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Flagging a Dead Horse

Advantages: A solid ensemble of actors.
Disadvantages: A lack of emotional depth and sometimes clumsy direction.

During the later stages of World War Two, American interest in the conflict was waning. This was also true of military morale and financial contributions to the war effort. The US government was desperate for a symbol to rally behind. They got in the form of now iconic image "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima", which depicts five Marines and one Navy Corpsman raising the Stars and Stripes on Mount Suribachi. Pulling the three surviving flag-raisers out of combat, they bring them home to front the government's fundraising War Bond Tour. But the men are uncomfortable with their new-found celebrity, considering the real heroes to be those who died on Iwo Jima. I consider Clint Eastwood a reliable, workmanlike director rather than an innovative one. Stylistically this film takes a slightly different tack to his normally talky movies. Visually ...

afy9mab 16.09.2007 · Read full review
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You'll never meet a pair like Butch and the Kid

Advantages: Great cinematography, Challenges the normal expectations of typical western
Disadvantages: None

By 1969, westerns were becoming the least favourite films of the viewing public. People were beginning to get bored after many western films followed the same formula: a clean shaved hero succeeding in action-packed, tension-building gun-fights against the bad guy, a well dressed beautiful girl and lots of attractive scenery. However, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid still remains one of the most heart-felt and successful films of all time. In 1970, the film won 4 Oscars for "Best Cinematography", "Best Music, Original Score for a Motion Picture", "Best Music, Original Song" and "Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced". It later won 17 and was nominated for another 11 awards. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (BCSK) contains many elements of a traditional western: clean shaven ...

ExtraordinaryGirl 23.06.2008 (14.07.2008) · Read full review
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Green Flag. Just call them The Professionals!

Advantages: Good service
Disadvantages: None

I do not use Green Flag. (I do not drive) But my boss does, and he is full of stories about how very good Green Flag are. I will let you in to a secret. Most of the recovery vehicles that come out to you when you break down and you call your favourite motoring organisation are not employed by the motoring organisation that you are a member of! It's true! What happens is that, unless there happens to be a patrol officer who is with your organisation really fairly close to you, they will call a local recovery operator to deal with your vehicle and to tow it to a garage or, if necessary, take it on to you destination. This is exactly what Green Flag does. But you need not worry as every operator they use has to go through an extremely rigorous programme of selection and subsequent re-checking to ensure they are good enough to ...

Martinscholes 16.01.2006 · Read full review
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