Lone Survivor

Factual story of Bravery, True Honor stating Semper Fi with deep meaning. Deeply moving on all sides! Powerful film showing true war and combat. I'm not sure if saying "Thank you for your service" is appropriate for what our soldiers (men & woman) endure! This film gives true meaning of any war, what four (4) men fought for and three losing their lives in a most heinous brutality by the hands of other humans; fighting for what we individually believe in...that is the bottom line. There are no awards offer for the sacrifice of our soldiers which offer combat relief: yet this film shows the true reality. Great Film, well acted and bloody fighting is surreal.

This is a good movie, but an extremely sad one. It is also MORE than a Movie. This is as real as it gets. The decision these 4 heroic men chose was the most moral, Christian, courageous and sacrificial one that they shouldn't have had to vote on. They have their codes and are the most honorable men in every day life, this is above and beyond. This is also very personal to me, because I know a man just like them. They had a mission, and it was for our country and the 20 Marines murdered the week before ~ something that has been left out of all of the many reviews I've read thus far. If the Americans would stand behind them And Not Forget everybody wanted us over there IMMEDIATELY after 911 ~ they'd have been able to do what they knew should be done to begin with. They Shouldn't have let them live and didn't have to, but our Sick Media and all of the Ignorant Americans were the cause of their decision. They knew making it out was slim to known. It WASN'T 40 Tali's, it was closer to 150 to 200 of them and they would've cut their heads off if they had the opportunity. Americans would have been outraged with them, but had they killed them and saved their own lives ~ they'd have been CRUCIFIED BY THIS COUNTRY. They were basically "Lambs Led to Slaughter," for a lack of a better way to put it. Marcus Luttrell was a hero then, and he is a hero every time he wakes up. He tells this story over and over to Honor his Lost Brothers. And he re-lives it everyday. He went to see all of their family members as soon as he was able to ~ look their mothers and wives in the eye to tell them they didn't suffer. He couldn't tell them everything that went on up there on that mountain. My heart aches for him and always will. The movie is Authentic because he was involved with the making of it, as it should have been. He's in more than one scene in the movie too. He also had real SEALS come on the set to make sure it was real. The movie was long, but for those who haven't read the book and doesn't know anyone involved in actual parts of this will never be able to fathom the length it would've been, nor how much worse it truly was for them. Everyone that watches this, definitely needs to read the book. And for those who have compared this movie to Platoon is living in La La Land. If it were to be compared to any movie, it would be Black Hawk Down and the 160th SOAR helicopter pilot Michael Durant who wrote the book about it. And the 2 Delta Force men who gave their lives to save him (and acknowledged that was probably going to happen). EVERYONE needs to remember this is REAL LIFE NOT JUST AN AWESOME MOVIE. I have a to say my heart and prayers go out to all of them everyday. Also, after seeing the movie, Axes mother went up to the actor and thanked him for giving her a couple of more hours with her son & I've seen an interview with Her & listened to it come out of her mouth with tears running down her face. I cannot put my name on this, but I would if it were possible. Thank you Marcus for showing us what is Real Honor, what a Real Man is, what a SEAL is and what Our Country Means to You. And I thank the village for standing up for him,as well as saving him. That is Real a Honor and Courage that most people Do Not Have. Think about these things as you watch his movie and read his book. My thanks goes to the actors for doing such a great job, and it shows it wasn't all about the money they made to do the film. ***By the way, he wasn't in the village when the Rangers got to him ~ Read the book***

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Mark Wahlberg does justice to this movie, as well as the other actors. The beginning of the film shows what men go through to become a Navy SEAL. There’s never a dull moment and the action scenes are so realistic. I appreciate the stuntmen who had to endure being blown off the sides of the mountains. The little boy who helped Marcus Luttrell (Wahlburg) was a star too. Although there was a language barrier, he felt for the badly wounded American, eventually retrieving a knife instead of a duck. The moment rescue came in and Marcus hugged the boy kissing him on the head was so very touching. I paid full price for the movie and glad I did. I’ve watched it no less than two dozen times. At the end of the film tribute is paid to all killed in the original team and those who went to rescue them. Bravo and hooray to our brave soldiers. Highly, highly recommended.

I read the book "Lone Survivor" before seeing the movie. It was excellent. Action-packed, dramatic, sad, stirring story about four Navy Seals on a surveillance op that went bad. Since it was a first-hand account by the Lone Survivor himself, Marcus Luttrell, the real story with lots of detail is told. The movie is a very good adaptation of the book, one of the best adaptations I've ever seen. It was also one of the most realistic action movies I've ever seen. The scenes of the Seals tumbling down the side of a very steep mountain in Afghanistan were absolutely realistic, so much so that I wondered if I was seeing real people or dummies. I really couldn't tell. If stunt people did those scenes, I don't know how they kept from breaking their bodies. I saw Luttrell and Wahlberg doing an interview on a youtube video and they talked about real explosives being used. I believe it. The acting was top-notch and the actors who played the Seals bore a strong resemblance to the real guys. The only thing objectionable in the film is that the "F" word is uttered about every 10 seconds (or it seemed like it.) I usually won't watch movies with a lot of foul language but I made an exception for this one, because the story is true, and I think it's important we know what actually goes on when our troops are put in harm's way. Luttrell has a few cameo shots, and one I particularly noticed has him sitting as one of a squadron of men listening to an officer... When he mentions the "rules of engagement", the real Luttrell just shakes his head and looks down. He had much to say about that in the book. So all in all, both the book and movie are excellent, and I recommend them if you can overlook the language.

