Lone Survivor
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Everything was just so predictable. And the last third of the movie
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When he gets to the village which was the only part that wasn't just one big firefight, was awful. I mean, I watched the whole thing, and basically enjoyed it, but it wasn't a good movie in my opinion. That being said, if it entertained you, more power to you, I dont think whoever made it was trying to make a good movie, just smoething to eat popcorn to for an hour and a half, and in terms of that they succeeded.
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When he gets to the village which was the only part that wasn't just one big firefight, was awful. I mean, I watched the whole thing, and basically enjoyed it, but it wasn't a good movie in my opinion. That being said, if it entertained you, more power to you, I dont think whoever made it was trying to make a good movie, just smoething to eat popcorn to for an hour and a half, and in terms of that they succeeded.
I read the book a while back and hated it for the most part. I just finished watching the movie and while it took out the parts I disliked (the politics, praise for George W Bush, how much of a good Christian he is, how amazing Texas is, the supposed vote to kill the goat herders) it completely made up the ending. I guess you gotta make it that way for action-loving audiences but that's not what happened. Overall, it's an okay movie with some cool action sequences but not much beyond that.
a good author could've made a 10 on 10 gun fight interesting. I thought Jarhead was a good detail of the dudes experience in the Marines and he never fired his gun in battle.
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I just watched it. I thought it was a decent action flick and they definately got the scenery right for much of Eastern Afghanistan. People always get surprised when I tell them Afghanistan is a very diverse place terrain wise...everybody thinks its just some big desert, lol...from pine tree covered mountains, to almost jungle like green zones and shit.
the end was kind of ridiculous but i excpected that. Can't have a Hooyah Seal movie end with a bunch of Rangers getting spun up from halfway across the world to do CSAR in Kunar to rescue SEALs now can we, lol.
the end was kind of ridiculous but i excpected that. Can't have a Hooyah Seal movie end with a bunch of Rangers getting spun up from halfway across the world to do CSAR in Kunar to rescue SEALs now can we, lol.
I liked the movie. I hated the fact that this 30/40 y/o woman sitting next to me and my girl kept laughing everytime 1 of the American soldiers (no laughing @ taliban) got shot or killed.
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Saw this today. It was hard not to think about how exaggerated the movie probably was but I think they nailed some accuracy in terms of the comradery and the issue with communications and what it's like to be on the other said waiting for communications and not getting any. Plus the frustration of higher orders dicking up your plans to help save lives.
Regardless of what really happened, a lot of servicemen lost their lives on this mission so it's probably cool for their families to have a big movie out there about their lives. Mark Wahlberg was a terrible choice for the lead but everyone else was casted well I thought.
Regardless of what really happened, a lot of servicemen lost their lives on this mission so it's probably cool for their families to have a big movie out there about their lives. Mark Wahlberg was a terrible choice for the lead but everyone else was casted well I thought.