This is not a real war movie. Although set in Iwo Jima, the center is not in that battle. The battle can be every one. Almost all war movies involve the word "hero". "Black Hawk Down" said, "No one wants to be a hero, but the times create heroes." "Flag" tells us that man-made heroes, and those heroes may not be heroes, they just want to go home with their comrades. his parents, married his girlfriend.
They are ordinary people, but they are still worthy of respect.
A highlight at the end of the movie, Clint has always been good at sensationalism, and it is also revealed here. When the DOC on the hospital bed was dying, what he told his son was not the fierce battle, the high-spirited victory, the depression of the retreat, or the tragic sacrifice of comrades-in-arms. Just talking slowly, he and his friends laughed heartily on the beautiful Iwo Jima. Knowing that he said,
That's the way I remember Iggy now. Others remember that picture, but he remembers the friend who was by his side. What he remembered was not even the tragic death of his friend, but that one day, by the sea, with that smiling face.
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