Matt, if you dont get a little teared up yeah, something is not right. Unless you take glee in fathers dying for the sake of their team mates....and watching the funeral take place, then a list of all the members of Naval Special Warfare that have died since 9/11 in combat...
So how many years did your serve? I did 12 years and two wars......
Matt
Matt, did I say I served? I am 21 years old 4 years into an Aeronautical Engineering degree and recently married. There is no major war (world war) on the horizon, if one comes, I will do what I need to do. What exactly are you trying to say? I was not trying to insult you. I was simply stating that the end of the movie is pretty moving. Which is why I responded the way I did. I explained why the ending is moving.
Im not trying to start a heated argument here, I am just suggesting a movie. Besides Matt, you should know there are not too many people my age that give a rat's hairy @$$ about what happens to soldiers in combat. They simply do not care at all. So I am hopping this movie will remind my generation that there are men and women that did more with their life than play a game really well (like the NFL idiots). Also, it would be good for people my age to have a little respect for what this nation's fighting men and women are capable of.
I should tell you too that it can be very awkward to talk to veterans. I try to avoid talking to them about anything serious because I have no idea what will be a touchy subject. Which is why usually when I 'talk' to a vet I either just listen, or we talk about something simpler in regards to their service. Like something about equipment or vehicles. Again, I feel extremely uncomfortable talking to veterans because I really do not want to hit that touchy subject whatever it may be. Many people my age are the same way. Which is why we end up learning what we can from books, movies, and TV.
I had a Vietnam vet for a professor at GRCC, seeing him get flashbacks was not something I ever want to see a vet have again. He did it multiple times in lecture throughout the semester and he explained to us why he had them. Which is why I REALLY prefer to not talk to vets about their wartime experiences. If they talk to me, I will gladly pull up a chair and listen hard, if they wont talk, I cannot bring myself to ask. Which is why I am not asking you Matt or anyone else.
Could be a new way of making such films. I only hope that these "actors" don't get sucked in by the Hollywood "dream" and the the navy looses some fine personal. Saying that, if it was me, I would be looking at the life I could give my children if it really took off so I could not blame them if they did.
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