Really bad film...

[Sgt Barker]

Both Flags and Letters are good films, though I think Letters is the better of the two. They both have more "message" than, IMO, a war movie should have. At the end of the day a movie about war is pretty shallow - an adventure, emotional, scary, exciting, cool sets and gear, details of the time. Other stuff is... other stuff.

A message movie with war in it is fine too. I just don't think of it as a 'real' war movie. Both of Clint's latest are largely message movies, against the backdrop of war.

Forced to recommend or not I'd recommend both. Worth seeing on the big screen.