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Re: Merged: The Movies Thread
Watched the Pat Tillman Documentary. Pretty interesting stuff definitely put him in a different light in my mind.
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I did not know the man personally but I have seen his type before. He was probably a dick who thought that he was harder than he really was. He probably got capped for it. If that is the light that they shed in that documentary then I might watch it. Acting like a soldier and doing something heroic is acceptable. Acting like a hero while only being a soldier might get others killed or you shot... |
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I'd suggest you pick up Krakauer's book, because I think your inclination to view Tillman as nothing more than a "dick" whose character you see as a cliche doesn't match with his real story. |
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Dude that review or explanation of Tillman or anyone for that matter made zero sense. WTF do you smoke?
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Given that we're talking about movies here, I should probably also recommend that the documentary be watched. However, I haven't seen the documentary, so I can't give it a recommendation. What I can say is that one person's comment about why he would not watch the documentary is, I believe, not supported by the facts about Tillman's life. |
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Basically in my mind before watching the film I figured he was just someone who went out and joined the Army for the publicity or to be a "hero". But after watching the movie I feel like he just did it because he just plain want to do it. He seemed like a guy that just did his thing and if you didn't like it F you. The most interesting part of the movie to me was that on his 1.5 year leave he had a chance to go back to the NFL and the Army would discharge him honorable but he said no and planned to finish his tour. I think that said a lot about his character, he was going to finish what he started even though he was not liking the war and how the US was fighting it.
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