Gotta say, sometimes the nit picking around here really cracks me up. I'm not flamin', so don't get me wrong. Let me put it in perspective a bit. Here is a film that, bottom line, was made to make money. Realize that, and maybe it makes it a bit easier to swallow a few inaccuracies here and there. Another perspective "item"... I took my fiance' with me to see it, figuring that it should work for both of us... for me the anticipated exciting war re-creation footage, and for her a good chick flick love story woven in. Not surprisingly, there were several moments that brought her, and I for that matter, to tears. What was surprising, as she stated to me after we left the theater, was that many of the tearful moments for her were not just the love story parts, but the human tragedy of the attack and how we could have allowed ourselves, through arrogance, ignorance, whatever, to have been so easily attacked. More "choked up" moments came during some of the realizations as to the courage, dedication, and sacrifice it took to overcome the initial devastating blow dealt to us. To me, if this movie reminds people what has been given up for our right to make, watch, and criticize a movie like this, than that movie was significant. The bonus for us was that along with these feelings, we both were able to enjoy what I thought was a well made movie, whose minor flaws I was willing to over look. I plan to take my youngest son, 15 yrs. old, as soon as I can. I originally intended to take him to see the "cool war stuff", as he is somewhat of an Aces High junkie himself. Now, however, I see it as an opportunity to try to impress upon him how significant the sacrifices, etc. were, yet in a way that he will find exciting and captivating, as no simple history book could do. Just a little food for thought.
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Skorpyon
~900th Bloody Jaguars~
"Feel the Sting......"
