I have to take exception with that in the same way Tom Hanks did. Hanks' own opinion of "Saving Private Ryan" changed after he agreed to become involved with "Band of Brothers". When he agreed to work with the real survivors in making Band of Brothers they made him agree to do it right, not do it Spielberg.
While filming Saving Private Ryan that re shot one scene over twenty times...because his helmet kept falling off. It never once occurred to Spielberg and Hanks that it kept falling off because they did fall off.
Another thing the real soldiers insisted on...toning down the special effects. As one said, you don't portray horror with a gazillion gallons of fake blood...ala Spielberg.
Once Band of Brothers was over Hanks credited it with teaching him how it really was...and that wasn't what they had done in Saving Private Ryan.
I'm thankful Spielberg isn't doing this moving.
I have the opinion I do of "Saving Private Ryan" because it was...revolutionary in its own way, and showed D-Day as most Americans had never ever seen it.
My young nephew saw the movie, and afterwards, said "That never happened. It wasn't like that..." (speaking of the landing scene) I had to tell him that yes, it did happen, and much worse than he saw.
I think the movie did a great service, it opened the eyes of many people to whom it was ancient history.
I am concerned about "Flags" because the ads say that it saw more Medals of Honor (24) awarded "than any other battle in history". This is demonstrably untrue (58 were awarded for Gettysburg and some Civil War battles saw even more awarded*), although it would have been correct to say that it saw more MOHs than any other battle in WWII or in the 20th century.
*I am aware that this is a little like comparing apples and oranges given that the only medal for heroism in the Civil War was the MOH-but it does show a certain sloppiness with the facts that I see all too often from Hollywood.