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Only Complaint: Emile Hirsch

posted 10 years ago by mdidesidero
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This little turd shouldnt be playing a friggin Navy Seal. He's not a bad actor but this wasnt a role for him. He tried to override his boyish looks and girly reputation by dropping F bomb after F bomb here but it just wasnt working for me.

Loved the movie, just wasnt buying his character in the least.

It was kind of like trying to buy Channing Tatum in that awful White House Down movie. It just wasnt working. I can only stretch the physics of reality inside my mind so far.

[–] mistamajestyk 10 years ago

I'll give him credit, though, he worked his @$$ off, physically, to land the role.
I didn't mind his performance, but I haven't really seen him in any other films.

I was more annoyed (at least, visually) by Wahlberg playing Luttrell, as the real man is 6'5 and 230 lbs.
But when does Hollywood ever hire tall actors? lol

"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see."

[–] bubba-zanetti 10 years ago

Your signature is awesome. Love that flick

[–] mistamajestyk 10 years ago

:-)
One of my favorite sci-fi/horror movies.

"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see."

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[–] mistamajestyk 10 years ago

*sigh*
Yet another one of these posts.
Ever read the book?

"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see."

[–] mdidesidero 10 years ago

stomach turning propaganda

a fairy tale where "brave" soldiers go where they shouldn't

they got what was coming to them

but cast Emile Hirsch ???????????

oh hell No !!!!!!!!!

Oh yes because the Seals CHOSE to carry out this particular mission. They were doing what they were told to do - their JOBS. Do you deserve to die for doing your job, you idiot? May you get mounted by a rabid dog.

[–] Flinstone 10 years ago

Well Danny Dietz´s parents said that Hirsch go it right.

"Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."

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[–] mistamajestyk 10 years ago

Yeah, I don't recall him giving away their position in the book, as in the movie.
By Luttrell's accounts, Dietz held his ground while taking some of the worst wounds.
(He also lost his thumb in the book, not fingers, which seems like it would be more difficult to maintain fire)

"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see."

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[–] mistamajestyk 10 years ago

Twice in the neck, if I recall. Luttrell described him as being completely covered in blood from head to toe. A little different from the movie wounds that never seem to bleed out. lol...

"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see."

[–] TheDarkKnightMatter 10 years ago

I wouldn't say he was the weak link at all. The man got his shooting hand shot to bits. Just think about all the bones in a hand and the touch sense and pain sense are more amplify compared to the rest of the body. I once lit a salute and it blew up in my hand, I seriously thought I lost my hand because it was so damn painful. Now imagine how Danny felt taking a 7.62x39 to the hand. Shooting with your weaker hand is harder than your dominate. I can't even come close to shooting with my left as with my right and imagine doing it with a blown hand.

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[–] MydnightRose 9 years ago

I am just at the beginning of the fire fight but it seems Marcus was the one to give away their position because he had to shoot one of the Taliban and that alerted the others.

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[–] Deftone315 10 years ago

I disagree, he might have actually been my favorite part of the film. There's no disqualification for being too "boyish" or "pretty", just cause you're a navy Seal

[–] Pinkdaisy678 10 years ago

I agree

[–] OsteRejen 10 years ago

Not all navy seals, special ops etc. are big and grunty.
Being smallish, fast and "tight" can actually be a very good thing.
Look at Bear Grylls

[–] raf-33 10 years ago

Or the singer James Blunt, he was a captain in the Life Guards. He looks like he could model cardigans, but he fought in the Balkans and averted a war with Russia in the Pristina Incident. Admittedly he was disregarding a direct order in doing so.

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[–] TheDarkKnightMatter 10 years ago

Not everyone is going to be a deep sounding 6'3 chiseled jaw SEAL. Hollywood gave the impression that it is but it's not. I know marines who are 5'5 140-150 lbs, who served this country in Iraq and Afghan, carrying gear that equal to their body weight.

State champ in martial arts, trained with firearms, I eFF'n dare you!