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[Swordfish941]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

I heard the last gen port of the game wasn't as good. Which system did you get it for?

Xbox One.

And I recently defeated one of the Black Captains.

[MT2008]

Saw "American Sniper". I have mixed feelings about it. I was impressed by Bradley Cooper's performance, but that's about all - it's not as well-written as I expected. Too much expository dialogue from Sienna Miller as Taya, which is a hallmark of inept screenwriting. And in case anyone thought it was authentic, Brandon Webb has already reviewed the movie for SOFREP.

I suppose I should give Clint Eastwood credit for going all the way in portraying jihadi burtality (the scenes with the drill), which has often been too much to ask of Hollywood.

[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by MT2008

Saw "American Sniper". I have mixed feelings about it. I was impressed by Bradley Cooper's performance, but that's about all - it's not as well-written as I expected. Too much expository dialogue from Sienna Miller as Taya, which is a hallmark of inept screenwriting. And in case anyone thought it was authentic, Brandon Webb has already reviewed the movie for SOFREP.

I suppose I should give Clint Eastwood credit for going all the way in portraying jihadi burtality (the scenes with the drill), which has often been too much to ask of Hollywood.

Oddly enough, Act of Valor had a scene with a drill.

So how about the firearms in the movie and handing? Good? Accurate? Assorted?

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Excalibur

Oddly enough, Act of Valor had a scene with a drill.

So how about the firearms in the movie and handing? Good? Accurate? Assorted?

Ah, yes, thanks for reminding me. I only remember the drill carnage in that movie being implied, not shown, though (Googling confirms my memory is accurate, too). This movie leaves nothing about the drilling to the imagination. And it's done to a kid. I'm pretty sure that sets a new bar for depiction of Islamist savagery in cinema.

As for your second question, I would answer with "assorted". Considering the cooperation that this movie had from the naval special warfare community, I guess I expected better. The fact that I am an IMFDB member means that I'm more likely to notice inaccuracies like Kyle carrying a SIG 226 (in real life, he used a Springfield TRP Operator and then a SIG 220), or the fact that he's still wearing the old DCU and carrying a Mark 18 by the time the movie gets to his fourth deployment (by that point, he was using the HK416 and wearing desert digital cammies, according to a picture from his book).

[funkychinaman]

Whatever this was, it looked interesting...

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=113017

[Swordfish941]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

Whatever this was, it looked interesting...

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=113017

I would definitely pay money to see this. It would be interesting to see what Blomkamp could do with an Alien movie.

[Swordfish941]

This looks really good. If anyone can give cinematic Vampires their dignity back, it's Guillermo del Toro:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=113045

[funkychinaman]

At least there's the implication that it's the last.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/sy...le-1201391812/

[Swordfish941]

I don't think that Noah deceives to be on the Razzie shortlist. In fact, out of all of the religious movies that came out in 2014, Noah was probably the best:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=113091

[Swordfish941]

Trailer for the new Ant-Man movie has arrived:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=113213

It looks good so far.