Flags of our Fathers

[RIJIMMY]

Anysone see the movie? I read the book and was looking forward to the movie. My Dad was a marine and I grew up knowing about Iwo Jima and the massive battle. I've always felt the WWII in Europe received more attention than the Pacific war. The enemy was very different, the German soldiers (not the wacked out NAzis) were very much like the American solider. If you read Band of Brothers (the book) it talks about how the American soldiers, upon entering Germany, could not beleive how American-like the average German was. The Japansese soliders were very different, they fought to the death and rarely surrendered. There was not the thought of returning home to their family after the war, their goal was to die. Compund that with dense jungles, tropical heat and disease. I hope this movie brings some attention to the war in the Pacific. I heard it had a lousy opening weekend.