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[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Swordfish941

I saw Lone Survivor yesterday. Very good movie, and it was very realistic.

Two people I know from work saw it, and a bunch of my Facebook friends did, too. Reaction seems pretty mixed - mostly because of the huge firefight at the end that represents a major departure from the book ("too Hollywood" is everyone's reaction to this creative liberty).

I want to see it, and probably will, but it's hard for me to get my hopes up about a movie made by the same guy who made "Battleship".

[Swordfish941]

Originally Posted by MT2008

Two people I know from work saw it, and a bunch of my Facebook friends did, too. Reaction seems pretty mixed - mostly because of the huge firefight at the end that represents a major departure from the book ("too Hollywood" is everyone's reaction to this creative liberty).

I want to see it, and probably will, but it's hard for me to get my hopes up about a movie made by the same guy who made "Battleship".

I consider Battleship to be a big black stain on a career (kind of like 1942 was for Steven Spielsberg).

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Swordfish941

I consider Battleship to be a big black stain on a career (kind of like 1942 was for Steven Spielsberg).

"1942" was bad, but it's "Apocalypse Now" compared to "Battleship".

I feel bad doubting "Lone Survivor" because Peter Berg seems like a decent, thoughtful guy - patriotic as well as self-effacing (i.e. he's openly admitted responsibility for "Battleship" sucking, plus he was chill enough to mock himself in "Californication"). Unfortunately, he's a very hit-or-miss filmmaker, and his military thrillers tend to represent his biggest misses, which is disappointing given that he obviously takes the subject matter seriously and tries hard to do justice to the sacrifice of our servicemen.

[funkychinaman]

The Agent Carter series got picked up.

http://voice.fan.tv/2014/01/17/yes-a...ell-happening/

[Spartan198]

If this should ever get made somewhere down the road, I hope it's a GTA-style sandbox game.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/05/...rings-the-heat

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by Spartan198

If this should ever get made somewhere down the road, I hope it's a GTA-style sandbox game.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/05/...rings-the-heat

Last I heard it was cancelled.

The Payday series is very similar, unless you specifically want to be able to play as a screaming Vincent Hanna.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvTpEoi0tzE

[funkychinaman]

Well this ought to be interesting:

http://www.uproxx.com/filmdrunk/2014...g-at-premiere/

I borrowed the first film for my dad. He said he couldn't get through it, it was too brutal.