Ok I didn't like this film, in fact I borderline hated it, although it was so bland it couldn't even raise full hatred in me. As an action flick it was passable but as a war/realistic movie it was awful.
My questions to those who liked the film for anything other than it's action elements are these:
1) Why does Tom Sizemore always play the invinsible army veteran who never ducks yet mysteriously never gets seriously wounded.
2) Why do they so obviously pilfer from films like Saving Pvte Ryan; nerdy desk-bound guy turns into a hero, deaf guy who shouts for comic relief, grainy flickery film stock.
3) Why are American soldiers in movies like these always shown in a simliar light:'We're brothers' 'No one is left behind' etc etc, whereas in reality the commanding officers are always more concerned about the destruction of the ordenance rather than the downed soldiers.
4) Did anyone else think, that once in battle all the soldiers began to look similar?
5) Caused by point 4 above no doubt but; didn't anyone notice how the guy who was shot in the leg and whose vein they were trying to grab, died, was seen being zipped into a body bag, appears again to talk to the general, then dies again and is left outside the bodybag in the final scene where that idiot from Pearl Harbor tells him he'll tell his 'mom' and 'pop' that he fought well??? WTF was going on?
6) Anyone count how many times they repeated the letters :'RPG'? Soldiers handbook page one: 'You MUST shout the name of whatever weapon the enemy are using!'
7) Again, token Somalian gets his pathetic one sided speech on his reason for fighting, very similar to Three Kings (ie. Lets try to explain the conflict in baby-language to the audience)
8) Eric Bana's character. Why must we always have the one guy who is bulletproof and is portrayed as being so very very brave. God bless America!
9) Slow motion combined with whispy music = deep and meaningful scene.
10) Echoes of the movie Aliens, when first copter goes down and slowly all the natives start swarming towards it.
11) Token Somalian No#2...You get to walk slowly in front of a jeep holding a child cause that way the audience will remember that shooting people is wrong.
So I didn't like it. I'm going to get flamed no doubt but could someone try to answer those questions above?
My questions to those who liked the film for anything other than it's action elements are these:
1) Why does Tom Sizemore always play the invinsible army veteran who never ducks yet mysteriously never gets seriously wounded.
2) Why do they so obviously pilfer from films like Saving Pvte Ryan; nerdy desk-bound guy turns into a hero, deaf guy who shouts for comic relief, grainy flickery film stock.
3) Why are American soldiers in movies like these always shown in a simliar light:'We're brothers' 'No one is left behind' etc etc, whereas in reality the commanding officers are always more concerned about the destruction of the ordenance rather than the downed soldiers.
4) Did anyone else think, that once in battle all the soldiers began to look similar?
5) Caused by point 4 above no doubt but; didn't anyone notice how the guy who was shot in the leg and whose vein they were trying to grab, died, was seen being zipped into a body bag, appears again to talk to the general, then dies again and is left outside the bodybag in the final scene where that idiot from Pearl Harbor tells him he'll tell his 'mom' and 'pop' that he fought well??? WTF was going on?
6) Anyone count how many times they repeated the letters :'RPG'? Soldiers handbook page one: 'You MUST shout the name of whatever weapon the enemy are using!'
7) Again, token Somalian gets his pathetic one sided speech on his reason for fighting, very similar to Three Kings (ie. Lets try to explain the conflict in baby-language to the audience)
8) Eric Bana's character. Why must we always have the one guy who is bulletproof and is portrayed as being so very very brave. God bless America!
9) Slow motion combined with whispy music = deep and meaningful scene.
10) Echoes of the movie Aliens, when first copter goes down and slowly all the natives start swarming towards it.
11) Token Somalian No#2...You get to walk slowly in front of a jeep holding a child cause that way the audience will remember that shooting people is wrong.
So I didn't like it. I'm going to get flamed no doubt but could someone try to answer those questions above?
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