Escape to the Movies: Lone Survivor

MovieBob

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Lone Survivor

Marky Mark and his funky bunch of Seals goes after terrorism in this week's review of Lone Survivor.

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Falseprophet

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So an American version of Bravo Two Zero [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120617/] as directed by Mel Gibson?
 

GamemasterAnthony

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Halo Reach did the heroic death thing better, I'm guessing. Am I right/close, Bob?

BTW...Dr. Strangelove? So...apparently you stopped worrying and learned to love this bomb, eh?
 

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wasn't there a lost shib inu that froze to death the other day that was making the rounds as a tear jerker human interest story?

If so then very topical bob.
 

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Yay! Cute Shiba Inu.

I was going to go see this movie, then I heard it was based on a true story. I looked it up, and decided I didn't want to go see it. Too sad. Now though, it sounds like the main reason I would have gone to see it isn't there either. I would have wanted to see a war movie, but if the shots focus so much on the wounds and blood and not the action, I don't think I would have enjoyed it at all.
 

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When I saw this review I thought the same thing as when I saw the trailer.

Why was the option: release or kill? What happened to the third, and IMO obviously superior "keep em tied up till the operation was complete or extraction accomplished" option?

I mean, I get that the survivor told his story with the moral debate, so that's what happened, but... I dunno, it still came to my mind that they missed out on a much better option.
 

Ken_J

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I totally get the reference at the end.

Also sounding a little bit off there bob. Post Christmas Exhaustion or New Years hangover?
 

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Sidney Buit said:
When I saw this review I thought the same thing as when I saw the trailer.

Why was the option: release or kill? What happened to the third, and IMO obviously superior "keep em tied up till the operation was complete or extraction accomplished" option?

I mean, I get that the survivor told his story with the moral debate, so that's what happened, but... I dunno, it still came to my mind that they missed out on a much better option.
I was wondering that too.

The way you describe the movie it sounds a lot like torture porn, torture porn meant to make the military look more heroic but still torture porn.
 

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Sidney Buit said:
When I saw this review I thought the same thing as when I saw the trailer.

Why was the option: release or kill? What happened to the third, and IMO obviously superior "keep em tied up till the operation was complete or extraction accomplished" option?

I mean, I get that the survivor told his story with the moral debate, so that's what happened, but... I dunno, it still came to my mind that they missed out on a much better option.
If they were terrorist sympathisers then they can just slow them down completely and the Seals don't gain anything for it. If they were innocent then it would essentially be kidnapping.

My question is why they don't just leave them there in order to get a head start.
 

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Sidney Buit said:
When I saw this review I thought the same thing as when I saw the trailer.

Why was the option: release or kill? What happened to the third, and IMO obviously superior "keep em tied up till the operation was complete or extraction accomplished" option?

I mean, I get that the survivor told his story with the moral debate, so that's what happened, but... I dunno, it still came to my mind that they missed out on a much better option.
What would have happened if Zod had Kryptoformed Mars instead?
 

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I hear that Shiba Inu movie is gonna be killer, though I'm not sure I like I how it portrays female and minority dogs.
 

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OK, so I'll stick with the completely different game of the same name and as mentioned above, just go and re-watch Bravo Two Zero. Thanks for the heads-up.
 

Moth_Monk

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So Bob didn't like it because the film didn't romanticize the reality of war; he prefers to watch a comforting lie at the movies? lol
 

MatsVS

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Moth_Monk said:
So Bob didn't like it because the film didn't romanticize the reality of war; he prefers to watch a comforting lie at the movies? lol
I think his point is that war-porn without an underlying pathos is just gratuitous.
 

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Such topical
Much schedule
Many credit
Wow

... c'mon, I can't be the only one thinking it.

OT: Timing for this one is weird. Deep (or attempts at same) war drama tend to aim before the award season. I guess this really is just a directoral art piece.
 

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Sidney Buit said:
When I saw this review I thought the same thing as when I saw the trailer.

Why was the option: release or kill? What happened to the third, and IMO obviously superior "keep em tied up till the operation was complete or extraction accomplished" option?

I mean, I get that the survivor told his story with the moral debate, so that's what happened, but... I dunno, it still came to my mind that they missed out on a much better option.
it's addressed in the movie
- they are found and warn the taliban
- they are not found and:
-are killed by the wildlife (they mention wolves to be specific)
-die due to exposure, night time in Afghanistan in the mountains not being exactly the best time to be tied to a tree

moviebob not liking a war movie that isn't anti American? I'm shocked!
/sarcasm
 

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Enosh_ said:
it's addressed in the movie
- they are found and warn the taliban
- they are not found and:
-are killed by the wildlife (they mention wolves to be specific)
-die due to exposure, night time in Afghanistan in the mountains not being exactly the best time to be tied to a tree
Important to note that once you capture someone you are responsible for their safety - leaving the people tied up to die is almost as bad as killing them yourself.