Scully Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Finished this book last night. Quite well written and not a bad read if you can stomach all the religious and patriotic content ( to the point I find it quite unsettling ) and the, not exactly gung ho narrative, but 'warrior' type mentality. There's no denying they certainly went through it up in the Hindu Kush, and some very brave men indeed died, and their training puts them through it back in the US, but in this instance it's a rare case of the film being better than the book in my opinion. On a similar note I heard on the news the other day that the bloke who killed Kyle ( An American Sniper ) has been found guilty of his murder following a ruling which didn't accept his claim to be insane at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hitman Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 The film is good , when it all kicks off it's gripping stuff . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 On the blu Ray theres a feature with the rolling down the hill stunt, the stuntmen got absolutely battered doing that - they earned their cash that day! Enjoyed the film but like most of these films you pretty much know exactly where it's going from the start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmytree Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Read "Churchills First War" by Con Coughlin, fighting in the same area but close combat and often hand to hand or on horseback. Same tribal mentality, same Talib-ul ilm, same prehistoric warlords. Same support for the Taliban from Pakistan. Nothing has changed in 140 years and never will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Quite enjoyed the book, as you say a bit "American" but no surprise really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a303 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Personally I thought the book was better than the film. Still a cracking film tho. I thought they used dummies thrown off the cliffs?!? Absolutely gobsmacked that stuntmen did it!! Hope they were paid a small fortune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedsanity Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 There is a lot of contraversy about the book/film as only one bloke survived so nobody knows if he is telling the truth or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Finished this book last night. Quite well written and not a bad read if you can stomach all the religious and patriotic content ( to the point I find it quite unsettling ) and the, not exactly gung ho narrative, but 'warrior' type mentality. There's no denying they certainly went through it up in the Hindu Kush, and some very brave men indeed died, and their training puts them through it back in the US, but in this instance it's a rare case of the film being better than the book in my opinion. On a similar note I heard on the news the other day that the bloke who killed Kyle ( An American Sniper ) has been found guilty of his murder following a ruling which didn't accept his claim to be insane at the time. Yes. I believe he was sentenced to 116 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Yes. I believe he was sentenced to 116 years.Now that's a proper sentence for murder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Now that's a proper sentence for murder. Yes, the Americans know how to sentence people. He does'nt even get chance of parole either, and so it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Yes, the Americans know how to sentence people. He does'nt even get chance of parole either, and so it should be. Oh, show some compassion. They should give him 10% off for good behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I watched the film last night, and enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Agree. It is a very good film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 There is a lot of contraversy about the book/film as only one bloke survived so nobody knows if he is telling the truth or not I watched the film, and as action films go its pretty good,but thinking it sounded a wee bit over the top for a true story I decided to read the book. The books fairly different to the film,but ..if I thought the film was a bit hard to believe, the book was even worse ! So I decided to do a bit of digging about Operation Red Wings. The thing that just about everyone except for Marcus Luttrell is agreed on is the seal team were not pinned down by 'hundreds' of taliban. There were perhaps 8-10 and ,not one of them was killed by the seals. The taliban squad even proved this by putting a video on A l jazeera of the firefight ,yes ,they had a couple of guys videoing it! The seals ,although highly trained and better equipped,couldn't cope with the height advantage the enemy had or their superior knowledge of the terrain. The whole incident ,including the loss of the chinook full of special forces was extremely embarrassing for the US military,but the official report bears no resemblance to the book,which by his own admission Marcus had very little to do with writing. A US colonel who had a firebase in the next valley,and knew the area well, is on record saying he didnt even recognise the descriptions of where the main incidents took place. There is no doubt in my mind that Marcus and all the special forces involved were exceptionally brave men,but it seems to have been hijacked into a propaganda mission by Hollywood or the US government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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