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Posted: 2/14/2006 3:00:27 PM EDT
Did anyone see this movie? I thought it was going to be a good but it dropped off of the face of the earth.
 Direct TV has it on at 9:30, is it worth a look? |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 4:38:35 AM EDT
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Yep, it does justice to the Rangers.
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Posted: 2/15/2006 4:42:14 AM EDT
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frigging HORRIBLE. 36 hours of sheer boredom and scenery chewing topped off with 15 minutes of good action. watch the history channel show. much better and it has the actual participants.
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Posted: 2/15/2006 5:08:20 AM EDT
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Skip it, boring love story, cardboard actors just stand around an talk forever, lousy writing, should have been a great story, very poorly done. Complete waste.
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Posted: 2/15/2006 5:17:44 AM EDT
[#4]
Read the book. The movie sucked.
They can't even get things historically accurate on the DVD cover, so that should tell you how much effort they put into making the movie right. 
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Posted: 2/15/2006 5:20:32 AM EDT
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Yeah, where's the Filipino Guerilla soldier and the Caraboiu carts?   and Whoa, do I see a Beretta 9mm to the left there? |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 5:25:07 AM EDT
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I thought the movie was okay, but then I haven't read the book. Many times, a story about something that really happened isn't as exciting as a fictional John Woo flick with gunplay and explosions throughout. There was some good Thompson/Garand/Browning action here and there. It seems like more effort is made to get the Japanese weapons and equipment right compared to years ago.
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Posted: 2/15/2006 5:25:50 AM EDT
[#7]
 I love the pistol.
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Posted: 2/15/2006 5:25:59 AM EDT
[#8]
Yep, and apparently they didn't teach the Rangers to take the scabbard off of their bayonets before going into battle 
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Posted: 2/15/2006 5:27:32 AM EDT
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Sad. Just truely sad. |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 5:31:16 AM EDT
[#10]
It was okay. Nothing fantastic. Of course on ARFCOM there is no such thing as a decent movie. Either it's a perfect documentery, or it's crap.
I'd spend a buck or two to see it.... nothing more. |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 5:43:19 AM EDT
[#11]
It was really boring. Definately NOT a good drinking movie.
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Posted: 2/15/2006 5:53:55 AM EDT
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I think you'll find that we all love HEAT!!! |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 5:54:39 AM EDT
[#13]
hahahaha not true! the beast, red dawn, band of brothers, and of course, spr! |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 6:07:25 AM EDT
[#14]
I thought for Hollywood it was pretty decent. It did get a little boring but it wasn't anti-military & it was willing to show the Japanese war crimes.
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Posted: 2/15/2006 6:16:34 AM EDT
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Very average IMHO. Moves at a slow pace and the execution of the storyline never really draws you in. The saving grace for this movie is the combat at the end, which wasn't too bad. But it's very far off from being the quality of Band Of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan. It's probably worth a view but I doubt a person would ever be inclined to watch it again.
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Posted: 2/15/2006 6:17:12 AM EDT
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I found myself fast-fowarding through the mushy parts, but overall enjoyed it. I watched it on DVD and enjoyed the interviews with the veterans more than the movie
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Posted: 2/15/2006 6:26:39 AM EDT
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Red Dawn -- That is horrible. The premise is neat but the acting is about as bad as it can get, the effects are just sad, the sound is awful. I just don't get the love affair with it. Now HEAT.... There is a movie I love. SPR - Yeah we agree on that one. |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 6:29:06 AM EDT
[#18]
Who cares about the cover? It's just a picture that goes on the dvd case, big deal they made an error. The dept who created the cover probably had very little to do with the makers of the film. Sometimes you guys are way too critical.
Personally I liked the movie. |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 6:50:14 AM EDT
[#19]
I thought the cover was very fitting for the quality of the movie personally. Just MO. |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 6:54:57 AM EDT
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I haven't seen the movie, but if any of you enjoy reading, read "Ghost Soldiers" by Hampton Sides. It is the story of Batann, Japanese brutality of the POW's who barely survive during the War, and their rescue by the Rangers. Great book, it'll open your eyes to the true nature of the Imperialist Japanese.
