I accuired the movie since the premier date for Finland is March 1, earliest.
While i was waiting for the movie to get to me..i took the time to read the book again.
I don´t know if it made the movie worse or not, but i had now the situations clearly in mind to spot where they differed in the movie.
I can understand why the former TFR vets have seen parts of the movie as doing unjustice for some men(ie. the Yurek, Twombly and Nelson parts).
But in general the movie showed a lot for even those who had not read the book, many things were explained(ie: The delay in radio traffic etc..) so the audience would understand better.
There were many errors which i spotted, but i didn´t let them bother me for long, the movie just rolled on.
Im not going to even start tell about what MSG Gordon and SFC Shughart did, there are no words in me to tell them correctly.
I think at some point the two must have figured, that the land convoy isnt going to arrive...like they say when the going gets tough, the tough get going and that is just what they did.
Fighting till the last bullet for their friends in arms
The death of Smith was hard to watch, i can imagine what it will be for those who served with him or to his family.
I have never seen such a good display of military operation, tactics and bravery that is shown in this movie.
One thing i´d like to add, how are people complaining in the negative reviews they couldn´t tell the actors apart even with the name tags, i watched the movie with a bad resolution and even worse sound and i can still name every guy in the movie.
Hoo-ah
Rest In Peace:
CWO Cliff Wolcott
CWO Donovan Briley
Staff Sergeant Daniel Busch
Staff Sergeant William Cleveland
Staff Sergeant Thomas Field
CWO Raymond Frank
Sergeant Dominick Pilla
Private First Class James Martin
Corporal Jamie Smith
Sergeant First Class Earl Fillmore
Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart
Master Sergeant Gary Gordon
Sergeant Cornell Houston
Sergeant Casey Joyce
Spec. James Cavaco
Private First Class Richard Kowalewski
Sergeant Lorenzo Ruiz
Master Sergeant Tim Martin
..and killed sadly a few days after the battle, surviving the ordeal just to die in a mortar attack
Sergeant First Class Matt Rierson