortunately the person who wrote the review of the film doesn't seem to notice him, which is really strange. The iggy played by Jamie is a symbol of DOC's memory of his comrades-in-arms recalling the war years, so when he was dying, he kept shouting iggy's name, (so cute! What is the ambiguous relationship between Jamie and Ryan Philippe? thing?) He couldn't let go of iggy either, he didn't know if he was dead or alive. Most of the film is about heroes, who is the hero in the end. Those heroes who planted the flag struggled for life after they became ordinary mortals. Are they still worthy of praise? The theme of the film is very good. A reflective film.
It is also a drama of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but what Westerners filmed is different from our main theme of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The war scenes of the Battle of Iwo Jima used black and white, and the uniforms of both sides were of the same color, blurring the boundaries of the war, and could not see the faces of the people. Unlike our Anti-Japanese War movies, killing a Japanese leader will definitely give him a few. Closeup of seconds. It's ironic that the company that DOC was in was bombed by their own planes shortly after they planted the gas flag. The soldiers died quickly and neatly, and they didn't babble about a long period of revolutionary ideals.
Jamie, playing soldier IGGY, the real person of historical events, shot and killed one Japanese soldier in the film, he is beautiful in DOC's memory. They are brothers who share weal and woe on the battlefield, often smiling brightly.

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  • Brody 2022-04-21 08:01:02

    Another story about the battle of Iwo Jima. We create heroes, because we need heroes. The performance of war scenes is similar to the Brothers Company and the Pacific War. This seems to have become a fixed pattern for American warfare movies, but it is very useful. It's a pity that there is no battlefield to make a man famous, and fortunately there is no battlefield to let a man fly.

Flags of Our Fathers quotes

  • John "Doc" Bradley: [At the mock Mount Suribachi in Soldier Field] You gotta be kidding.

    Bud Gerber: Hey, it took a lot of talented folks a long time to make that thing. Just wait till tonight when it's lit properly and there's thousands of cheering people in the stands, it's gonna look a lot better. So, stadium lights come down, spotlight comes up, you get your cue, you charge up this thing with the flag, you plant it at the top. You smile, you wave, you know the drill.

    John "Doc" Bradley: You want us to plant the flag on a pile of papier-mache.

    Bud Gerber: Hey, that's showbiz. And try to stand how you stood the first time you planted it. Just, you know, pretend the other three guys are with you.

    Ira Hayes: The *dead* guys.

  • Ira Hayes: I know it's a good thing, raising the money and that, 'cause we need it. But, I can't take them calling me a hero. All I did was try not to get shot. Some of the things I saw done, things I did, they weren't things to be proud of, you know? Mike... Mike was a hero. You ever meet him?

    Keyes Beech: No.

    Ira Hayes: Best Marine I ever met.

    Keyes Beech: You know, Chief, I think if Mike was sitting here instead of you, he'd be saying the same thing about himself, not being a hero.

    Ira Hayes: Maybe. He was a good guy, but I think that he'd be ashamed of me, seeing me the way I am.