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Posted: 2/15/2006 6:58:53 AM EDT
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Too non-PC, so the movie disappeared from theaters rapidly. They thought nobody would come, but they did and the average movie goer age was over 50. Strange, I never did see how much money it made.
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Posted: 2/15/2006 6:59:34 AM EDT
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This one I'll have to wait until it comes out on HBOHD. There's a full screen version of the DVD for $20ish, and in their infinite wisdom they put out a widescreen version at around $30, plus a few weeks ago went to Best Buy on a DVD buying binge and they didn't have any widescreen versions of it. OK, make it hard for me to buy a widescreen version of it distribution and price-wise and I wont buy it.
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Posted: 2/15/2006 7:05:27 AM EDT
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Dear Lord, get ready for the shitstorm!
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Posted: 2/15/2006 7:07:27 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/15/2006 7:09:16 AM EDT
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I haven't seen it yet, but I understand that the writers simplify things by characterizing the raid as a "Ranger" operation, and the role that the Alamo Scouts played isn't shown.
They're pissed about it, too. www.alamoscouts.org/ |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 7:18:01 AM EDT
[#26]
Why do they keep putting love stories in war movies? |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 7:20:38 AM EDT
[#27]
Simple. Money. They want to draw in the women viewers. |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 7:35:46 AM EDT
[#28]
Looks like a 1911 to me (on my small blackberry screen).
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Posted: 2/15/2006 7:40:27 AM EDT
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Is that a Beretta??? |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 7:45:40 AM EDT
[#30]
Looks like it to me. Definitely not a 1911. At least to my eyes. |
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Posted: 2/15/2006 7:46:36 AM EDT
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[quote]Quoted:
Red Dawn -- That is horrible. The premise is neat but the acting is about as bad as it can get, the effects are just sad, the sound is awful. I just don't get the love affair with it. Man, how could you not like Red Dawn? Yeh, it was low tech and scratchy, but hell at least they: 1. Tried to make real looking Soviet Tanks 2. Mock-up Dshk-38's 3. AK-47's & AK-74's 4. Real Soviet Camo 5. Russian & Spanish speaking actors (not english dialog with Russian accent) 6. RPG-7's 7. Hot Chicks with guns! 8. Decent HIND helicopter mock-ups 9. Ambushes, ass-kickins', and full auto's 10. Yeti submachinegun (rare) ..............what the hell was there not to like? Have a beer, kick back and watch it on a decent size screen..............I think it will grow on you!  P.S......I saw it at the theatre! I'm getting old! |
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Posted: 3/10/2006 9:17:41 PM EDT
[#32]
Yep, thats a Beretta and the movie sucked.
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Posted: 3/11/2006 5:03:20 AM EDT
[#33]
nice brand new slings too, still with creases.
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Posted: 3/11/2006 5:10:56 AM EDT
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OMG, is that dude with on the left holding a barretta?? i thought this took place in WWII.
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Posted: 3/11/2006 5:21:42 AM EDT
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The movie is another in a long line of obscure military action docu/Hollowood attempts at showing a real event. They all combine fiction and fact. The more successful tend to have more fiction than fact. This one is tad more fact than fiction so slow moving and not as entertaining.
I'm glad I saw it and liked how they cast the actors as close they could in appearence to the real people but I really regret I bought it. Its not the type movie you are going pull out and watch over and over. In fact, probably not even twice. The format does not flow. It watches like a documentary on the Ranger side of things and almost like a melodrama on the prisoner of war side as it jumps from one to the other. Its pretty easy to believe most of the Ranger side is fact however on the prisoner of war side reality gives way to romanticism and about the only thing you can believe is this guy by name was there and either made it or died. Its like they took what would be a good half hour documentary and stretched it out for a full movie by adding a romance, minute details, and settings. The writers and direction tended to concentrate too much military procedure and not enough on how it was implimented. Quite frankly you could take the main characters totally out of the movie and wouldn't notice it from an entertainment factor. I'm cute and planned this raid is a 60 second thing not a two hour thing. I enjoy movies and like many that most don't like but this one on a scale of 1-10 gets a 3. Worth a watch if there is nothing else on and not worth going out of your way for. Kind of think of it as a short history you have to wade through the boring bullshit to find the history. Tj |
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