Black Hawk Down was pretty decent. One of the only films that actually shows a realistic consequence of somebody ripping of a sustained burst from a SAW next to your ear (DEAF).
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Haha my bad man, I thought you were giving me shit. That guys movies are so ridiculous it’s hard not to laugh!
good movie except for the part at the end where he does the leg slide in the snow shooting his pistol gangsta style ! It doesn't get anymore Hollywood than that.
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Triple frontier was good for the most part. The claims of money vs weight was not accurate, unless it was all $1 bills.
First blood is very believable....I agree on the sequels but First Blood? You and I must have seen different movies
I happen to catch Jarhead last night. Cant say much about the scenes as I was never there, but that god damn M40A1 looked pretty realistic! Lol I couldn't see anything to say it wasn't a real M40A1...lol ok carry on....
I always like "Enemy at the Gates". Def a lesser known "sniper" movie. Even though it has the cliche bullet through the scope.
Maybe lesser known movie, but Vasily Zaytsev is one of, if not the most (along with Simo Häyhä), famous snipers. Much fictionalization in the movie.
Vasily exploits in the movie are based on the book of the same name. The character Koenig is most likely fictional but Vasily talks about him in his exploits. He states that the sniper duel took place and he only knew where he was by the reflection of his scope. The shot through the scope is an embellishment though.
I got all the way to the end and all I kept thinking was how no one had said enemy at the gates and right at the end there it was. Great movie! Also agree with doctor who that first blood could totally go down. Decorated spec ops vs some podunk cops in the mountains I know where to put my money.
Shot Through the Heart is worth the time. Some good, some not so good.
Almost any movie or show with guns is dumbed down and annoying. Take John Wick, comic books and three gun matches. Do I watch it, yes. Throw the BS flag, yes.
Almost any movie or show with guns is dumbed down and annoying. Take John Wick, comic books and three gun matches. Do I watch it, yes. Throw the BS flag, yes.
Collateral briefcase scene
The ending of Fury really killed it for me, because up to that point, it had some great historical references, and the tactics with infantry, while not commonly understood, were relatively realistic. And the level of randomness to the graphic lethality that was portrayed, was pretty good.
I watched it in a theater with the wife. She was not thrilled at my comment about how any future mechanized fight will also be very lethal.
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Laughable... from what I remember of the movie, that shot was taken at like 1700 meters.... it would have to have had the best change in direction of a single bullet since the single shot theory on JFK... Like from 45-50 degree down angle to suddenly parallel to the ground to make it through a scope... yeap, unrealistic category..
The Hathcock shot was at fairly short range. Across a river from what I remember. He saw the sun glint off "something", assumed it was a rifle scope and snapped off a shot at it. Lucky hit directly through the scope. At that point the trajectory was pretty flat since we're talking maybe a few hundred yards...not a mile away...
that would be correct... short range shot across a raven with the sun in the Ding's eyes.... but you misunderstood my reference... I don't believe a movie has been made about Hathcock... there was one about Kyle and the shot he made was very long range and that was my reference point, in response to the notion that it seems that every sniper movie now needs a shot through a scope for the drama...
I've never made it through the whole thing; but I have seen bits and pieces.
Never been in combat; but the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan seemed to capture the absolute chaos those men met at Normandy more so than any movie I've ever seen. It had the feel of what that combat must have been like with bullets, mortars, etc whizzing by, people getting blown up, etc. The camera work and the sound mixing I think were superb. There were also a nice collection of guns for the most part, IIRC, were accurately represented based on some historical precedence (Tommy Gun, M1 Carbine, Garand). I thought the guy who licked his finger was a bit over the top, but I guess you have to "make it interesting" for people.
Not a war movie, but far one of the most, if not THE most, unrealistic scenes was when the worst Bond ever jumped off the cliff at Courchevel Altiport and caught up with the plane, jumped in, yanked back on the control column and managed to fly out....sheer freaking stupidity that one.
Restrepo. A documentary, not a movie, and the combat scenes were pretty haywire. I’m not prior service, so I’ve no combat experience to compare it to.
Also no service experience, so I gotta ask: how bad is Lone Survivor? Seen it a couple times and always liked it, includes a long running gunfight/chase scene where the Taliban are after the seals. Danny Dietz went to high school across town from me so the story was known locally in the Denver suburbs.
Trying to be realistic I'd say Zero Dark 30 compound raid. Another good one is 13hr benghazi, blackhawk down, Lone Survivor. For being unrealistic a good gun battle I'd Wind River at the oil construction station.
American Sniper pissed me off when he was on a sat phone with his wife while doing his job. I can't see guys being allowed to be on Sat phones with family during combat.
At the time this was released-this was the longest continuous action scene ever made. Later on, I watched a lot of video from bosnia and syria-and it was strikingly similar.
The premise was that mankind had lost the ability to reproduce-and the rare child born did not live long.
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The premise was that mankind had lost the ability to reproduce-and the rare child born did not live long.
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I did! I liked the movie but have always wondered how realistic or not the long, main gun fight scene is. No personal service experience to compare it to so when I hear the ex mil guys say Zero Dark Thirty’s raid scene wasn’t realistic — which I thought looked VERY real — I just assume they’re all pretty fake.
Sorry skimmed through all the posts and missed it. I'm partial to the movie because I was in BUD/S class 196 in 1994. Tore an MCL and meniscus during a surf passage evolution just before Hell Week and that was all she wrote. Cade Courtley was my OIC at the time and several others I kept in touch with for a while but eventually left the service and lost contact with most people. Had a good buddy attached to the small boat units that kept me abreast of things and while home on leave we were hanging out only to see the tragedy of Red Wings go down. Left a hole in my heart that I will never get over.
I can only imagine with Marcus Luttrell having a small part in the movie and being on set as an advisor, that the combat scenes and falls were as realistic as could be.
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