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Post mortem on "Lone Survivor:" since, in reality, it really

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was just a small group of Taliban, eight or twelve (tiny, compared to the film's ridiculous inflation to 200!), with one automatic rifle among them, why didn't the film makers leave it like that? When one says, "based on a true story" but then distorts all the critical facts, that's subversive of any intent implied by that promise.
And isn't it time we stopped this invincibility nonsense? American soldiers do no better than others in combat: a handful certainly can't hold off a couple of hundred enemy for very long. I like war films, but I don't like what this film is selling: propaganda. SEAL supermen.
SPOILER ALERT:
The scene of the graphic head shot to the American "Axe" was totally gratuitous and never should have been kept in the released film.
One series of falls off the cliff was sufficient: no one could have managed to go through one and continue fighting, much less after two fall episodes.
NO once removes chards from deep within their leg w/out some sort of anesthetic. Period. Shock would have resulted.
Anyhow, the original story was good; one can see that the service and/or survivor based their approval on a change to the script; it was compelling BEFORE the writers got ahold of it.
As for the quality of the action sequences and their being compared to SPR: get serious. Not in the same league...

Edits: 06/08/14

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The whole film was gratuitous and I almost squawled like a baby . . . - Billy Wonka 01:03:45 06/09/14 (7)
Truly the longest most intense fire fight every splattered onto the silver screen. Based on the action all those guys should have the Congressional.
- Pvt. Ryan, Bonnie & Clyde, and Wild Bunch set standard; this ain't close. nt - tinear 07:41:48 06/09/14 (6)
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  - If yer talking about standard setting, you can't leave out the shooting death in Kareteci Kiz (turkish flick) - Road Warrior 18:43:11 06/09/14 (0)
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  - No, THIS set the standard for the close up intensity . . . . - Billy Wonka 12:13:31 06/09/14 (4)
    Bonnie and Clyde doesn't belong in this conversation and SPR was still a movie's length away from the viewer. In LS you can feel the pain as they are slowly dying and still determined to fight. Remember, this squad of guys just didn't get picked off by a nice, antiseptic head shots, no, they were chewed to pieces.
    - I haven't seen it and can't comment, but Black Hawk Down remains the benchmark to put viewers in the fight NT - Jazz Inmate 10:43:12 06/18/14 (0)
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    - The direction and editing didn't do it, for me. It actually - tinear 21:59:05 06/09/14 (2)
      started to bore me, as in it was repetitious. I can understand your not agreeing, but that's my honest take.
      - Sorry to hear of your lack of humanity....Fast and Furious will be out soon. * - Billy Wonka 14:04:26 06/11/14 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: The direction and editing didn't do it, for me. It actually posted by tinear on June 09, 2014 at 21:59:05
        
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        No artistry, just violence. Neither director nor editor are renewed, justly so. You obviously - tinear 19:41:57 06/11/14 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Sorry to hear of your lack of humanity....Fast and Furious will be out soon. * posted by Billy Wonka on June 11, 2014 at 14:04:26
        
        identified with the characters, a lot.
        I didn't.
        They were just actors to me, victimized by a lack of action imagination. We'll agree to disagree on the merits of the action, though I've yet to read ANY critic place it anywhere near Pvt. Ryan.

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