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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rpm on September 06, 2006, 01:12:19 AM
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The Guardian (http://imdb.com/title/tt0406816/)
H3LL YEAH!!! About time they made a movie about this. So much potential for greatness with a story about USCG Rescue Swimmers. Been there, know that! These guys put there lives on the line every time they go out, and they go out every time. "So Others May Live!"
They didn't pick a nice warm Gulf base with sexy babes and Miami Vice drug raids. They picked Kodiak, Alaska. Tough place to survive on a good day. This is gonna be a great movie! Real hard core Coasty life. People need to hear the stories and appreciate what these men do.
The gods tease me...
(http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/touchstone_pictures/the_guardian/_group_photos/kevin_costner1.jpg)
Kevin Costner and Ashten Kutcher? Say it ain't so.:cry
I'm still going to go see it, but I'm bracing for "Pearl Harbor".
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its gunna suck asss, sorry.
coast gaurds might be brave, but their lives just aint worth watching. *ducks*
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With Ashton Kutcher in it?... well that just screams quality.
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While militaries try to best other militaries on the field of combat, the Coast Guard bests the weather on the water. And since there is no limit to what the weather can do, there is no limit on the courage the Coast Guard has.
Imagine this:
A fire truck arrives on scene at a fire with an extension ladder. The firemen know there are people inside. So what do they do? They extend the ladder to about 40 feet above the fire, and then jump from the end.
I don't know if I have the bravery to do that.
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Originally posted by lasersailor184
A fire truck arrives on scene at a fire with an extension ladder. The firemen know there are people inside. So what do they do? They extend the ladder to about 40 feet above the fire, and then jump from the end.
I don't know if I have the bravery to do that.
Why would fire fighters do that?:huh
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because they are brave. Didn't you read?
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I'm in the Coast Guard and I can tell you this movie is NOT going to show the real Guard. They filmed a bunch of this movie right down the road in Elizabeth City, NC. The Actors couldn't handle Kodiak....."It's too cold!!!"
It's all Hollywood crap for the most part. Of course they had pick a story line about aviators. I'd like to see them do a movie about life aboard a 270' Medium Endurance Cutter doing counter drug op's. Wait that would be a dull movie....spend 6 days transiting down south and then turn circles in the water for a week, pull into Gitmo to re-fuel, go back out and turn circles for a couple more weeks, Gitmo, turn circles, Gitmo, go home.
NEVER MIND!!!!! Seen it already.
I'll see it just to see how bad they screwed it up, but that's it.
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cast is slightly better than a combo with Chuck N. and Arnold S. but still... Kutcher and Kostner :eek:
Ill prolly see it tho even if im sure any of the documentaries on the coast guard is alot better.
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When they promote the director, things do not bode well - "dude, where's my helicopter?"
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well the coast guard does enjoy a sterling reputation, leave it to hollywood to mess anything up.
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It's going to be a movie made for entertainment. It's being done for profit by hollyweird. Given those conditions someone is surprised that it's not going to be a documentary?!?!?!?!
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saw the trailers for it when i went to see "invincible"(very good i thought by the way) it actually looked good. you cant always tell by the trailer but you get a good sense and i like the looks of it so far.
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Kevin Costner and Ashten Kutcher? Say it ain't so.
Don't tell me, Costner will play the strong, silent wise one, and Kutcher the more impetous eager go getter with a hot wife at home who worries about him each time he leaves the house.
Those two both sicken me, so I will probably pass on what will probably be a bad and wildly inaccurate movie.
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Originally posted by Dago
Don't tell me, Costner will play the strong, silent wise one, and Kutcher the more impetous eager go getter with a hot wife at home who worries about him each time he leaves the house.
Those two both sicken me, so I will probably pass on what will probably be a bad and wildly inaccurate movie.
just reading that, i'm surprised how it describes so many movies i've liked.
they must have been using this formula for 50 years, because
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001NBMHQ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
was the 1st example that came to mind...
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Problem with that comparison is both Mitchum and Wagner could act.
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"From the director of Under Siege, and the director that was fired from The Running Man!" Wooohooo, can't wait!!
Plot Outline: In an effort to find his place in life, a troubled young man enlists in the Coast Guard, where he's taken in by a renown rescue swimmer who's hardened by the loss of his team from an accident years back.
