Lone Survivor movie was pretty ordinary...

[salate]

( P.S. Spoiler Alert )

Like a few guys here I'm sure, I'm a bit of a fan of military movies, especially when they're based on true stories.

I was hanging out for Lone Survivor with Mark Wahlberg but after seeing it...

What was with the two scenes falling down the rocks... They jump off the cliff face and it's all bang, brash, tumble but they survive. Then they do the exact same scene 5 minutes later

Seems like it's been ages since they did a good war movie. How long ago was Saving Private Ryan... Black Hawk Down... can't remember any decent ones since those?

[AlanK]

Totally thinking the same thing for the falling down the cliff face thing.

I swear they just shot the same scene from two difference angles then played them 5 minutes apart...

[Baldrick314]

I actually didn't mind it. Yeah that scene was a bit overplayed and ridiculous but didn't ruin the whole movie for me.

[Lorgar]

Apparently the whole movie was pretty accurate to real life events except for the final fire fight.

I believe that in real-life he got the the village, the Taliban came and were turned away and he was then rescued. Still a huge effort from the villagers though...

The real-life photo at the end of the main guy and the villager was a good finish.

[Baldrick314]

Apparently the whole movie was pretty accurate to real life events except for the final fire fight.

I believe that in real-life he got the the village, the Taliban came and were turned away and he was then rescued. Still a huge effort from the villagers though...

The real-life photo at the end of the main guy and the villager was a good finish.

I'm pretty keen to read the book now. From what I read on the net apparently the whole thing lasted a lot longer than they showed it in the movie but otherwise as you say it was faithful to the truth. The guy Emile hirsch's (radio operator shot in the hand) character was based on was shot 11 freaking times before he died

[Redwood]

The guy Emile hirsch's (radio operator shot in the hand) character was based on was shot 11 freaking times before he died

Er, with bullets? Or were they chucking goat crap at him or something

[Streamline]

Not sure I'd be including black hawk down with "great" war movies

Except for Orland Bloom falling out of a helicopter... Stupid Elf...

[Baldrick314]

The guy Emile hirsch's (radio operator shot in the hand) character was based on was shot 11 freaking times before he died

Er, with bullets? Or were they chucking goat crap at him or something

Lol. Yeah apparently that guy was damn near unkillable.

On the topic of good war movies, has everyone seen Zero Dark Thirty yet?

[Antie]

TBH I'm really off all the American war movies these days.

The point of all of them seems to be how bad ass 'Merica is and how they kill hundreds for every soldier they lost.

Like at the end of Black Hawk Down it say something like the US lost 18 Rangers or whatever, but does this "subtle" brag that they killed 3,000 enemies or something in the process?

Bragging about cock size basically.

[salate]

Yep, I know the Black Hawk Down end credits you mean.

Still a good movie though I thought.

I do feel the same about the "bad ass America" theme in recent movies though... Sick of it...

More story, less bragging needed.

[Baldrick314]

What was with the two scenes falling down the rocks... They jump off the cliff face and it's all bang, brash, tumble but they survive. Then they do the exact same scene 5 minutes later

I'm just past the halfway mark in the book and so far they've taken three tumbles down the mountainside so it's one of those rare occasions where Hollywood is actually playing it down

[salate]

so it's one of those rare occasions where Hollywood is actually playing it down

Wait till you see the movie.

Everybody gets up and runs more or less runs off after each fall.

If it were keeping anything near real life I reckon you'd be a big bag of goo after one of them

[Baldrick314]

Wait till you see the movie.

Everybody gets up and runs more or less runs off after each fall.

If it were keeping anything near real life I reckon you'd be a big bag of goo after one of them

Already seen the movie. I think it's pretty accurate to the book in terms of the wounds suffered but it barely scratches the surface of the s**t they went through.

For a start the 3 other blokes died in the first couple hours of the battle. Then Marcus fought the remainder of the Taliban forces (estimated at 100 odd) by himself and evaded them for the better part of 2 days on his own while suffering 3 fractured vertebra and a paralysed leg.

The movie seems over the top but knowing the true story it's actually quite tame.

[salate]

Sounds like they should have stuck to the true story.

[Baldrick314]

Sounds like they should have stuck to the true story.

Would have been more interesting. And also should have got someone bigger than marky mark to play luttrel

I finished the book last night and highly recommend it. He doesn't just talk about the incident from the movie, he also goes quite in depth about the SEAL training which was very interesting

[twoforty]

he also goes quite in depth about the SEAL training which was very interesting

That stuff at the end of movies is good.

I liked Warrior with Tom Hardy, know it?

They did a thing on his fighting practice and bulking up for the movie which was as interesting as the movie.

[MeccaOz]

Just finished watching "The Big Red One" with Lee Marvin, gotta say It's become a favourite

[Baldrick314]

he also goes quite in depth about the SEAL training which was very interesting

That stuff at the end of movies is good.

I liked Warrior with Tom Hardy, know it?

They did a thing on his fighting practice and bulking up for the movie which was as interesting as the movie.

That was a good movie. I'll have to keep an eye out for the part about his training though

[Baldrick314]

Just finished watching "The Big Red One" with Lee Marvin, gotta say It's become a favourite

I've recently found a passion for old cowboy and war movies. Haven't watched a heap yet but I like what I've seen.

There was a bit of a story on lee Marvin in one of the US shooting mags I was reading, real war hero not just an actor. Keen hunter as well from what the write up was saying.

[MeccaOz]

Just finished watching "The Big Red One" with Lee Marvin, gotta say It's become a favourite

I've recently found a passion for old cowboy and war movies. Haven't watched a heap yet but I like what I've seen.

There was a bit of a story on lee Marvin in one of the US shooting mags I was reading, real war hero not just an actor. Keen hunter as well from what the write up was saying.

Yeah Lee Marvin is a bit of a legend to me. I went though a phase of watching the old cowboy classics, with Clint Eastwood and John Wayne and Him. I have to say I still like all 3 of them