We Were Soliders, better than Black Hawk Down?

[RossMAN]

Russ was right and NFS4 you'll be happy to know that Tom Sizemore wasn't in this movie.

 

[NFS4]

I'd love to see it, but after hearing Mel Gibson's accent (for the movie) on the previews...I don't know if I could take 2 hours of it. It just pierces my skull.

 

[RossMAN]

It was worth it even though I had to put up with his drawl for 2 hours 18 minutes.

 

[UofI]

Didnt watch We Were Soliders yet so I cannot comment. Blackhawk Down was pretty good.

 

[yllus]

"We will RAHD into battle..."

 

[RossMAN]

<< "We will RAHD into battle..." >>



LOL

 

[Novgrod]

Does he do the funky eye/swallow thing? If so count me out. Wait, even if he doesn't i can live without it.

If i want a good vietnam movie night, i'll rent apoc now and full metal jacket

 

[QTPie]

I agree.
Watched both movies. WWS is more in depth than BHD, IMHO.

 

[Perknose]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, man, saw the promos for this on TV. Half of me wants to see this badly, but I just don't think I can bring myself to go. I was young once, too.

 

[b0mbrman]

Hmmm...I guess I'll go check it out then

 

[erikiksaz]

<< Does he do the funky eye/swallow thing? If so count me out >>



Holy crap!! I'm not the only one that has noticed the gulp thing!!

 

[kami]

Uh, what's wrong with Gibson? After Braveheart I could never hate this guy.

I am anxious to see this movie though...heard some good things about it. Another one I have to see is Time Machine...hope it doesn't suck.

 

[geek167]

WWS I think personally has a better plot.

Mel Gibson is a good actor.... Black Hawk Down was sooo plagued with language it was sad..... I can handle like Saving Private Ryan language but the language in Black Hawk Down was excessive.

A Beautiful Mind was better than both. Russel Crow is an amazing actor.

 

[goob2k]

<< I'd love to see it, but after hearing Mel Gibson's accent (for the movie) on the previews...I don't know if I could take 2 hours of it. It just pierces my skull. >>



The guy Gibson plays is from Kentucky. I believe that should explain the accent. And yes I am from Kentucky.

 

[ddjkdg]

<< WWS I think personally has a better plot.

Mel Gibson is a good actor.... Black Hawk Down was sooo plagued with language it was sad..... I can handle like Saving Private Ryan language but the language in Black Hawk Down was excessive.

A Beautiful Mind was better than both. Russel Crow is an amazing actor. >>



I can't speak from any personal experience but the feeling I get is that you're going to be cursing a lot when people are dying guys are shooting at you. I'm kinda with you in that I don't feel the movie would have 'lost' anything if they had dropped some of the language, but it doesn't bother me either. The point of BHD was to show what it was like for those soldiers on that day... and it seems pretty accurate to me. If you're going to show people getting blown to smithereens, how are a few bad words going to hurt?

 

[RossMAN]

<< Does he do the funky eye/swallow thing? If so count me out. Wait, even if he doesn't i can live without it.

If i want a good vietnam movie night, i'll rent apoc now and full metal jacket >>



I'm not sure if he does the "funky swallow thing" because I don't make it a point to stare at Mel Gibson's throat.

Did you see the re-release of Apoc Now Redux on the big screen last year? Wow.

 

[b0mbrman]

Hmmm...this was based on a true story?

 

[neomits]

I thought they were both good movies. About Mel's accent, I think the parts in the trailer was the worse of it. It didn't really bother me in the movie. The trailer throws it way off.

 

[b0mbrman]

Just curious...what's the count on the number of different accents Mel's used in movies?

 

[Crimson]

<< WWS I think personally has a better plot.

Mel Gibson is a good actor.... Black Hawk Down was sooo plagued with language it was sad..... I can handle like Saving Private Ryan language but the language in Black Hawk Down was excessive.

A Beautiful Mind was better than both. Russel Crow is an amazing actor. >>



BHD was meant to be a real portrayal of battle.. almost like a documentary.. Do you think people who are seeing their friends getting blown away left and right use words like "please" and "thank you" most of the time?

 

[AlwaysWong]

I think it's very difficult to fake an accent. The only impression I can do is Sean Connery... "Pushy Galaw"

 

[Emos]

<< Hmmm...this was based on a true story? >>


Yes. The movie recounts the events of the Ia Drang Valley battle...the first major confrontation between American forces and the NVA.