Sure fire winnah!
:aok
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Originally posted by rpm
Problem with that comparison is both Mitchum and Wagner could act.
i dont think its a problem, i think myh point was that all movies like that dont sux
or maybe it was that i was surprised i've been taken in by the same gag so many times
or maybe that The Hunters was good and May Britt was [COLOR=dd0000]HOT[/COLOR].
Sammy Davis Jr's good eye worked fo sho
screwing around with hex colors, forgot just exactly how it worked...
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If you want to see what it's like at sea off Alaska, watch "The Deadleist Catch" ( hmmm that D word don't look quite right)
Good show
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That's because it's spelled "Deadliest". ;)
I spent 2 years doing ALPAT's on a HEC. I spent more time walking on bulkheads than deck. MEC's are cute and secksy, but the 378's are the big dawgs.
Believe me, the Bering is NOTHING like the Gulf Coast. I'd trade Gitmo for Adak any day of the week and twice on Sundays. I can't wait to see what a paradise full of beautiful babes they make of Kodiak.:lol
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no way out cosner = good.
the postman cosner = potentially against the geneva convention rules on cruel and unusual.
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Originally posted by Flit
If you want to see what it's like at sea off Alaska, watch "The Deadleist Catch" ( hmmm that D word don't look quite right)
Good show
I saw all the episodes on Discovery and loved it! They are semding them again (for the 5th time or something) but see them now too.
Disc is showing another set of programmes on oil rigs, but i have only had time to se half a show and it looks great. If nothing changes they will show them many times tho so ill get em next time.
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
"From the director of Under Siege, and the director that was fired from The Running Man!" Wooohooo, can't wait!!
Plot Outline: In an effort to find his place in life, a troubled young man enlists in the Coast Guard, where he's taken in by a renown rescue swimmer who's hardened by the loss of his team from an accident years back.
Sure fire winnah!
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'Troubled youn man enlists in the Coast Guard'. Is the Coast Guard in the business of giving 'troubled young men' potentially the most dangerous and difficult jobs in the service.
I doubt it, but it's only a movie and least there are helos in it.
I wonder will Hollywood ever get back to making movies about............well anything really with a bit of depth. Instead of the lowest common denominator, ie the fifteen year old (actual and mental age) who loves action, action, action and no plot.
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It's going to sucks..
Costner, people actually think he's an actor.
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Dude where's my Chopper???!
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Originally posted by Deth7
Dude where's my Chopper???!
day late, dollar short...
look up :D
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Heres some more of the story line.
"Jake Fisher (played by Ashton Kutcher), and Ben Randall (played by Kevin Costner) are two Coast Guard aviators. When one of their squadron mates panics and resigns after an encounter with a Russian fishing trawler, Fiser and Randall heroically lead him back to base. Their squadron CO, debating whether to court-martial them or award them a medal, has to make a tough decision. Fisher and Randall have just been moved to the number 1 slot in the squadron. They get the opportunity of a lifetime- they get to go Top Fin, the coast guards premier weapons school.
At Top Fin, Fisher and Randall are nearly expelled for buzzing the tower in their high performance helicopter. However, Fisher and Randall straighten up and begin to show their true colors. Soon they are competing with Iceberg-Man for the number one slot, and the prestigious Top Fin trophy. Tragedy strikes though, when Fisher's helicopter gets caught in the rotor wash of Iceberg-Man's helicopter. Stuck in a deadly flat spin after their tail-rotor bangs out, Fisher is pinned to his seat by G-forces. Randall however, is able to force open the cockpit door jump out. However, he hits his head on the door handle and dies instantly. Fisher jumps to safety.
Devistated by the loss of Randall, Fisher nearly resigns but is spurred into action after Russian fishing trawlers begin entering U.S. waters. "
I won't ruin the ending for you guys, but let me tell you, with a story line this original, *anything* could happen.
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Well I just got back from seeing The Guardian and I'm happy to say it DID'NT suck. Yeah there were some slow parts mainly dealing with the love stories, but overall it was a good flick. As far as accuracy, it was good. Not perfect, but good. I was'nt pleased with the ending, but I can reccomend seeing the movie.
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