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Posted: 8/18/2017 11:36:24 PM EDT
[#1]
Great movie for sure. Kevin Bacon did a great job in it.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 11:39:05 PM EDT
[#2]
Not a vet yet that was a damn good movie. Very minimal dialog yet very powerful movie. And President Trump did a great job when that Seal was killed by meeting his body when it arrived. Reminded me of that movie and how they have the respect and will to do what they do.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 11:42:24 PM EDT
[#3]
That was a great movie.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 11:49:03 PM EDT
[#4]
The care and compassion shown throughout the movie is humbling.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 11:53:29 PM EDT
[#5]
Saw it few years ago. Awesome.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 11:57:15 PM EDT
[#6]
I cried too much. Twice
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Posted: 8/19/2017 12:01:46 AM EDT
[#7]
My go to Memorial Day movie for the past 5 or 6 years.
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Posted: 8/19/2017 12:10:17 AM EDT
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I was deployed, stuck in the blender, while a buddy back home, was activated on IRR doing notifications back home in our podunk small town filled community.
Poor fucker tried like hell to get back on active duty going in, and got the big green weenie. Ripper was easier than ringing the doorbells he had to face. |
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Posted: 8/19/2017 12:12:56 AM EDT
[#9]
A very moving movie.
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Posted: 8/19/2017 12:14:46 AM EDT
[#10]
Yes, a great movie. My boss (US Air Force) at the time loaned it to me.
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Posted: 8/19/2017 12:20:31 AM EDT
[#11]
Dear GD, your allergies will be active during this movie.
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Posted: 8/19/2017 12:23:40 AM EDT
[#12]
Great movie.
Enjoyed it. Was expecting some kind of Hollywood BS, demoralize the audience for commie agenda, but it was actually good. |
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Posted: 8/19/2017 9:54:16 AM EDT
[#13]
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I was deployed, stuck in the blender, while a buddy back home, was activated on IRR doing notifications back home in our podunk small town filled community. Poor fucker tried like hell to get back on active duty going in, and got the big green weenie. Ripper was easier than ringing the doorbells he had to face. |
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Posted: 8/19/2017 1:02:38 PM EDT
[#14]
If you don't cry at this you're dead inside. Gut wrenchingly awesome.
Most sincere thanks to those who gave all, AND those who made it through. |
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Posted: 8/19/2017 1:16:21 PM EDT
[#15]
I've been witness to notifying NOK, it is awful. I watched TC a couple years ago, it brought back a lot of memories.. Rendering final honors and participating in burial details were some of my proudest moments as a Marine.
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Posted: 8/19/2017 1:28:40 PM EDT
[#16]
No.
I escorted a friend home from Dover to Arlington. I'm good. |
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Posted: 8/19/2017 1:47:34 PM EDT
[#17]
I have to watch alone with a box of Kleenex.
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Posted: 8/19/2017 1:57:19 PM EDT
[#18]
I only recently watched it. I thought it was a very good movie.
It was kind of hard to watch though. |
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Posted: 8/19/2017 2:01:19 PM EDT
[#19]
I doubt I'll ever watch it a second time. Great movie.
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Posted: 8/19/2017 2:05:49 PM EDT
[#20]
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I have to watch alone with a box of Kleenex. |
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Posted: 8/19/2017 2:20:08 PM EDT
[#21]
There are few movies that it's acceptable to "man cry". That's one of them.
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Posted: 8/19/2017 2:26:39 PM EDT
[#22]
"Are you related to the deceased, Son?"
"Yes sir. He's my brother." Always makes me tear up. |
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Posted: 8/19/2017 2:58:14 PM EDT
[#23]
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"Are you related to the deceased, Son?" "Yes sir. He's my brother." Always makes me tear up. 
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Posted: 8/19/2017 3:52:13 PM EDT
[#24]
It gets me every time,
One of the most subtle and compassionate films I've ever seen, A film that delivers an honorable portrayal of this particular family's story of grief Kevin Bacon's performance was sublime in its simplicity |
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Posted: 8/19/2017 5:41:28 PM EDT
[#25]
I don't know if it was made into a book, but the movie was based on Major Strobl's field report.
Link to report. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:39:17 AM EDT
[#26]
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Lord in Heaven, I had to stop watching for a few minutes at that point. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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"Are you related to the deceased, Son?" "Yes sir. He's my brother." Always makes me tear up. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:54:36 AM EDT
[#27]
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There are few movies that it's acceptable to "man cry". That's one of them. |
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Posted: 8/24/2017 1:59:19 AM EDT
[#28]
Not for me.
I left that miserable shit behind me. I don't ever want to see it again. Although, I realize there are some good flicks out there.
