Posted on 01/20/2014 1:37:20 PM PST by LS
I saw Lone Survivor over the weekend with my wife...loved every moment of the movie and the intensity of some of the scenes was almost too much...loved it!
Liked the movie but the “extra falls” and dramatic ending were pure Hollywood. I would have been more satisfied had they stuck to the book.
“As long as you’re alive, you’re always in the fight.”
Good tagline.
The one small issue I had was when the CH-47 got blown up by the RPG. You have the Colonel standing at the back of a hovering chopper with the rear open on a very hot LZ and he's asking the rookie SEAL, "Are you ready?! Are you good?!"
Like they're gonna have a conversation about how ready they are waiting to rappel out of the damn chopper! I know it's a VERY small issue, but it just annoyed me to no end.
I agree. They purely went Hollywood on the end. I’ m surprised Luttrell went along with the ending.
Never forget those who never came back..
I never understood why they did not simply zip tie and gag the three, given that a search party would have been sent out to look for them after some number of hours. By releasing them right away, they brought upon themselves a Taliban attack many hours earlier than would have otherwise have occurred. In that time span, they could have been evac'd out of the area. While getting out, they could have marked the area where the goat herders were tied up with WP.
They said they would have been eaten by wolves. I don’t understand why they didn’t tie the man and the rebel boy and send the younger one down. It would have at least bought them another 1/2 hour.
I consider it highly unlikely that wolves would prefer humans to the goats that these three were herding. Wolves are generally afraid of humans, and for good reason - the ones that aren't end up extinct after wolf-human encounters. Besides, there are limits to how considerate you can be of foreign civilians. They weren't a SWAT team back home. Every Afghan civilian in that region was a potential hostile, and that went double for the males.
They could also have tied them up and suspended them from trees. Wolves can’t climb trees.
Just telling you what Luttrell said in his book.
I may check the movie out later this year. My question right now is, if you saw the movie, do you think any security secrets were inappropriately made public? I heard the details of Seal Training were shown. Was anything shown about the way our Seals train, the sequences, the intensities, the immediate motivational goals, that may give our enemies an unfortunate edge? I hope not. I hope the producers did due diligence, and did not overtalk in an effort to scare and impress the average civilian viewer.
Badly injured AND wounded? Sounds series ;^)
I looked at it as a descriptive movie about a true event. There was a lot of “Hollywood” in it, but that’s why they call it Hollywood. I know Seals are tough, but the laws of Physics still apply to even Seals. Some of the falls would not be survivable and the RPG’s hit waaay too close to survive. We like to look at it as a patriotic endeavor but Hollywood looks at it as “money”. I have no problem with that. I would rather have more of this than more zombies and homo’s on drugs crying about mistreatment. They know the formula works, but they would rather put out some other puke than salute the flag. Even Disney has given over to the dark side, IMO.
Interesting. I saw the movie but did not read the book. Sounds like the script followed the book somewhat closely.
What about werewolves? you think of that? they can climb trees
i hear they are all over that country
Weirdly enough, snow leopards would have been a concern, although they're close to extinct.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.