Author Topic: If you haven'yt seen "We were Soldiers" (Read 1062 times)

-ammo- · « **on:** August 24, 2002, 06:16:08 PM »

Then you need to rent it. What a great movie! Had me all emotional, and that is fairlly hard to do.

sling322 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 24, 2002, 06:29:19 PM »

Just rented it this past week. I thought it was pretty good. There is some great music in there also.

Wilbus · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2002, 06:37:08 PM »

One of the best I've seen, had me all emotional aswell. Bought the soundtrack for it aswell, not a single bad song on the whole CD, SO BUY IT!

Toad · « **Reply #3 on:** August 24, 2002, 10:18:19 PM »

It's also a great book.

easymo · « **Reply #4 on:** August 24, 2002, 10:47:01 PM »

Haven't seen it. Are we baby murdering, psycho, rapist again?

Elfenwolf · « **Reply #5 on:** August 24, 2002, 10:50:40 PM »

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Originally posted by easymo
Haven't seen it. Are we baby murdering, psycho, rapist again?

LOL Nah Easymo, this time we're scared kids hoping to get home in one piece. We're the good guys this time.

Snowball · « **Reply #6 on:** August 24, 2002, 10:55:16 PM »

cool action scenes
never seen mel gibson cry bfore

-ammo- · « **Reply #7 on:** August 24, 2002, 11:00:12 PM »

no easymo, this aint "platoon"

They actually portray the NVA as soldiers too, not some spooky ghosth w/ AK-47's. The movie is about the first battle that the Americans had with the NV in 65, that is the first where we deployed a large unit into battle. Based ona true story.

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #8 on:** August 24, 2002, 11:07:14 PM »

Haven't seen Mel cry?

Review the first scene in the first lethal weapon...

The one where he tries to swallow his gun... pretty intense for a "buddy picture" comedy.

Daff · « **Reply #9 on:** August 24, 2002, 11:10:19 PM »

Erhh..it's absolutly awful. It's Randalph Wallace who's directing it...the guy who wrote the screenplay for Pearl Harbour and it's n-times more slobby.
Stupid slo-mo all the time, awful soundtrack and Mel Gibson delivering a substandard performance running on autopilot.
Only good thing is the arial attacks, which are pretty nice.
Read the book instead..it's a million times better.
Don't make the same mistake I did and support that Wallace's work.

Daff

Animal · « **Reply #10 on:** August 25, 2002, 01:47:37 AM »

I thought it was mediocre melodramatic crap like The Patriot, even edging on glorious propaganda. Mel Gibson will never make anything nearing braveheart. Kind of reminds me of the hour long, heroic movies made by the third reich for the NAZI youth. Really, if you seriously compare them, they are VERY similar.

If you really want good war movies get Blackhawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, and Full Metal Jacket.

There are no hokey scenes of Mel Gibson heroically turning around casually and nailing a NVA troop with his 1911, to the enjoyment of his hard-as-nails first sergeant

Flame me. In five years this crap movie wont be remembered anyways.

10Bears · « **Reply #11 on:** August 25, 2002, 03:32:13 AM »

If you really want good war movies get Blackhawk Down

Charactors didn't stand out

SC-Sp00k · « **Reply #12 on:** August 25, 2002, 04:08:41 AM »

BHD kills We were soldiers. We were is a good movie but Melanie Gibson makes a poor American. It was the little things in BHD which wins it. Soldiers making mistakes in battle, tripping up and going back for their weapons. It was more beliveable. We were went over the top on Apple pie back home.

Creamo · « **Reply #13 on:** August 25, 2002, 05:18:07 AM »

Incredibly, Hollywood makes another movie that includes a “Can’t we all get along” scene(s) where blacks become hero’s not to be discounted in spite of what ‘whitey’ thinks.

Pearl Harbor did it, (hold the Captain of the ship and console him in his death before you shoot down planes with a gun you weren’t allowed to fire in practice) Patriot did it, (gosh, I was just ready to hug a black person in the final battle) Gladiator did it, We Were Soldiers even had the surely bias white women appalled that there was separate laundry mats! Men of Honor? Good grief... What cheesy crap.

Nazi Germany was way better at propaganda, but Hollywood is a laughable mimic.

I hope they don’t make a Thomas Jefferson big Hollywood blockbuster. While he is sleeping with slaves, their bed-talk will somehow be the inspiration for the Constitution?

Tumor · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2002, 07:04:28 AM »

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Originally posted by Animal

If you really want good war movies get ....... and Full Metal Jacket.

...Put the crack pipe down and come out with your hands up!