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[jman87]

So as individuals that have either Served in-law enforcement or enlisted military or special forces? How many of you have either watched,or read something and you're wondering ,why or what source did you get that from?

 

[Kraut783]

(Movies and TV shows)

ALL of them....well, to be honest...most of them.

There are some great examples out there...like Band of Brothers

The real shows would just be boring, with some adrenaline rushes, then back to boring....

 

[jman87]

Band of brothers I will capt Dale Dye did excellent at being an technical adviser even though he served in the marines also you can tell he loves the history of the and wanted to be accurate

 

[AWP]

Band of Brothers...lol.

The book was written by Stephen Ambrose, so take the "facts" with a grain of salt.

 

[Kraut783]

Yeah, I mention Band of Brothers as being realistic...equipment, tactics and such....story accuracy...well...

 

[DaylightGhost]

(Movies and TV shows)

ALL of them....well, to be honest...most of them.

There are some great examples out there...like Band of Brothers

The real shows would just be boring, with some adrenaline rushes, then back to boring....

Warfare has been the best I've seen this year, not perfect but as close as a couple hour movie can be without losing an audience.

 

[DaylightGhost]

(Movies and TV shows)

ALL of them....well, to be honest...most of them.

There are some great examples out there...like Band of Brothers

The real shows would just be boring, with some adrenaline rushes, then back to boring....

Warfare was a good watch this year. Not perfect but good enough without losing a regular audience.

 

[jman87]

So may I ask thi would say Brian? One of the best movies that I've seen would be American Sniper on the realistic scale. What do you feel? How realistic do you feel it was?

 

[Kraut783]

Nope...

 

[jman87]

kraut783 what's it because of the tactics or what is your reasoning?

 

[Cookie_]

kraut783 what's it because of the tactics or what is your reasoning?

For being an aspiring author, your research abilities and grasp of written language are both pretty big barriers to overcome.

 

[jman87]

Yes I know,I need to quit using voice to text.

 

[Topkick]

So as individuals that have either Served in-law enforcement or enlisted military or special forces? How many of you have either watched,or read something and you're wondering ,why or what source did you get that from?

Most come with a " based on actual events" message and likely don't look much like what actually happened.

 

[AWP]

kraut783 what's it because of the tactics or what is your reasoning?

The book had a number of lies so it follows the movie isn't going to be great. Things like no cover on his scope to prevent reflection, the character of "Mustafa" was made up, the bounty on his head didn't exist...

War movies have been trash since the dawn of time. We somehow expect modern movies made under the GWOT's hyperpatriotism to be any different?

Yeah, nah.

Anyway, I recommend cracking open a search engine and doing some digging. Pick a book or movie, American Sniper, Lone Survivor (and the criticism of that is nuclear), Band of Brothers, The Pacific, etc. and in about 10 minutes you can shatter a lot of notions about the film/ series accuracy. I'd argue the best thing out right now is Masters of the Air and it has problems.

Blackhawk Down is another where the book has issues as does the movie. That one at least is understandable.

Something else to consider is the movie making process itself. One page of a script is roughly one minute of screen time. Now you're truncating events, dropping them, oversimplifying details, dropping people, combining people into a composite character... all problems with BHD, but problems that are understandable.

One of the most accurate scenes I've witnessed is buried in a horrible movie, Hurt Locker. The scene where he goes out for cereal, but stands in a brightly lit, fully stocked aisle of cereal and is overwhelmed with choices and paralyzed to make a decision? That's a thing. I felt that one as a contractor fobbit so I can only imagine that happening to dudes who just spent 12-15 months in Iraq.