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"History will be kind to me, as i intend to write it."
- Winston Churchill
Do you as well think Marcus was lying?
That's not hating the SEALs, he mentions their heroism and the bravery of their actions.But it is worth considering that movies like Lone Survivor do begin to resemble multi-million dollar recruitment videos—tools of military indoctrination geared toward the young and the impressionable. Films like this contribute to subtle shifts in public perception, helping to legitimize feelings of xenophobia and American exceptionalism. It’s no accident that Lone Survivor ignores the question of whether the SEAL team’s mission was justified or worthwhile, just as it ignores, even more broadly, the merit of the war in Afghanistan to begin with. Not asking is its own kind of answer. It tells us to focus elsewhere: on the heroism of these men, on the bravery of their actions. The moral issues are for another day.
It's a treatise on war movies in general, not this movie in particular....it's important to remember that despite their moralizing, war films are still essentially action films—blockbuster spectacles embellished by the verve and vigor of cutting-edge special effects. They may not strictly glorify. But they almost never discourage.
All war films have heroes, for understandable reasons: to give audiences someone to root for, and because soldiers often really are heroic. But when a film like Lone Survivor transforms its Navy SEALs into infallible supermen tragically bested, it suggests that these men are role models only in death—that it was war that made them noble and heroic. The carnage and difficulties only underline the message. War isn’t great; war makes you great. What is such a sentiment if not pro-war?
The left...especially President Obama have used SEALs to kill terrorists such as Osama bin Laden
It is conservative,s who do not appreciate the talents of our finest commandos
The left...especially President Obama have used SEALs to kill terrorists such as Osama bin Laden
It is conservative,s who do not appreciate the talents of our finest commandos