I was also expecting more when I saw this movie. Inglourious Basterds however delivered big time. I loved it
i think the crux of the issue is that anthony swofford was not a worthless dumbass who penned a load of fictional, nonsensical horseshit, despite having 'experience' (unlike that dipshit mark boal). and sam mendes has more directorial talent in his left testicle than katherine bigelow could ever hope to achieve.
jarhead was also 'not a war movie.' the book and the movie both were about the anticipation of a war that never really came. hurt locker was just about how soldiers are retarded adrenaline junkies incapable of making the simplest decisions (a view i don't particularly appreciate).
My only issue is the lack of realism. EOD's or the like don't operate like that.
Other then that, it was pretty good. It's all about tension during the scenes, and I thought they did a great job of that.
Okay, one more issue. They made the British SAS (Or whatever they were) look like newb's.
-edit--Normally I give a free pass on realism. What I mean is, I try and put myself as not being a military buff. This film probably struck a ton of people that don't know much about the military as being realistic.
But I couldn't give this one a free pass, because one of my ex-roommates was EOD, and hearing his experience was too much of a factor.
Effin sweet post count. If you reply to this, you'll ruin it.Think those were mercs. But ya, even still, pretty stupid, especially getting on the .50 and staying in the open when there's clearly a competent sniper around.
I have an uncanny ablity to suspend belief and just be along for the ride unless it's bltantly stupid on a subject I know about (e.g. Battle of the Bulge).
wait, what? what part of the movie made you think that's what it was about?
OP thought Crash was bad?
Surely its not because the main character of the movie that was that way?
Can't wait to see the sequel, MacGruber.
I thought it was a real good movie, a hell of a lot better than Inglorious Bastards (what a piece of shit) and a better story than Avatar though I enjoyed Avatar more.People like this movie? What a piece of garbage. It is pretty much this year's version of Crash, but not even as good as that trash.
I don't see why there is even hype about this? Because it is war? The movie was boring, and the plot was friggin terrible. It tried to be some kind of realistic drama that made you think, but the entire thing was completely ridiculous and no way believable.
Jeremy Renner was very average. The other two guys were much better but it didn't matter.
I kept thinking "ok, this is the point in the movie where something is actually going to happen" but it never did. The suspense was very weak. Spoiler: "Oh shit, they kidnapped the the guy in the alley. Oh, they shot him and got him back 15 seconds later."
Can someone explain what the appeal of this movie is? Don't give me some bullshit about emotion and war, because this movie did not portray anything deep. Same goes for "well you're the only one". I don't care if someone else liked it, because it sucked.
I watched it again last night, thought it was an excellent movie. It was about a lot more than "White" guilt, it was a great story about the human condition.Crash was complete and utter shit. It only received accolades to appease Hollywood's white guilt.
I watched it again last night, thought it was an excellent movie. It was about a lot more than "White" guilt, it was a great story about the human condition.
Well if that's all you got out of it I'm not surprised you didn't like it.It was contrived bullshit to make it seem like *everybody* is a closet racist. It was so ham-fisted in its approach that it was completely laughable.
The dialog was as bad as this...
WHITE GUY: I am white. I harbor no racial prejudice whatsoever. In fact, my roomate in college was black.
BLACK GUY: Excuse me sir, do you happen to have the time?
WHITE GUY: Oh nose, a negro! Don't rob me! Take my watch! Please!
BLACK GUY: WTF? Cracker-ass-cracker. Why you think I'm gonna rob you?
INDIAN STORE OWNER: Hey you two! Keep it down.
WHITE GUY & BLACK GUY: STFU Bin Laden!
Well if that's all you got out of it I'm not surprised you didn't like it.
It’s been called a “feel-good” racism movie – one that leads people to believe they’re on the right side of racism, when in fact they’re just having their buttons pushed and their preconceived notions re-affirmed.
With that said, I don't think there's a single human being in Crash. Instead you have arguments and propaganda violently bumping into each other, impressed with their own quirkiness. ("Hey look, I'm a black carjacker who resents being stereotyped.") But more than a bad film, Crash, which won an Oscar (!), is the apotheosis of a kind of unthinking, incurious, nihilistic, multiculturalism. To be blunt, nothing tempers my extremism more than watching a fellow liberal exhort the virtues of Crash.
The film goes about making this very dubious point in the most ham-fisted ways imaginable. The bitter, racist white cop played by Matt Dillon gets into an argument with a black insurance company employee and proceeds to tell her that his dad helped black people and calls her a lazy affirmative action hire. (This is how almost all of the interactions in the movie play out.) Later he pulls over a black TV exec (Terrance Howard) and his wife (Thandie Newton) who are driving home from some function. It’s made clear that he pulled them over because Howard is a black man driving a fancy car.
Oh OK, I guess I better change my mind since all those people didn't like itA lot of people saw through it.
Worst Movie of the Decade: Crash
Worst Movie Of The Decade
Worst Movie of the 00's?
Oh OK, I guess I better change my mind since all those people didn't like it
what specifically made you think that?
It was contrived bullshit to make it seem like *everybody* is a closet racist. It was so ham-fisted in its approach that it was completely laughable.
The dialog was as bad as this...
WHITE GUY: I am white. I harbor no racial prejudice whatsoever. In fact, my roomate in college was black.
BLACK GUY: Excuse me sir, do you happen to have the time?
WHITE GUY: Oh nose, a negro! Don't rob me! Take my watch! Please!
BLACK GUY: WTF? Cracker-ass-cracker. Why you think I'm gonna rob you?
INDIAN STORE OWNER: Hey you two! Keep it down.
WHITE GUY & BLACK GUY: STFU Bin Laden!
Well if that's all you got out of it I'm not surprised you didn't like it.
Ok, Red Dawn. You seem like a smart guy. Can you explain to me what was so good about and what I have seemed to missed?
Are you being serious? Are you going to ask what made me think they drove in Humvees and wore bomb protection armor next? That is how obvious what you seem to be asking is.