Posted on 12/07/2016 7:28:35 AM PST by Kaslin
I’ll keep an eye out for it when it comes out on cable or Netflix.
This true. I was once near the site of an urban gas explosion which tossed two townhomes into the air. Those near the explosion were running away in panic at the same time others were passing them running toward the scene to help. For my part, I just wandered over more out of curiosity.
That being said, it was also one of the more excellent war movies that I've seen. The violence and gore, rather than being there for they're own sake, are a necessary part of the story. They frame the entire premise well.
Acting was good. Story was good. Costumes and weaponry were correct (I hate war movies were everyone is swaggering around with a Thompson). Further, I generally judge war movies based on how hot (or cold), wet, tired, dirty, hungry, and generally miserable the characters look. This one, they looked pretty unhappy.
It's also nice to see a movie where every third word didn't start with "F". I'm no prude, but to me, pointlessly overdone cursing in movies gets tiresome. Hacksaw Ridge had it, but it wasn't overt.
About the only complaint that I can come up with is that the movie didn't follow the real life story closely. As the article states, though, it was "Hollywood-ized" because no one would believe the reality that actually happened.
Neither do I. But this movie in in my Netflix queue. Hasn't been released for rental yet. Probably early 2017.
In the mean time, I have put The Conscientious Objector in the queue.
Thanks for the heads-up for that one.
You’re welcome.
Yeah; to folks conditioned to 30 second attention spans.
“Yeah; to folks conditioned to 30 second attention spans.”
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Not so.
I’m a frequent movie goer and have been for years——over 2 hours is a long movie.
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Indeed, despite the conscious objector message in the movie, Doss has carried a cardinal sin for liberals: character, ie. running to the enemy out or courage and altruism for his buddies, and not out of “all to human” compulsion of stalinian snipers, bayonets and threats to his family back home.
I had to
go pee in the middle of the movie. For us old folkes with a weak bladder, 2 hours is a long wait lol
That hearkens back to the first scenes in “The Enemy at the Gate”, when the stalinists FORCE their troops to attack the German forces.
Stalin was doing what so many tyrants had done before him, spending the blood of his people to keep his power.
Just like every single modern day liberal. They will spend your money or your blood to cement their positions.
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