Well done it was...... All I can say is Wow!
"We're all shot. Can you fight?"
"I can fight. I can fight"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVB0tl_Wxvk



It sure looked realistic to me. But then I am in no position to judge.

"Then O positive or O negative whatever it is. And then it goes here as well in case his arm is blown off."
Lone Survivor - Featurette "OTS: Gearing Up" - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfgVG69t3es

I lost it when the LT handed his remaining ammo to Luttrell and crawled out & exposed himself to deadly fire to call for help. Stick around for the ending credits too.

I thought the ending might have bee a little "Hollywood cavalry charge embellishment, but I didn't read the book, so I don't know.

4.5 out of 5. I think you will like it Jake.
I'd give it a 4.5/5.0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IYKbVp7h58

I saw it yesterday and loved it.

There's no way this movie will win any Academy awards. Those who vote don't like these kind of movies.

The movie was very similar to the book, in particular most of the 45 minute battle scene.

The actual ending was completely different in the book.

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Yea. But DAMN,
you just L U V them blood lust flicks, it seems.

"It seems…".

Really?

Which blood lust movie would you suggest I loved the most?

I have not seen this one, but judging by the lobby card.....

Bloodlust Zombies (Video 2011) - IMDb

LOL!

Saw it Saturday afternoon. Full theatre, sold out. Crowd was completely slent, alomost in shock during the battle scene. Applause at the end. OUTSTANDING movie, very little hollywoood in it. The honor of the fallen SPECOP warriors is secure. This movie will be on my shelf, next to Blackhawk Down....

The Academy announcements come out on Thursday. This film could score in sound, make-up, special effects. Actually there is a long list of tech awards that films such as this can pick up which is why the tech section was created.

Films like Gravity that are so blue screened the tech is almost gone out of it are sometimes nommed, but films like this that take a lot of close-up camera work that can't be CG are looked upon with favor as they push the technical limits of what can be captured on film.

It picked up one nom for Sound Editing.

This film opened at $38.5 million. Rule of thumb is that at the 15 week mark it should be a total take (known as the cume)of $154 million, so with a reported budget of $40 million it will still need some extra time to break even.

By the time everyone gets paid for distribution and theater there is normally 25% of the total that is returned to the producers, so this project will need $160 million to break even.

Total cume as of Jan. 14th was $45 million so things are looking good. May 1st is the day everyone connected with the financial end of this project will be looking at.

I saw it in Norfolk with a full theater heavy with retired and active duty military, primarily Navy. I suspect there were Seals in the audience because I have met a few here. Almost the entire crowd stayed to watch the credits and there was applause after the movie ended and before the credits started. I think everyone thought it was a pretty good movie. It was sobering to watch the credits.

The actual lone survivor was in the movie several places, no lines, just there. I recognized him from the Today Show. He does not seem to be out for glory.

Two young fellows - mid twenties - sitting next to me were from Texas. They were brothers and had been in the Navy for four years. Nice, respectful young men. One had served two or three tours in Afghanistan; he was in computers. I shook their hands and wished them good luck in the service before leaving.

I would recommend this movie to all the guys; too brutal for my wife at least and probably a lot of the ladies. Definitely too much so for kids. But go see it if you can. If you had any level of respect for the Seals beforehand, it will probably increase after seeing the movie.

I am not surprised to know that he is in a few shots. He was likely there as a tech advisor keeping the tiny details right, and since he is not an actor it makes sense that he had no lines. Standing around and looking like background is harder than it looks; speaking lines is even tougher.

One bit of trivia: Uniforms in military films always have one or two small details out of place so the sharp eyed can tell something is wrong. This is because film lives forever and no one wants a movie to mistaken for the real thing 1,000 years from now.

Act of Valor might be an exception to this rule as it started life as a realistic training film and the actors were wearing their real clothes and not costumes.