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The Guardian
- Thread starter Tom
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Stubby
Ask the Chief
I remember my whole squadron (VP-19) taking the day off to see "Hunt for Red October" when it came out back in 1990.
I wanted to see "The Guardian" ever since I saw the reviews. I Saw that the critics hated it, but it's good to see that the majority of people here, who presumably have taists regarding military movies similar to my own liked it. I'll look forward to seeing it.
I saw the guardian last night and overall it was pretty good in my opinion. I thought the end was a little tooooo dramatic, but I thought the training montage was good at taking you out of the film for a few minutes and showing you the rawness of training, such as the push-ups for swearing in the locker. I was expecting Fischer to yell "I've got no place left to go!!" when he was being punished though.
Man, that was a great movie. I really wasn't expecting much, since it got a 36% on rottontomatoes.com (Flyboys has a 30%). A lot of the reviews said it was too cliche, and yeah some of it was, but it was the kind of cliches that actually happen. Like the part where Kutcher's character is like "Oorah (whatever his name is) on three...one, two, three." Yeah it sounds cliche and stupid, but I KNOW PEOPLE WHO WOULD DO BULL**** LIKE THAT. All the aviation stuff seemed spot on too. Maybe it wasn't, but the lingo sounded right and they all sounded like pilots to me. Maybe my expectations were low, but I really enjoyed it.
Simply done so the lesser informed audience can quickly tell the difference between the good guys and the bad guys during aerial combat. There were a dozen other errors and inconsistencies. Most done on purpose for good reasons. Lighten up Francis. It wasn't a documentary.
invertedflyer
500 ft. from said obstacle
Seems to me that the general consensus was that it was pretty good... I'd have to go ahead and agree actually... I thorougly enjoyed it... I don't know about the coasties saying Oorah though.... *snarl*
Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery...
When the book was on the best seller list I was an active duty recruiter. I bought about a dozen copies on my expense account. I then gave them away to some of my best prospects for NUPOC. Worked nicely, if I do say so.
The CG doesn't have any cool "Oorah" or "Hooah", except for folks who went to Navy Dive School and are part of the Coast Guard's dive program...they will throw out "Hooyah".
I think there might be a few lost souls who say Oorah. They deserve derision at best, a pimp slap at worst.
(Of course it could be the CG/Marine connection, where SM1 Munro enabled 500 Marines to be rescued):http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-m/da-munro.htm
Reminds me of an API story.
Sitting in class, instructor is doing roll call... calls on a Marine, he answers with "YUT!"... everyone looks at him like he's a douchebag... his fellow Marines tell him to shut up and not do that again. I laughed so hard at that.
invertedflyer
500 ft. from said obstacle
Yeah I didn't think any rescue swimmers actually said Oorah... I figured Hooyah would be what they'd go for .... but I guess it is flattering in a way.