Lone Survivor

Caught this last week, thought it was overall alright.

The beginning of the film before they go on mission/fight is typical silly homoherotic undertones military fare.

Once in Afghanistan, the film gets better and the warfare was well done.

Glad there's a fellow KMCer who's seen this 🙂
Was it as good as or better than Tears of the Sun or Black Hawk Down? Won't even bring up Act of Valor because of the uncomfortably bad acting.

Not as good as Tears, though they were trying for a more realistic approach in LS, as they were little to no subplots like Tears: love interest, black guy finding his roots etc. It was basically four guys stuck in the shit.

Better than BHD, from what I recall of that flick.

I can send it to you if you don't want to wait until Friday to watch it, as I know you're a military movie fanatic. PM an address.

Thanks so much 🙂

won't be saying.. Walhberg doesn;t even look like the real dude

Odd reason not to watch....

As far as accuracy of the characters go, Taylor Kitsch was stated by the deceased own parents to have portrayed him well.

Talented actors don't always fit the bill. Sean Bean was an excellent Boromir. LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THE DUDE IN THE BOOK. WON'T SEE IT NAO.

Originally posted by Lestov16
[B]Odd reason not to watch....

lmao

Originally posted by Lestov16
Odd reason not to watch....

As far as accuracy of the characters go, Taylor Kitsch was stated by the deceased own parents to have portrayed him well.

nah very good reason for me not to waste money

Originally posted by Stealth Moose
Talented actors don't always fit the bill. Sean Bean was an excellent Boromir. LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THE DUDE IN THE BOOK. WON'T SEE IT NAO.

walhberg isn't a talented actor 😛

Someone hasn't seen 2 Guns, or Shooter, or The Fighter, or Three Kings, or The Departed, or......well any Marky Mark movie.

Wahlberg gets less respect as an actor than he deserves. However, I think I recall some altercation between him and a Vietnamese guy...

Let me jock Wikipedia:

[list]Wahlberg had been in trouble 20–25 times with the Boston Police Department in his youth. By age 13, Wahlberg had developed an addiction to cocaine and other substances.[8][9] At fifteen, he harassed a group of black school children on a field trip by throwing rocks and shouting racial epithets.[10] At 16, Wahlberg approached a middle-aged Vietnamese man on the street and, using a large wooden stick, knocked him unconscious (while calling him "Vietnam ****ing shit"😉. He also attacked another Vietnamese man, leaving him permanently blind in one eye.[11][12]
For these crimes, Wahlberg was charged with attempted murder, pleaded guilty to assault, and was sentenced to two years in state prison at Boston's Deer Island House of Correction, of which he served 45 days.[11][13] In another incident, the 21-year-old Wahlberg fractured the jaw of a neighbor in an unprovoked attack.[14] Commenting in 2006 on his past crimes, Wahlberg has stated: "I did a lot of things that I regret, and I have certainly paid for my mistakes." He said the right thing to do would be to try to find the blinded man and make amends, and admitted he has not done so, but added that he was no longer burdened by guilt: "You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right by other people, as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night. I feel good when I wake up in the morning."[15][/list]

Originally posted by Robtard

The beginning of the film before they go on mission/fight is typical silly homoherotic undertones military fare.

Thats called bonding in the military. You would never know because you never wore the uniform.

Originally posted by Supra
Thats called bonding in the military. You would never know because you never wore the uniform.

Yeah, he was a little shit back in the day.

But people grow up and change. So, whatevs.

Originally posted by Supra
Thats called bonding in the military. You would never know because you never wore the uniform.

Calm down. No need for the macho schtick.

You didn't have sweaty bonding sessions with other guys, Robtard. You can't understand.

Now I feel like I missed something grand 🙁

It's okay. History is your friend.

Originally posted by Robtard
Not as good as Tears, though they were trying for a more realistic approach in LS, as they were little to no subplots like Tears: love interest, black guy finding his roots etc. It was basically four guys stuck in the shit.

Better than BHD, from what I recall of that flick.

I can send it to you if you don't want to wait until Friday to watch it, as I know you're a military movie fanatic. PM an address.

BHD>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tears of the Sun

Originally posted by Mindset

BHD>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tears of the Sun