父たちの星条旗

I watched "Flags of our Fathers" last night with a Japanese friend. The movie was certainly impressive and I found the story quite interesting, being rather ignorant of the battle (and WWII history in general), but I didn't find the script all that well written. The second half of the movie, as they explained the aftermath and the story of the "heroes" lacked something, though I couldn't put my finger on what. The scenes with the present day heroes and the author/son didn't seem to mesh well with the rest of the film. That said, my friend and I left the theatre feeling sombre, and eager to see the Japanese point of view in "Letters from Iwo Jima", which comes here out next week. However, it will be a challenge for me to undersand, as the movie is in Japanese and obviously, wont have subtitles here...