Based on the failed June 28, 2005 mission "Operation Red Wings". Four members of SEAL Team 10 were tasked with the mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shahd. Marcus Luttrell was the only member of his team to survive. From: IMDb.com
Based on the failed June 28, 2005 mission "Operation Red Wings". Four members of SEAL Team 10 were tasked with the mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shahd. Marcus Luttrell was the only member of his team to survive. From: IMDb.com
Directed by: Peter Berg
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Eric Bana and others
It's like "Brokeback Mountain"!...Minus the sex...and sheep.
Yes, so here we have yet another movie that you probably need to be in the right mood for to fully enjoy and appreciate it. It's an independent movie and also one of the more art-house kinds, meaning that it's not just for everything. Not that the movie is ever turning into an 'odd', difficult, or overly artistic one but it's more the type of movie that's being different with its storytelling and characters.
It's a subtle and slowly told movie, that however is going by really fast! I was actually surprised how fast this movie went by, which means that it was a pleasant watch, with a well flowing story, that kept my interest.
It's a movie that mostly gets carried by just its two main leads, whore are forced to pretty much live together because of their work, hence the "Brokeback Mountain" comparison. They are two, seemingly very different, persons, who ultimately have more in common than they are probably willing to admit. It besides is a movie in which we watch these two men start to bond and grow further toward each other, once they truly start to open up. It's not as melodramatic or serious as it all sounds. It's atmosphere, acting and way of storytelling ensures that this movie at all times remains a pleasant and light one to watch, that still not without its deeper layers and meanings of course.
Since it's a movie that all about it's characters, it of course is an important thing that this movie also features some good and likable actors in it. And luckily both Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch are pretty good and likable in this. Paul Rudd is actually one of the most likable comedians that's out there in my opinion, probably because he's such a perfectly normal, everyday, looking guy but I have to admit, that I liked Emile Hirsch even better in this, which had everything to do with his character though. His character was the best written and most likable one in my opinion, though I'm sure that some people are going to disagree and say the same things about the Paul Rudd character instead. It's a matter of opinion really and who you are able to relate to the most. But that's also the beauty of these type of movies; everyone is going to take something different out of them and enjoy them on totally different levels.
It uses its atmosphere and settings well! It helps to set the right tone for the movie and helps the story to move along, with its pleasant, 'simplistic' and minimalistic visuals and a good pace. It's a well told and directed movie. It perhaps isn't the best or deepest genre movie but it definitely is one of the more pleasant ones to watch!
Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind. From: IMDb.com
Based on the failed June 28, 2005 mission "Operation Red Wings." Four members of SEAL Team 10, were tasked with the mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader, Ahmad Shahd. Marcus Luttrell was the only member of his team to survive. From: IMDb.com
Directed by: Peter Berg
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Eric Bana and others
Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind. From: IMDb.com
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Starring: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault and others
To be frank, I always thought that I would hate this movie, based on it
that it featured a stupid concept in my opinion and because it got
directed by Sean Penn, who I thought would turn this movie into
something incredibly pretentious and dead serious. But of course as it
turned it, it wasn't all that bad. It's a quite good movie, that still
doesn't really speak to me but still remains an interesting watch.
The movie becomes interesting to watch due to the its main character.
You get why he does things and sees things the way he does. You
understand his motivations, whether you agree with them or not. So that
makes the movie interesting to watch and all but just not a very
compelling one either. At least not for me. I recognize that that's
probably just my personal taste and most other people might still be
grabbed by its story and all of its emotions.
It sounds strange but I probably would had exactly liked this movie
more, if it was done a bit more pretentious. Some more artistic shots,
some deeper meanings to some of its themes and characters. I at times
missed that in this movie and feel that Sean Penn made a bit of a too
mainstream movie.
Not that the movie is not original to watch though. It of course gets
made interesting with its unusual story, that got based on true events,
which also always makes a movie more interesting to watch, in my
opinion.
Thing i didn't always liked about its story and storytelling were its
many different character, that kept popping up for just a couple of
minutes, before they disappeared completely out of the movie again. I
get it that this was supposed to add to the sense of adventure and the
feeling that the main characters was constantly on the move but it
doesn't always work out too well, since the point of some of its
characters just isn't always clear enough. It at times almost feels
redundant and slows the movie down, also making this quite a long
watch.
And just because he is Sean Penn, he got a bunch of good and big name
actors to show up in this movie, which worked out positively, since
everybody fitted their roles quite well. It of course mostly gets
carried by Emile Hirsch but some of its supporting cast members also
manage to impress, such as William Hurt and Hal Holbrook for instance.
So really, it's a good and interesting movie to watch, even though the
story still doesn't really speak out to me personally.
It's a movie that mostly gets carried by just its two main leads, whore are forced to pretty much live together because of their work, hence the "Brokeback Mountain" comparison. They are two, seemingly very different, persons, who ultimately have more in common than they are probably willing to admit. It besides is a movie in which we watch these two men start to bond and grow further toward each other, once they truly start to open up. It's not as melodramatic or serious as it all sounds. It's atmosphere, acting and way of storytelling ensures that this movie at all times remains a pleasant and light one to watch, that still not without its deeper layers and meanings of course.
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