'Zero Dark Thirty' hunts for Bin Laden -- and more

[AWP]

Ladies and Gentlemen! In this corner, weighing in at 441 posts, Tee-AAAAAYYYTTCCCHHHHHH FIFTEEEEENNNNNNN!!!!!

And in this corner, fighting out of the Southeast, an undersea explosion waiting to happen, DaaaasssssBooooootttttt!!!!!!

And me? I'LL HAVE a GRATUITOUS usage of EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL CAPS!!!!!!!AND EXCESSSSSSIVE LETTERRRRRSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

I should probably go to sleep now.

 

[RetPara]

I wanna know what breed of dog so I can get one.

You want big and scary.....
CAUCASIAN OVTCHARKA

Or a Tibetan Mastiff

 

[RetPara]

one more TM pic......

 

[Future_Leader]

Apparently this Ginger has a soul And a feisty one at that!

 

[Queeg]

I still think going in with actual lions merits consideration .

 

[Ravage]

I do see a resemblance:

 

[dknob]

wtf is that animal?

 

[Ravage]

I'm younger than you and I've seen this movie

 

[Hillclimb]

If that actress passes for "sexy" then she could be a dental hygenist in Iowa. To each their own.

I see what you did there. ;)

When I think of actresses to fill a woman in the CIA kind of role, that blonde from Homeland always comes to mind first. Angelina Jolie if it requires double agents(Salt) or curving bullets(Wanted).

Sucks the release got pushed back to January.

 

[AWP]

When I think of actresses to fill a woman in the CIA kind of role, that blonde from Homeland always comes to mind first.

Claire Danes' character is BATSHIT (deserves all caps) insane in that role.

I'm in love.

 

[DA SWO]

Claire Danes' character is BATSHIT (deserves all caps) insane in that role.

I'm in love.

Does your wife know?

 

[AWP]

Does your wife know?

Why do you think I'm gone 10 months out of every year?

 

[Ravage]

Got the movie soundtrack on-line. Dark.

 

[Brian1/75]

I just saw this. I really liked it. It centers around the intel collection for basically Bin Laden's courier as someone mentioned, but it stays thrilling throughout. I can't really attest to the accuracy of all that, but none of it screamed bullshit to me. The raid at the end was probably the most legitimate GWOT military sequence on film. The equipment, the sounds, the way they moved, how damn dark it is. It's not perfect, but it gets close.

 

[Ravage]

I'm sold. But have to wait 'till Feb the 8th....

 

[goon175]

The only bad thing I have heard about this film so far is that the waterboarding scene is a bit too dramatized, but other than that it has recieved rave reviews. I can tell just by the previews that it's going to be more realistic military action scenes than 95% of the movies out there.

But, as I have said before, with all the access they were given, this movie should be pretty damn accurate. If it isn't, they need to question their legitimacy as film makers.

 

[Crusader74]

Excellent movie.

 

[AWP]

An old skydiving buddy/ drop zone owner of mine told me that Point Break did more for skydiving than any single event he's seen.

I wonder how recruiting for EOD and now the SEAL's has done in the wake of her films?

 

[Ravage]

Like SPECWAR ever had a PR problem?

 

[ThunderHorse]

So I saw the movie back on Christmas Day at the Arclight on Sunset...you have to purchase a specific seat, I was like wtf. Saw it with two Marine buddies, one's wife and the other's brother.

This is by far one of the best movies I've seen this year, tied with Lincoln, then you have Dark Knight Rises, Skyfall, Les Miserables (Don't ask), The Hobbit ...and then all the random Marvel time takers.

I had expected it literally to be about the raid because the short trailer that had been running on the tube was: "Everyone's been in a helicopter crash before, right?" As Brian 1/75 said of it, it was really about the intel collection that led to getting the lead and eventually finding the asshole himself. It lines up pretty well with Bissonnette's account of the raid itself. You see the evolution of our interrogation techniques...and Congress trying to downplay it's effectiveness is retarded. For most people I think it works, how effective the information they give you is probably completely different.

What I don't understand is how the CIA allowed a lot of their analysts to live off site from the embassy compound in Pakistan knowing how dangerous the place was itself.

I'm no SOF dude, but it seemed that unlike in Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker," SOPs were displayed correctly so no criticism on that part.

Like I said one of the best movies, and if it's not up there for best picture and something other than Lincoln wins it we have issues with the assholes that vote for movies.