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<p>I just saw the Wolf of wall street and agree with Nepia, it is way too long but makes up for it with gratuitous nudity.The Slovenian stripper is not without her charms but Margot Robbie is very nice.</p>
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<p>Also they had the trailer to Lone survivor which is about <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.badassoftheweek.com/luttrell.html'>http://www.badassoftheweek.com/luttrell.html</a> and looks bloody good.</p> -
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<p>I just saw the Wolf of wall street and agree with Nepia, it is way too long but makes up for it with gratuitous nudity.The Slovenian stripper is not without her charms but Margot Robbie is very nice.</p>
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<p>Also they had the trailer to Lone survivor which is about <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.badassoftheweek.com/luttrell.html'>http://www.badassoftheweek.com/luttrell.html</a> and looks bloody good.</p>
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<p>I watched Lone Survivor (Mark Wahlberg, Emile Hirsch, Eric Bana) last night, pretty decent film, but the fact it is based on a a book which is based on a true story has me in 2 minds, or at least how much was actually true, although a little googling shows they did try to make it as real as possible...?</p>
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<p>Also, the title is a bit of a spoiler ;)</p>
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<p>[spoiler]The scene where they had captured the 3 Taliban goat herders, and the options they gave themselves.<br><br>
1 Kill them - morally wrong<br><br>
2 Free them<br><br>
3 Tie them up and leave them - they argued they would probably get attacked by wolves before being found<br><br>
My immediate thought was you start to leave the location and head towards the extraction point but you march them with you, and once you are able to make contact with base, then you let them go.<br><br>
They took option 2 and even then (reality vs movie?) they head off at a leisurely pace, and then decide to fall back rather than press on when they realised the mountain was bigger than initially thought.<br><br>
Obviously I wasnt there, never been in that situation and never will, so easy for me to pick holes in the decision that lead to the tragedy, but the fact they didnt keep going through the night also had me scratching my head, knowing they had released 3 Taliban to go collect an army...?<br><br>
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<p>Goat Herder situation similar, but different also given the cover available and being able to move in the day as opposed to B20 and therefore, <u>IMO</u> an additional option available, which I dont think would have been in B20 where speed and stealth was paramount.</p>
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<p>It does highlight the help he got from the locals, also shows a number of real images at the end where he has met up with the main guy who sheltered him.</p>
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<p>Although B20 was a fark up before they even got on the ground, being compromised just made it worse, although IIRC (been years since I watched it, read it, SOldier 5* and the doco made to debunk some of it) wasnt there some discrepancies around the goat herder side of things?</p>
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<p>As I said, this was just my take, and having never been in the situation, cant say how or what I'd do, probably not got off the chopper in the first place</p>
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<p>*Chris Ryans "THe one that got away" - worth the read??</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="410533" data-time="1389734960"><p>Finally watched 'The Departed' last night.<br>
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I enjoyed it apart from the end which kinda sucked for me. <br>
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Jack Nicholsen has to be one of my Top 5 Actors. Few can do cool as cool as he does</p></blockquote>
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I love that film, Vera Farmiga never looked hotter than she did in that either. <br><br>
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Goat Herder situation similar, but different also given the cover available and being able to move in the day as opposed to B20 and therefore, IMO an additional option available, which I dont think would have been in B20 where speed and stealth was paramount.<br><br>
It does highlight the help he got from the locals, also shows a number of real images at the end where he has met up with the main guy who sheltered him.<br><br>
Although B20 was a fark up before they even got on the ground, being compromised just made it worse, although IIRC (been years since I watched it, read it, SOldier 5* and the doco made to debunk some of it) wasnt there some discrepancies around the goat herder side of things?<br><br>
As I said, this was just my take, and having never been in the situation, cant say how or what I'd do, probably not got off the chopper in the first place<br><br>
*Chris Ryans "THe one that got away" - worth the read??</p></blockquote>
I read Ryan's book and b20 when I was younger and found the one by the guy that got split up with Ryan a few years back. Neither of the two guys who were supposed to be in charge came out of his book well in particular blaming one of the guys who died for most of the problems when he was unable to defend himself .<br><br>
If you're short of reading material pm me your address and I'll send you up no easy day by Mark Owen, he was one of the seals on the bin laden raid. I'll need it back though my brothers working on the mines and we swap books whenever he's back in nz . -
<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="410533" data-time="1389734960"><p>Finally watched 'The Departed' last night.<br />
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I enjoyed it apart from the end which kinda sucked for me. <br />
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He tried it on with mrs fantasy Virgil as well<br />
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<p>there was...she seems a pretty cool chick!</p>
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<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="410551" data-time="1389743360"><p>there was...she seems a pretty cool chick!</p></blockquote>
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Here on SBS they're having kung fu month and there is some great stuff going on. I recorded Reign of Assassins on the weekend and finally got to finish watching it tonight. Michelle Yeoh 😠and a bunch of Chinese blokes plus some other little piece of psychotic fluff.
No tits, sorry lads, but a heap of fucking good fights and mystical Chinese flying bullshit
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Saw Free Birds with my sons the other day. Good God these animated movies are going to poo. Terrible film
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<p>Captain Phillips - I enjoyed this, although like just about every other movie these days, >2 hours!</p>
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<p>Tom Hanks was good as usual, although there were a few scenes in this where I could swear I heard Forrest Gump!</p>
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<p>It is a pretty sad tale really, while the Pirates are complete fark ups (high on Khat most of the time) you also feel for them because Somalia is a hell hole, and life must be sh!t with very few options.</p>
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<p>This happened in 2007 (I think) and was wondering, do these ships have armed people on board now to assist? Having someone on board who could fire off some shots, either in warning or to injure/kill if necessary must surely be worth it in any brazen attacks such as that portrayed in this movie?</p> -
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<p>Captain Phillips - I enjoyed this, although like just about every other movie these days, >2 hours!</p>
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<p>Tom Hanks was good as usual, although there were a few scenes in this where I could swear I heard Forrest Gump!</p>
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<p>It is a pretty sad tale really, while the Pirates are complete fark ups (high on Khat most of the time) you also feel for them because Somalia is a hell hole, and life must be sh!t with very few options.</p>
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<p>This happened in 2007 (I think) and was wondering, do these ships have armed people on board now to assist? Having someone on board who could fire off some shots, either in warning or to injure/kill if necessary must surely be worth it in any brazen attacks such as that portrayed in this movie?</p>
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<p>I'm looking forward to watching this one, though am a bit concerned about finding the "Forrest" southern accent distracting.</p>
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<p>It might be interesting to compare it to the Danish movie <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2216240/'><em>A Highjacking</em></a>, which is about a similar story.</p> -
<p>wasnt the accent, was more cries/yelps/sigh type sounds, and only in a couple of scenes</p>