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I rated "Lone Survivor" 5-stars because it was an engaging and thought-provoking film done with great attention to detail. This is not a movie-star kind of movie, it's not a John Wayne, Leonardo DeCaprio or Bruce Willis movie, it's a movie about an actual event as portrayed by a solid group of competent actors. The movie was less about individual valor (though there was plenty of that) than it was about the team and how they maintain their coherence under the most hellish conditions; if the bad guys didn't kill you, the terrain certainly would. Never the less, I had trouble with a number of technical / military issues. I'm not trying to play armchair general or Monday morning quarterback here, but there were a bunch of things that just struck me as being unprofessional if not outright careless. 1) Under-manned: You're going after a major Taliban leader and assign just four men to do the job? This guy is going to be protected to the max, the film led me to believe the mission was to engage the hostiles straight on and take out the leader. At first, I thought it was going to be a sniper plus support team, but it seemed like they were planning an assault right from the start; if that were the case, there should have been another team right behind them ready to provide security and cover-fire in the event of a rapid retreat. I thought a typical Seal Team full complement was comprised of seven men. 2) Wrong Armament: There was a scene early on when they were scoping out this village and spot their target; one of the guys was asked if he could "make the shot" and he indicated negative. So why didn't they bring a 50-cal sniper rifle or similar weapon capable of making a long-range shot? In Vietnam, two-man sniper teams ran missions like this all the time, often staying out in the bush for days waiting for the right moment and conditions to make that one shot then melt away undetected into the jungle. 3) Mission Prep: Related to #1 & #4 . If you're sending out only four guys and it's likely they're going to encounter hostiles, provide them with extra ammo, food and water to make supply caches at one or more defensible fall-back points. They'll have the ability to hold off a larger force long enough for a rescue. If you can't spare the manpower for the mission, at least provide the maximum amount of material support to ensure extended survival. 4) Communications: There were known problems -- serious problems -- involving poor communications before the mission even started. Why wasn't this addressed? These missions are dangerous enough when everything is working, but no reliable communications? An AC-130 gunship stayed on station during the first six hours of the mission, could it not have refueled and returned or been replaced by another aircraft that could loiter for a while and serve as a communications platform? The radio equipment provided seemed to lack the necessary power to ensure the signal got through. As an amateur radio operator, I have to ask why couldn't they have set up a portable high-powered 25-watt repeater station using a high-gain directional antenna at an elevated site immediately upon landing and while they still had air cover? 5) The Goat Herders: They had this long existential philosophical debate over what to do with the goat herders in the middle of a now-compromised mission? WTF!!!!!!! I'm not a military guy, but sweet mother of Jesus, couldn't they have sorted this stuff out BEFORE the mission? I mean, it ain't like this kind of thing hasn't happened before, set up some bloody protocols! Once they discovered the old man carrying a two-way radio of the type known to be used by the Taliban, end of discussion -- you quietly waste them all and get out. The commanding officer or senior NCO on the scene makes the call and does the deed; there's no discussion before, during and especially afterwards -- it never happened, it's doesn't show up anyone's after-action report. 6) Rules Of Engagement: This is war, there are no "rules of engagement". Did the Taliban have rules of engagement? Not much the military could have done about it, but glad the movie pointed out this absurd practice that got a lot of our people needlessly killed. Just a sore point with me, nothing to do with the movie.

I am thankful for movies like this one. We MUST have stories like this for the next generation so they know the price that MUST be paid for a free society...or else we will slowly lose the resolve. While we cried over a few thousand deaths in Iraq/Afghanistan we have forgotten that over 6,000 Marines died taking Iwo Jima, nothing but a rock island in the Pacific. We have forgotten because as time has passed we grew complacent about freedom, thinking it would forever be free from payment. We grew to despise our soldiers who train and die for this freedom. We MUST have stories like "Lone Survivor" so our young people get a taste of what it takes. Plato speaks of this in Republic Book V 466e: ...they will march out together, and, what is more, will conduct their children to war when they are sturdy, in order that, like the children of other craftsmen, they may observe the processes of which they must be masters in their maturity... 467c...we are to make the boys spectators of war... This movie, like others depicting our struggles in Iraq/Afghanistan, shows our young men and women how to stand strong for freedom. Some young men will watch this movie and decide that they too must pay the price. The cinematography was just excellent. Slow motion was used with great precision. You should watch the "Making" of the movie. The falls down steep, rocky terrain was brutal. Luttrell tells us that bone were broken in these falls. No doubt. The whole story of the Pashtun man protecting Luttrell was such a great ending to the heroic and tragic story. Very moving. All of the special effects: falls, fire fights, wounds and field surgery were realistic to the point of making me want to hide my eyes. Gruesome. "Thank You" to Director Berg, ALL of the actors and crew, the vets who trained these actors, the families of our fallen warriors, the men who paid the ultimate sacrifice for this republic, and to Marcus Luttrell for his courage to stay alive and for telling this story.