Post by cabbagekid on Jan 29, 2014 3:19:59 GMT -4
I was going to reply on the "What did you see this weekend" thread, but I figured Lone Survivor deserved it's own thread.
I've always loved Peter Berg's work, from Friday Night Lights (their pilot episode still makes me cry) to this. He's probably one of my favorite script writers, granted he always makes me cry, but his scripts always bring a "realness" to the story. It definitely shows, not in the dramatic scenes, but in the the every day scenes- when the guys are eating their lunch and harassing the new guy or when they were teasing Danny Dietz that his wife must be pregnant - the conversations seemed so real, like who hasn't had convos like that with their friends?
I totally underestimated Lone Survivor.
I knew exactly what I was getting into when I went to watch the movie, in fact, I didn't want to watch it, it was my friend's turn to choose and she chose Lone Survivor. Even knowing full well what to expect in the movie, I still ended up emotionally drained by it. From the very beginning of the movie, all I felt was despair. There were times where I wanted to walk out because even though I knew what was going to happen, I still didn't want to see it happen- if that makes any sense.
I have always been grateful to the men and women who serve and was aware of the hardships/difficulties they encounter while they're in service and because of that I've participated in various volunteer programs aimed at them. But geez, this movie made everything so... in front of me and I know it's a movie and probably certain things were heavily dramatized, but I really did leave with a sense of admiration and a deeper sense of gratitude for service people. Admiration because they enlist themselves to do this and gratitude because they choose to enlist themselves. What is it I once heard about the men who fought in WWII (or maybe I heard it in a movie?), "Ordinary men put in extraordinary circumstances," and that's exactly what these 4 men had to deal with.
A few years ago at work, we had to go our annual ethics class, and my group was given the scenario that these men faced - what would you do with the goat herders? After watching this movie, I can't necessarily say that I would give the same answer now as I did 5 years ago. I still don't think I'd shoot them, but I definitely might just keep them tied up. (My original answer was that I'd let them go). It's a very introspective question and I could defend any answer to the bitter end.
I've always loved Peter Berg's work, from Friday Night Lights (their pilot episode still makes me cry) to this. He's probably one of my favorite script writers, granted he always makes me cry, but his scripts always bring a "realness" to the story. It definitely shows, not in the dramatic scenes, but in the the every day scenes- when the guys are eating their lunch and harassing the new guy or when they were teasing Danny Dietz that his wife must be pregnant - the conversations seemed so real, like who hasn't had convos like that with their friends?
I knew exactly what I was getting into when I went to watch the movie, in fact, I didn't want to watch it, it was my friend's turn to choose and she chose Lone Survivor. Even knowing full well what to expect in the movie, I still ended up emotionally drained by it. From the very beginning of the movie, all I felt was despair. There were times where I wanted to walk out because even though I knew what was going to happen, I still didn't want to see it happen- if that makes any sense.
I have always been grateful to the men and women who serve and was aware of the hardships/difficulties they encounter while they're in service and because of that I've participated in various volunteer programs aimed at them. But geez, this movie made everything so... in front of me and I know it's a movie and probably certain things were heavily dramatized, but I really did leave with a sense of admiration and a deeper sense of gratitude for service people. Admiration because they enlist themselves to do this and gratitude because they choose to enlist themselves. What is it I once heard about the men who fought in WWII (or maybe I heard it in a movie?), "Ordinary men put in extraordinary circumstances," and that's exactly what these 4 men had to deal with.
A few years ago at work, we had to go our annual ethics class, and my group was given the scenario that these men faced - what would you do with the goat herders? After watching this movie, I can't necessarily say that I would give the same answer now as I did 5 years ago. I still don't think I'd shoot them, but I definitely might just keep them tied up. (My original answer was that I'd let them go). It's a very introspective question and I could defend any answer to the bitter end.
