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digimeistter said:
Halmyre said:
Borroxs said:
Some Gump said:
Pfft. If it doesn't include the ayotolah of rock and rolla, a matchup and the swede it will only every be a vague imitation of the original.
Eh?Edited by Halmyre on Friday 27th January 12:46
The Spruce goose said:
it has very strong religious and an American circle jerk
Not 100% sure what that means, but the religious element is pretty hard to avoid in this story as it's his reason for refusing to fight and really was a big part of the man's motivation.Without that his behaviour would be plain weird... (You can argue it is, but at least it's explicable).
M.
Paul Dishman said:
I kept wondering why the Japanese just didn't sneak out from their tunnels at night and cut the rope net down and why they weren't at the cliff edge firing at the US soldiers as they climbed up.
Because artillery? I mean, yeah, sure that'd be easier, but then if you knew they were waiting just at the top you'd just shell the f
k out of them. From the Japanese point of view I guess it's better for them to have the US soldiers climb up and have to cross that no man's land giving you the opportunity to just pick them off as they take their chances?I wasn't very impressed myself. I thought the romance was a bit lame, and the Dad character grated a bit. I also wondered why the Japanese just cut the nets down.
Now I know that's it's a true story and so on, but I couldn't help but think he would have been even more useful if he was able to fight at times.
Now I know that's it's a true story and so on, but I couldn't help but think he would have been even more useful if he was able to fight at times.
Chainsaw Rebuild said:
I wasn't very impressed myself. I thought the romance was a bit lame, and the Dad character grated a bit. I also wondered why the Japanese just cut the nets down.
Now I know that's it's a true story and so on, but I couldn't help but think he would have been even more useful if he was able to fight at times.
Now I know that's it's a true story and so on, but I couldn't help but think he would have been even more useful if he was able to fight at times.
I guess you weren't alone (as the film shows), but he probably would have just died without saving 50-100 men, which in fact would have been pretty useless by comparison...
My wife said "I can't believe they really just climbed nets to get up the cliff", but then you look and sure enough, the photos show EXACTLY that!
People picking holes (aside from the romance vs action balance, which is a matter of taste and may be a bit schmaltzy) are usually finding holes in the facts, even though some of it was pretty hard to believe!
I deliberately didn't read about him before seeing the film, but did afterwards and lots of stuff that seemed to me to probably be 'artistic interpretation' was pretty spot on!
It's one of those films where you think "That's a bit far fetched", but then you find it's what happened! As fiction it seems incredible and yet it's what happened.
M.
Edited by marcosgt on Monday 13th February 16:01
Seen it and I thought it was good, I think films that show how violent war really is, how likely you are going to die are very laudable and not some romantic drivel that everyone is going to be a hero.
War is brutal and this films like the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan really show that.
What the guy achieved was quite frankly remarkable.
War is brutal and this films like the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan really show that.
What the guy achieved was quite frankly remarkable.
Just got back, Odeon in their wisdom have reduced this to one showing per week, predictably it was sold out whilst 5 half empty screens showed 50 Shades!
Loved it, incredibly visceral and the first half was nowhere near as cheesy as I had heard. One thing I wasn't clear on, the letter at the trial. How did it clear him and if it was signed by that top guy sat there in the trial, why didn't he speak up earlier?
Loved it, incredibly visceral and the first half was nowhere near as cheesy as I had heard. One thing I wasn't clear on, the letter at the trial. How did it clear him and if it was signed by that top guy sat there in the trial, why didn't he speak up earlier?
ukaskew said:
Just got back, Odeon in their wisdom have reduced this to one showing per week, predictably it was sold out whilst 5 half empty screens showed 50 Shades!
Loved it, incredibly visceral and the first half was nowhere near as cheesy as I had heard. One thing I wasn't clear on, the letter at the trial. How did it clear him and if it was signed by that top guy sat there in the trial, why didn't he speak up earlier?
I believe the letter was from a top general in Washington, who had been his fathers captain in WW1 and subsequently promoted to general or brigadier during the WW1/2 period. I..E bloody high ranking and who's word you only disobey if you want to see your career ending pretty quick. Loved it, incredibly visceral and the first half was nowhere near as cheesy as I had heard. One thing I wasn't clear on, the letter at the trial. How did it clear him and if it was signed by that top guy sat there in the trial, why didn't he speak up earlier?
Edited by Markbarry1977 on Friday 17th February 02:55
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