Movie Theater Warfare (2025)
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Hope its good but most war movies as of late have been pretty bad.
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another maybe?
Just finished it. Honestly in 24 years since black hawk down i think it’s the best since. It was phenomenal and definitely warrants seeing in theater. Don’t get me wrong i loved 13 hours and while BHD had a star studded cast, at the time most were unknown (excluding Sam Sheppard, Seizmore) This felt very much the same. Seeing it in theater for the fly overs alone is worth it. Very reminiscent of BHD though even more docuseries like with no music.
I have not seen this movie but while we are discussing well made and descriptive movies, I would recommend "The Outpost."
Yeah, I know, the screenplay was written by Jake Tapper. But it was a good movie. And for me, it is Scott Eastwood's defining role. He may do other great movies but he is always going to be SSG Romesha to me.
Just like most people know Viggo Mortensen for the Lord of the Rings but, for me, he will always be Command Master Chief Urgayle in charge of bud/S in "GI Jane."
Yeah, I know, the screenplay was written by Jake Tapper. But it was a good movie. And for me, it is Scott Eastwood's defining role. He may do other great movies but he is always going to be SSG Romesha to me.
Just like most people know Viggo Mortensen for the Lord of the Rings but, for me, he will always be Command Master Chief Urgayle in charge of bud/S in "GI Jane."
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what has me hesitant is that it’s by the same people who made civil war, which was ok I guess but kinda click bait like compared to what the trailers made it out to be.
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I didn’t see civil war but garland is a good director given the right material. Mendoza certainly helped. It was extremely good.
I saw it this afternoon. I didn't think there was good character development, I didn't see a lot of "take charge". Honestly, I'm sure the real seals/marines involved were more aggressive./definitive/sharper. I'm putting this up against Blackhawk Down which was spectacular.
And this one is similar, looks promising in the trailer but the film was a fail.
How so? I think most would disagree. I thought it was great. What didn’t you like about it?
Mostly in the way the SEAL team was portrayed. Inept, confused, undertrained, and with a total lack of leadership..... Totally unprepared for the mission they were sent to do, but simply because of poor decision making by the CO. Certainly there are ways to portray an unwinnable scenario without making the losing team look like a total shit show. If the true story is being portrayed correctly, it wasn't worth making a movie about. Certainly things can go wrong and command can leave guys in a lurch but that was not portrayed in the movie. The amount of force wasn't portrayed as overwhelming, and they weren't hindered by Command or some other situation. The Team was not shown to be attempting to complete the mission of protecting the Marines....
Too many holes in the plot and generally portraying US soldiers in a bad light, just left me with a miserable feeling. As I stated earlier, there are ways to portray an unwinnable battle in a way the doesn't denigrate those involved. Blackhawk Down certainly managed to do it.
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I don't think it's meant to be taken that way quite honestly. The point to me was to illustrate how awful it truly is, not to show any level of incompetence on the SEALS part. I mean hell Mendoza and his team directly oversaw the film, so it's by their recollection and I certainly don't think that was their intention. I do see your points, I just don't think it was meant to be taken that way in the slightest.
BHD is my favorite war film of all time BTW, never gets old.
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