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Posted: 8/24/2017 2:32:12 AM EDT
[#29]
Very powerful movie. One of very few that make me cry.
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Posted: 9/14/2017 2:50:22 PM EDT
[#30]
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"Are you related to the deceased, Son?" "Yes sir. He's my brother." Always makes me tear up. The acting and portrayals in that movie were really good. |
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Posted: 9/14/2017 2:54:54 PM EDT
[#31]
I watched after reading this thread about a week ago. Yup, turned me into a blobbering snot machine for about 20 minutes. Glad nobody was around at my house.
I was never a Casualty Assistance Officer, but was on plenty of funeral details when I was a lieutenant. Every single flag I ever gave to the NOK was rough. I never made it through a funeral with a dry eye. |
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Posted: 9/14/2017 2:55:04 PM EDT
[#32]
I've seen it a couple of times. Both times the air in my living room got really damn dusty all of a sudden.
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Posted: 9/14/2017 3:05:58 PM EDT
[#33]
Yep............that movie almost made me choke to death. Hard to swallow the pain and agony some folks went thru.
Great movie, but a tough watch.
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Posted: 9/14/2017 3:08:00 PM EDT
[#34]
Having done CAO and CNO as well as ranking at a funeral.
No thanks. I have had my fill of that shit. |
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Posted: 9/14/2017 3:09:59 PM EDT
[#35]
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Great movie for sure. Kevin Bacon did a great job in it. |
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Posted: 9/14/2017 6:06:37 PM EDT
[#36]
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Having done CAO and CNO as well as ranking at a funeral. No thanks. I have had my fill of that shit. On another note. In We Were Soldiers, was the family notification so messed up that a cab delivered telegrams or was that Hollywood License? |
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Posted: 9/14/2017 6:15:41 PM EDT
[#37]
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Can definitely understand that Sylvan. On another note. In We Were Soldiers, was the family notification so messed up that a cab delivered telegrams or was that Hollywood License? Thats real. Until after Vietnam, casualty notification was done by Telegram My grandmother's first husband died in WW2. She kept the telegram. |
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Posted: 9/14/2017 8:09:45 PM EDT
[#38]
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I was never a Casualty Assistance Officer, but was on plenty of funeral details when I was a lieutenant. Every single flag I ever gave to the NOK was rough. I never made it through a funeral with a dry eye. |
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Posted: 9/14/2017 8:21:36 PM EDT
[#39]
I got to pass. Too many funeral details that could have been me. 48 years later I still wonder how I made it.
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Posted: 9/14/2017 8:23:48 PM EDT
[#40]
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I got to pass. Too many funeral details that could have been me. 48 years later I still wonder how I made it. 
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Posted: 9/14/2017 9:33:49 PM EDT
[#41]
Very good movie, but it got very dusty in the room throughout the movie
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Posted: 9/14/2017 10:17:06 PM EDT
[#42]
It's on prime for free. Will watch it. Thanks.
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Posted: 9/14/2017 10:22:51 PM EDT
[#43]
I saw it when it came out. I couldn't watch it again, it's a real gut punch.
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Posted: 9/15/2017 1:16:17 AM EDT
[#44]
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The thing that got me about that scene was how that soldier was fighting so hard to keep it together. He was doing ok, but you could tell it was killing him. The acting and portrayals in that movie were really good. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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"Are you related to the deceased, Son?" "Yes sir. He's my brother." Always makes me tear up. The acting and portrayals in that movie were really good. After they'd rendered salutes for the sergeant's brother, he just sort of looked around as if thinking, "What do I do or say now?" |
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Posted: 9/15/2017 2:44:35 AM EDT
[#45]
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Not for me. I left that miserable shit behind me. I don't ever want to see it again. Although, I realize there are some good flicks out there. |
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Posted: 9/15/2017 2:50:33 AM EDT
[#46]
Very well done, no theatrics as has been the normal with Hollywood produced movies.
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Posted: 9/15/2017 2:57:35 AM EDT
[#47]
Just can't do it.
Haven't watched anything about Afghanistan or Iraq. |
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Posted: 9/15/2017 3:04:11 AM EDT
[#48]
Saw it... though thinking I'll watch it again now.
What's fucked is my name is also Chance, and the same boot size and was a guntruck gunner on occassion in Iraq. |
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Posted: 9/15/2017 3:51:23 AM EDT
[#49]
When I was at ODS my company watched the movie. A few months ago there was a copy going around at work so I brought it home and watched it with my wife. Very good film indeed.
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Posted: 9/15/2017 3:59:27 AM EDT
[#50]
Great movie. I think I had dust in my eyes when I watched that movie.
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