To quantify things, if Private Ryan is a 100%, then Flags is...about a 65%.
The movie does jump around, and somehow on the emotional side touches on the maudlin in a way that Ryan totally avoided.
I was expecting a Ryan of the Pacific Theatre, and...mostly I didn't get it.
I figured that because Clint Eastwood was directing it, it would just be mind-blowingly good, but it was just.....good and not more.
I think that it will just send libs completely through the roof. Mexicans will love it, you will love it, conservatives everywhere will love it.
The guy who directed "Jesus Camp" will probably have a stroke, or heart attack, or perhaps both at the same time.
Joseph leading pregant Mary on a donkey, wise men crossing dunes, bearing gifts....I saw it, and it looks GREAT.
Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer will have to come out to feed, after this one...