A Life Aloft
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I thought I would take a plunge and make a post over here to see if any of you have seen this movie yet. I thought it might be of more interest on this forum also. I also didn't want to post it in the lav and have it turn into some political who knows what cat fight or have it turn into a hot mess for other reasons as often happens there. So hopefully, the Mods will let it ride here.
If you haven't seen this film, go see it. You will enjoy it, I promise. It is a great film.
This is not your typical Hollywood b.s. film at all. As some of you may of heard, the film was going to be a documentary sort of recruitment film (the original idea) but it was decided to make an action film but starring real Navy SEALs and not actors. Well, this is what makes the film. It is wonderful. I like action adventure films and especially anything that involves something "military". The problem is that most of them are unrealistic and have lots of issues, so I tend to prefer documentaries. This film though is different. Very different. It amazed me on several levels.
First off, as much I watch the Military channel and watch documentaries on the History channel and others about the military, or read books, nothing prepared me for exactly what Navy SEALs do in this kind of detail, are capable of doing and how they do it. This really just astounded me. I had already seen documentaries about the SEALs and read books on them, but it's not the same as seeing them in action. Not actors, not ridiculous Mission Impossible or James Bond stunts, but the real deal. Just incredibly impressive.
Sure, the "acting" of the SEALs is not polished or "professional". But who cares? What they do, how they perform, how they train, what they are able to accomplish and how and even how they move and carry their weapons and interact is. And THAT is what makes this film so special. The technical aspects of all the weaponry is just amazing to someone like me, because again, it is real. Plus, it shows what the SEALs accomplish on land, in the air and at sea.
The commitment of our military to our country, to their duty and to honor and their courage is something that someone like me can only admire from afar and be eternally grateful for.
Anyways, that is just my review and my suggestion for a terrific film that I encourage anyone to go and see. Hope you get the opportunity to do so.
As one reviewer said:
"Toward the end of the movie, there's a scene that will stay with you: two of the SEALs discuss their latest mission. They turn and walk away from the camera. It's not just a walk... stage direction... exit walking away. It may have been scripted like that but it becomes something else.
As they walk they become larger than life. Professional, authoritative, a certain jauntiness. It's a walk that can only be walked knowing that you're the best in the world at what you do. A je ne sais quoi earned on battlefields around the world, in extreme conditions, a walk of confidence and utter competence.
You haven't seen that walk before in a movie. It's worth the price of admission."
I totally agree. And thank you all for your service, past and present.
If you haven't seen this film, go see it. You will enjoy it, I promise. It is a great film.
This is not your typical Hollywood b.s. film at all. As some of you may of heard, the film was going to be a documentary sort of recruitment film (the original idea) but it was decided to make an action film but starring real Navy SEALs and not actors. Well, this is what makes the film. It is wonderful. I like action adventure films and especially anything that involves something "military". The problem is that most of them are unrealistic and have lots of issues, so I tend to prefer documentaries. This film though is different. Very different. It amazed me on several levels.
First off, as much I watch the Military channel and watch documentaries on the History channel and others about the military, or read books, nothing prepared me for exactly what Navy SEALs do in this kind of detail, are capable of doing and how they do it. This really just astounded me. I had already seen documentaries about the SEALs and read books on them, but it's not the same as seeing them in action. Not actors, not ridiculous Mission Impossible or James Bond stunts, but the real deal. Just incredibly impressive.
Sure, the "acting" of the SEALs is not polished or "professional". But who cares? What they do, how they perform, how they train, what they are able to accomplish and how and even how they move and carry their weapons and interact is. And THAT is what makes this film so special. The technical aspects of all the weaponry is just amazing to someone like me, because again, it is real. Plus, it shows what the SEALs accomplish on land, in the air and at sea.
The commitment of our military to our country, to their duty and to honor and their courage is something that someone like me can only admire from afar and be eternally grateful for.
Anyways, that is just my review and my suggestion for a terrific film that I encourage anyone to go and see. Hope you get the opportunity to do so.
As one reviewer said:
"Toward the end of the movie, there's a scene that will stay with you: two of the SEALs discuss their latest mission. They turn and walk away from the camera. It's not just a walk... stage direction... exit walking away. It may have been scripted like that but it becomes something else.
As they walk they become larger than life. Professional, authoritative, a certain jauntiness. It's a walk that can only be walked knowing that you're the best in the world at what you do. A je ne sais quoi earned on battlefields around the world, in extreme conditions, a walk of confidence and utter competence.
You haven't seen that walk before in a movie. It's worth the price of admission."
I totally agree. And thank you all for your service, past and present.
