Super Sweet Movie Discussion Thread
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Concur. Frankly, I think it's also compounded by just plain old laziness in Hollywood.
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Your previous post on this movie already lost me. The fact that the star of a movie like this doesn't even know how to make it look like he knows how to use rifle sights and the producers aren't smart enough to keep it off a promo photo doesn't leave me with a lot of hope.
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I've been this close to starting a thread where we can bitch about war/ tactical type movie inaccuracies.
Tears of the Sun. They're behind hostile lines. No rucks, yet they conduct an entire op. and spend ammo like its being dumped out of a resupply helicopter, for instance.
Perhaps I was asleep for some of the movie where they dumped rucks in an ORP. :-/
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Bruce Willis's M68 was on backwards in that movie.I've been this close to starting a thread where we can bitch about war/ tactical type movie inaccuracies.
Tears of the Sun. Behind hostile lines. No rucks, yet they conduct an entire op. and spend ammo like like its being dumped out of a resupply helicopter, for instance.
Perhaps I was asleep for most of the movie. :-/
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Exactly.
And I'll bet at least two members here could tear apart The Hurt Locker.
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They should pay us the big bucks to be advisors so this stupid shit doesn't happen
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They should pay us big us the big bucks to be advisors so this stupid shit doesn't happen
You should hear what the community has to say about the advisor for the Hurt Locker. :-"
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Please, tell me more...
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I figured three man EOD teams wandering around Iraq in a hummer by themselves was standard SOP
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LOL. I'm sure it looked "cooler" that way to someone.
Hate because this barely resembles what Vince Flynn wrote. Mitch Rapp didn't have a bunch of disciplinary issues as a teenager. Also, the actor playing him looks like a fucking pussy.
I figured three man EOD teams wandering around Iraq in a hummer by themselves was standard SOP
You forgot going into houses
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When we even thought it COULD be an IED we would say "aint my job". I love you EOD!
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Agreed. We carried a small amount of explosive to perform BIPs if necessary, but gladly pulled security for EOD on the more heavy duty stuff.
Hurt Locker was a joke on every level. The main character was portrayed as an undisciplined, yet skilled, rule breaker who rolled solo-cholo through Iraq as he saw fit to blow IEDs, fight sniper duels, and clear houses by himself. Also I love how he pulled up four 155mm artillery shell IEDs by the det cord. For no particular reason other than to show off his front deltoid strength. Seems legit.
They should pay us big us the big bucks to be advisors so this stupid shit doesn't happen
I could just see that argument unfolding. Me "Mr Holywood that ain't how shit happens, this whole script is a bunch of bullshit". Him "This script is based off of the true accounts of Pvt Snuffy, of the 182nd Airborne Transportation Division". Me- tossing up my hands and walking away shaking my head.
Yeah I think I'll let candy land be candy land, besides it's makes it easier to snuff out people's bullshit stories.
"There I was cut off and alone, scared for my life, with nothing more than my wits and an M16 to get me through".
It's a bit disappointing that hurt locker dude didn't break out his bow and call up big titty black widow during his Iraq rampage. An eye patch wearing mother fucker would have worked well too.
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