Watched it last night. Excellent freaking movie. I was so engrossed in the movie that the MB III Robusto I was smoking went out 3 times. I have no idea if that is how it is in Iraq/Afghanistan, but if it is, DAMN!

Thank you to all BOTL that have served in the Middle East.

I saw a preview/cut where a bomb squad defuser guy is lifting up wires out of the sand in a rosd? and he's standing in the middle of a circle of 6 or 8 unexploded artillery ordinance shells aka mega IED.

I'm going to rent it from Redbox this weekend.

Herfi, here's our banned brother's (USAHog) unique take on this:

Aside from the (Hollywood) you forget "direct orders" man tossing off his headsets when ordered by higher ranks... everything else is for real... in a civilian population orders are to diffuse the situation and cause less casualties as possible including your own life to squall the situation.

I did 4 tours and any son of a bitch wants to call my commanders.. be my guest~ 183rd Ftr Sqn. Spingfield Illinois 62707 and you tell Col. (Clink) Meyers "****" I'm still coming for him and his band of asshats.. It's Constitutional Law.. give him a kiss from me before your passing...

I'm not EOD.. but I got to ride with them in 1996 Kuwait.. where we sat nightly on a base surrounded by a burm (built up sand surrounding, protection area) total of 450 American Soldiers on the entire base.. we didn't sleep well the entire deployment....

Some of us got the chance to tour with the EOD on location and go blow some **** up.. all of it left over Unexploded Ordinate from 1991 (Gulf War) the same **** we sat on top of the "Burm" man made sand hills that surrounded our compound and we smoked cigars and watched the fireworks at night go off... Expansion/contraction from the heat of the day to the chill of the night...

97 I was back... I signed up an "all or nothing" (No Rotations) In it for the minute! tour

Aw hell my tours mean ****...The EOD Boy's I've got my utmost respect for and EVERYONE IN AMERICA SHOULD without them ther'd be a hell of allot more American men and women coming home in pine boxes!!!!!

Please post that to this thread... Insubordinate or not.. sometimes you just go past what life's rules are all about!

Those folks are called Medal Of Honor or Purple Hearts Recipients or their next of Kin....

Not one of them were in it for the medals.. it wasn't the Olympics.. they were in it for their Brothers/Sisters the persons next to them.. for that was at the time their only family...

They Signed on to Defend the Constitution of these United States...

Lets Not Forget What those words of this Constitution Stand For!!!!!!!

Excellent Movie... not for the limp wristed ill will public!

Russ/Hog

I cannot wait to see this!!

It's on "high demand" in my Netflix que so I dont know when it will come. Shoot.

Just looked at the "Q." Hurt Locker is still number 1 with a long wait. Damn.

Gonna watch it this weekend I hope...

Great movie!

The sniper part was a little long, but other than that it was awesome!

TNA

gonna buy it at Costco today (if they still have some left)

Charlie

Thanks for that post Bloody. I've heard a lot about our departed friend Usahog, but have never personally had the chance to interact with him in any way. He is obviously a man to be admired. Thanks brother Hog. People like me are glad there are people like you in the world.

Herf on.

#3...I actually understood what [most of] that said. 🙂

I will put this movie on the "must watch" [online] list during lunch at work.

#9 departed = banned.

not sure if he was banned, but he was getting PO'd at the atmosphere on cbid. (I think) I think he even did the farewell "I'm outta here" thread.

Saw this film tonight. ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS FILM!!!! One of the best I've seen in a VERY long time.

SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!

Watched it a few nights ago..

enjoyed it..

wheel,

thanks HOG

hit post too soon...

thanks for giving perspective, Hog

I'm pretty sure Russ was banned

see post 3

Just saw it tonight and it was GREAT!

Kathryn Bigelow should win the Best Director Emmy Award for The Hurt Locker.

I hope it doesn't go to that dumbo ex-husband of hers, James Cameron, for Avatar.

Jeremy Renner was fantastic as the main character and the photography was over the top!

The only let down was the three great (way underrated) actors in the film had such short parts as in Guy Pearce "pretend it's your ******" and David Morse "your a wild man" and Ralph Fiennes "we're on the same side".

The last five minutes of the film were the best and when James is in the cereal isle at the store it was very surreal and poignant to say the least.

I watched the whole credits and in the last part where they thank people who helped w/ the film like the King of Jordan.....blah,blah,blah then a line saying The Leatherman Tool Group (a lot of close-ups on bomb defusing w/ Leatherman tools doing the bomb wire cutting).

^^^I mean Oscar Award/ Best Director