I wish all the GI has a longer magazine, eg, 30 rounds at least , to face the human wave attack.
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Originally posted by Darrell View PostI agree that it was a decent movie. But why do they always have to have 300 soldiers all massed together in a 50 m2 meter area running at defended positions. Must be a Mel thing. Learned from other masters with the same Hollywood drama.
Noted this too and agree. Probably because of filming constrictions, in other words, limitations of the set. The combat action had to me filmed very tightly.
As a photographer I thought the filming was superb. And the story even more so. Remember reading about Doss when I was a teen and being incredibly impressed with his actions. Yes, the actual history was altered to create more drama with the court martial and the romance but as war films go I think it is excellent. I like pretty much everything Mel produces, and Clint too. Very pleased there are conservatives making great movies in a morass of liberal drivel.Esse Quam Videri
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Originally posted by DwightPruitt View PostTypical Mel Gibson movie. They got Doss' story wrong ( or ignored it to make a better "story") in many respects. Doss never held a gun on his father, didn't meet his wife in a hospital, she wasn't a nurse when they met, they married before he entered active duty, so there wasn't any left at the altar scene, he didn't enlist, but was drafted, there was no dramatic court martial where his father appeared wearing his WWI uniform, but a more mundane psychiatric hearing, Okinawa wasn't his or the 77th's first combat as told in the movie, he had seen combat at Guam and Leyte beforehand, and finally, the movie did not show his last great act of heroism where he crawls 300m to the aid station after giving up his litter to a more seriously wounded man.
As said before, Doss' true story is much better than this movie lets on. The movie almost seems to be a remake of "Sergeant York" than anything else.
It's Hollywood.
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Originally posted by bobbyricigliano View PostI don't dispute any of that. But the fact remains that a lot more people know the name of Desmond Doss now than did a year ago. Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" had lots of creative license used but it told a great story and created a lot of awareness and interest in the American Revolution.
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Originally posted by kammo man View PostI don't understand .........
One second clean helmets
Next second dirty helmet s
then clean
oh well
its only a film .
owen
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Originally posted by chen View PostI wish all the GI has a longer magazine, eg, 30 rounds at least , to face the human wave attack.
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