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"WIND TALKERS" Saw The Movie Last Night

gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
edited June 2002 in General Discussion
Anyone else see this movie, yet? Well my two cents about is that it was better than "Pearl Harbor", had a few really good dramatic scenes, a fair battle scene at the start, full of pudgy looking Marines, was not aware of the WWII .45 1911 having hi-cap mags (wow, they killed a lot of Japs without reloading), I really appreciated the Gunny giving his men and movie's audience a history lesson and the Pacific War strategy before they went on the first mission, did not know that the B-29 SuperFortress was fully operational and flying in combat in 1943, a lot of unrealistic special effects (great for the bubble gum crowd), too much PC throughout, etc., etc. But overall, I found it to be entertaining and didn't feel compelled to ask for a refund as with "Pearl Harbor". A lot of WWII Vets that were in the lobby afterwards really gave it low marks and did a lot of grumbeling during the film. What did you guys think?

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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    I din't think Peral Harbor was a war movie. To much politicly correct Hollywood.
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  • jdb123jdb123 Member Posts: 471 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    yea pearl harbor was way too PC......like the part when that black guy shot down all those Zero's. oh wait that really happened. Dorie Miller another great TEXAN!
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  • XracerXracer Member Posts: 1,990 ✭
    edited November -1
    As usual, Hollywood took a little known historical fact (WWII Navajo Code Talkers) and built a hokey drama around it.

    If you'd like to learn about the REAL thing, take a look at this: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-2.htm

    BTW....the B-29's first operational combat was on June 5th, 1944....a 100 plane raid on Bankok, Thailand from bases in China. 80 reached the target (20 turned back with various mechanical problems)and bombed with indifferent results.

    Edited by - Xracer on 06/15/2002 18:14:34
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  • SUBMARINERSUBMARINER Member Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    MORE DANCES WITH WOLVES PROPAGANDA.THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN WW2 BUT SO DID LOTS OF OTHER AMERICANS SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE IM BEING FORCE FED RESPECT OR REVERENCE FOR A PARTICULAR GROUP.THEY WERE AMERICANS WHAT THEY DID WAS THEIR DUTY,NOTHING MORE...OR LESS FOR THAT MATTER.NOT TRYING TO BE OFFENSIVE

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  • ghost614ghost614 Member Posts: 129 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    after reading these enthusiastic reviews, i think i'll just download it off the internet.
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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    The move Pearl Harbor was a love story with bits of truth fed to it's viewers, like a baby eating soft carrots. I wanted to see what they went through and feel what they felt. I was irritated that I was sitting in a theater watching a hollywood version of footsie. lets hit the nail on the head with the portrail or , should I say betrayl of the men who realy did all the fighting and bravery and dieing like Dori Miller. Why did the directors defame the men by making a gushy story when there were great stories right there in thier faces! I was hopeing for a real look at the effort and sacrifice and work that occoured from the men for our way of life and the hope that they would be the force to stop the afront on our nation. Now what we seem to have, is just another story that was made "sweet" to "entertain" and not tell of truth, or the reality of the fighters and warriors. disappiontment? yet again hollywood thought they knew what the masses wanted I guess they didnt ask , they didnt think what is truth just what could make money.
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  • SUBMARINERSUBMARINER Member Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    dad said the movie platoon made him sweat as he watched it in the thater,and he said that the shooting sounds in saving private ryan made him want to duck

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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you have Affleck, you have tapioca, the vanilla kind.

    If you are looking for history, do not look to the movies, for crap sake. Think!!!!

    Read a few books on the subject to get a well-rounded view and then still be suspicious.

    Or you can ask bullzeye.

    Clouder..
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  • gap1916gap1916 Member Posts: 4,977
    edited November -1
    gunpaq? I guess you do not know about the John Wayne gun. It shoots for ever.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Even the critics didn't like Wind Talkers. I don't like Nicolas Cage. Go see Black Hawk Down. Best war flick ever made!
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  • jastrjastr Member Posts: 463 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I agree..........Pearl Harbor was a waste of time. Black Hawk down was ok..

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  • airborneairborne Member Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Agree with above concerning Black Hawk Down. Saw it opening weekend, like the next night the History Channel ran a documentary on the true events. Could not believe the simularities between the movie and the documentary.

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