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I thought the movie was pretty good. Had some funny parts and some serious ones. More of a psychological military life movie than your normal shoot-'em up, bang-bang type. I will most likely add it to my DVD collection when it comes out.
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Originally posted by PlatoSVT:
Just got back from it as well. I "enjoyed" it, but it certainly is not the gung-ho movie that many thought (including myself) it might be. Not that I thought it was going to be some up beat warlike movie, but it really does just seem to focus solely on this one man's experience, and it wasn't a great one at that. On the other hand, I did think that it was certainly worth watching, and should be seen. But as I thought, it does appear to focus on what I assume to be the dark side of Marine enlisted life, especially with the Desert Storm scenario. But I think if you look hard enough, you'll find a relatively positive message come out of the movie in the whole and glimmer in certain scenes. All in all, I'm satisfied with it and recommend it, despite that it didn't cater to my "Go America, kick some @SS!" palet.
It was exactly what I expected it to be. I didn't find it to be a 'darkside' of enlisted life. Its a very good account IMO of it.
But then again, I did read the majority of book and knew what I was walking in it...
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Why? Because you expected some ask kicking depiction of the Marine Corps? It was an AWESOME representation of the book.
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i like how it told about the what the marines really did during the gulf war, one and two, absolutly nothing. and for any of you are going to say "how would you know!" i was an E-5 in the US army and have 2 purple heart, i was discharged in early may of 05 and bought my SVT, trust me i know
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Originally posted by Number47:
i like how it told about the what the marines really did during the gulf war, one and two, absolutly nothing. and for any of you are going to say "how would you know!" i was an E-5 in the US army and have 2 purple heart, i was discharged in early may of 05 and bought my SVT, trust me i know
Yes you are the all knowing. We will all bow to you. *coughAin'tReadytobeaMarineYetcough*
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It Is An Exact Representation Of Not Only The Book, But What We Really Do With Our Down Time...I Related On Every Level.
ARMY: Aren't Ready for the Marines Yet.
Very Good!!
Two Purple Hearts?? Who Were You With??
1st ID???
How Would You Know What We(Marines) Were Doing There?
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Originally posted by Viva El Todras!:
It was exactly what I expected it to be. I didn't find it to be a 'darkside' of enlisted life. Its a very good account IMO of it.
I Think Everyone Whom Is Civilian Would Consider It To Be A Darkside Because They Have Never Experienced It. I Guarantee You The Movie Critics Will Mention Something About Being 'Dark', And 'Psychological', When In Reality It Is Exact. The 'Deer Hunter' Scene Really Hits Home Though!!
I Can Relate...Not Exactly, But Close Enough To Say:
'OH SH!T' When That Scene Came To Fruition.
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no i was with 160th i got shot in in afghanistan(1) and got hurt recovering a helicopter(2)in the gulf. i say it again trust me i know and i say if for a reason
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Originally posted by Number47:
no i was with 160th i got shot in in afghanistan(1) and got hurt recovering a helicopter(2)in the gulf. i say it again trust me i know and i say if for a reason
I'm not trying to bash ya (cause the Army and Marines are the "real" military... and I totally respect that), but did you work with the Marines?
I learned A LOT about the Army that I didn't know from working with them. Changed my perspective...
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Hm, the Marine's did nothing in the Gulf? Wow, you really missed a LOT of the war then, didn't you?
The airbase at Al Asad, did you happen to pass it? There is a small control tower there, run by a group of Marines. They managed to do ATC for 70% of the sorties that were flown during the war. That (at least to me) is a considerable contribution, considering the number of sorties we flew. And that's just one small group of under 20 Marines.
Then there's the intel Marines, one person in charge of keeping thousands safe.
Oh yeah, and then you've got the fact that the Marines were the first in, dealt with some of the worst hotspots, etc.
Of course, soldiers hardly ever recognize it, because when the Marines come in its usually because the soldiers either a) just got their asses kicked, b) need an area softened up before they go in.
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Originally posted by EternalOne:
Of course, soldiers hardly ever recognize it, because when the Marines come in its usually because the soldiers either a) just got their asses kicked, b) need an area softened up before they go in.
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Yeah, get an Army guy to admit to either of those!
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