Lone Survivor (1 Viewer)

[Panzer ace]

Through a contact at work I was invited to an advance screening of Lone Survivor. It was amazing. I do not want to give too much away, but the commercials do not do this film justice. I very rarely see a movie twice while it is in theaters but I will be seeing this one again.

I highly recommend it.

 

[wayne556517]

Agree mate this one is a beauty.

 

[mikemiller1955]

I hope to see this Monday...

 

[Panzer ace]

I hope to see this Monday...

Mike:

You will not be disappointed.

Best,
Jason

 

[The Military Workshop]

Gee guys, some clues would help. Never heard of this before so had to Google it.

Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster , Emile Hirsch, and Eric Bana. Based on a failed SEAL mission to capture or kill a Taliban leader. Only the other day wondering what Bana was up to as not seen him for a while.

Looks good and now on my list.:salute::

 

[Go for Broke]

I read the book and plan to see the movie. There's a part in the book where a decision had to be made and that decision probably cost them their lives. Whenever I read a book, newspaper or see a movie, I always think "what would I do?" Not an easy decision.

 

[Panzer ace]

I read the book and plan to see the movie. There's a part in the book where a decision had to be made and that decision probably cost them their lives. Whenever I read a book, newspaper or see a movie, I always think "what would I do?" Not an easy decision.

I know the part you are talking about. In the movie the actors/directors do a great job of capturing the tension and weight involved in that decision. The movie is full of great battles, but the 'decision scene' is so well done that it does not get lost in the action. '

 

[pugio]

There was a British movie produced a few years ago, starring Sean Bean, same theater of war, British Special Forces where they make the same decision with almost the same results. A great movie but I dont remember the name, also a true story.

 

[The Military Workshop]

There was a British movie produced a few years ago, starring Sean Bean, same theater of war, British Special Forces where they make the same decision with almost the same results. A great movie but I dont remember the name, also a true story.

That would be Bravo Two Zero about an SAS patrol behind Iraqi lines during first Gulf War.
Based on book by Andy McNab. Two other members of same patrol have also written books on what happened. In addition a well known adventurer retraced the route of the patrol and wrote about that.

 

[Sentaapua]

I also read the book. I'll be seeing it tomorrow; seems to be one of those landmark war movies, can't wait!

 

[BLReed]

Movie to see for sure. Here is a clip of an interview with the real life "lone survivor" and author
Marcus Luttrell.

 

[Panzer ace]

There was a British movie produced a few years ago, starring Sean Bean, same theater of war, British Special Forces where they make the same decision with almost the same results. A great movie but I dont remember the name, also a true story.

Bravo Two Zero?

 

[Go for Broke]

I saw the movie last night. I give it 2.5 stars. The movie was a little slow in the beginning, but picked up quickly from the middle to the end. I don't recall the village attack at the end in the book. As far as war movies go, I know everyone likes SPR, including my self, but I'm really liking Platoon lately. Platoon is very intense.

 

[gk5717]

Seen the movie the other day, really liked it.
I then went to You Tube and viewed various interviews with the "Lone Survivour" Marcus Luttrel. Loved the way he answered those questions, NO politiclly correct B.S.!
In watching those interviews Luttrel has this look in his eyes, can,t really describe it, but definetly scarey.
Talked to my best friend last night. His youngest son was a Navy Seal and actually knew Luttrel and went thru BUDS training Danny Dietz, one of the 3 killed on the mountain.
Gary

 

[Zulu Dawn]

Seen the movie the other day, really liked it.
I then went to You Tube and viewed various interviews with the "Lone Survivour" Marcus Luttrel. Loved the way he answered those questions, NO politiclly correct B.S.!
In watching those interviews Luttrel has this look in his eyes, can,t really describe it, but definetly scarey.
Talked to my best friend last night. His youngest son was a Navy Seal and actually knew Luttrel and went thru BUDS training Danny Dietz, one of the 3 killed on the mountain.
Gary

It is an Excellent film and well worth watching.

RIP To All those Servicemen and women who have sacrificed their lives for the sake of humanity, for their Brother's and sister's and for their Nation for each other.
Bless Them All. x

I personally served in Bosnia with 24 Air Mobile Brigade No. 1 Aeromedical Evacuation Sqn. in 1995 PLOCE .... we lost 4 fallen Taken before their time as all are in war.

To The Fallen

 

[Panzer ace]

It is an Excellent film and well worth watching.

RIP To All those Servicemen and women who have sacrificed their lives for the sake of humanity, for their Brother's and sister's and for their Nation for each other.
Bless Them All. x

I personally served in Bosnia with 24 Air Mobile Brigade No. 1 Aeromedical Evacuation Sqn. in 1995 PLOCE .... we lost 4 fallen Taken before their time as all are in war.

To The Fallen

We as a nation should never forget the sacrifices made by men like you. You are proof that you do not need a comic book title nor do you have to be a professional athlete to be a hero. You simply have to be willing to risk your life for a group of people who too often forget to say thank you.

So here goes, thank you!

 

[PanzerAce1944]

I saw the movie last week and found it to be quite good. The scenes with the helicopters with the mountains brought me back to November/December 2001 as Myself and my Scout crew were dropped off in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan
Our mission was to track enemy troops and call in Airstrikes on them, hoping to catch Bin Laden in the mix of the lot. For all intensive purposes he got word of our arrival and escaped the region less than 18 hours before his "Fighter's" got bombed. We had some Special Forces and Seal troops in our area providing security and performing other ops that we were not privy to. I have nothing but respect for those guys as they allowed us to do our mission and not have to worry about any Taliban patrols running into us. Will definitely buy this movie when it comes out on DvD !

 

[The Military Workshop]

Good movie.

Nothing but admiration for SF guys in general. In this case poor communications and lack of air support let down the guys on the ground.

Interesting to note Marcus Luttrell, the survivor, had two parts in the movie. He is guy who deliberately spills coffee for new guy to clean up and is in the Chinook that goes to rescue his character.

We'll done to the 2nd group of Afghan villagers:salute:: Hope they are still alive and well.

 

[villagehorse]

Good action film, but found it very confusing on what message the film was conveying other than war is futile.^&confuse, Robin.

 

[The Military Workshop]

Good action film, but found it very confusing on what message the film was conveying other than war is futile.^&confuse, Robin.

The lack of any message was not an issue for me. Made it more about the 4 guys trying to survive against overwhelming odds. Tough training, skill, courage and mateship.

Was good to see the photos / videos of the real guys at the end. To me the message is that whatever people think of whatever war they should always support the troops as they deserve nothing but respect. Protest against the politicians if you want but never against the men on the ground.

As is my habit with these kind of movies I did a bit of Googling. The Lt was awarded the Medal of Honor and the other three the Navy Cross. Luttrell started training to become a SEAL when he was 14.