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1 posted on 11/05/2004 5:39:28 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Will tape it and watch it.


2 posted on 11/05/2004 5:41:35 PM PST by rocksblues (No more Kerry, no more polls!)
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Excellent film...very accurate and well made. Kudos to Mel Gibson & ICON Productions.


3 posted on 11/05/2004 5:43:30 PM PST by afnamvet ( Jet Noise...The Sound of Freedom!)
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To: Libloather

Get the DVD. You won't regret it. Have a box of tissues on standby. First movie that ever got to me.


4 posted on 11/05/2004 5:44:22 PM PST by Horatio Gates ('It is what it is' -W)
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To: april15Bendovr; Howlin; Liz; ALOHA RONNIE; RonDog; Mudboy Slim; sonsofliberty2000; B.Bumbleberry; ..

Weekend ping...


5 posted on 11/05/2004 5:45:18 PM PST by Libloather (SURPRISE! Effin' Kerry didn't pass the American Election Test...)
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Watch for the closing credits! The music is "Mansions of the Lord" (hymn sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral).


6 posted on 11/05/2004 5:48:31 PM PST by tellw
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To: Libloather

I've seen it. Have it on DVD in fact. Very good movie.


8 posted on 11/05/2004 5:50:38 PM PST by cake_crumb (UN Resolutions=Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
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To: Libloather

I own it on DVD. My father was in the 1/5 1st Cav. (Airmobile)...


10 posted on 11/05/2004 5:52:51 PM PST by Chad Fairbanks ("I get my own ammo, I have to pull the trigger myself, I have to wound myself. It's pretty amazing")
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The critics can say what they will, but Mel Gibson has been associated with some movies that get to me- this is one of them. There are some FReepers who were actually at Ia Drang, and if you didn't realize what they went through for us then, this film will bring it home to you.

(BTW, I first saw this film while my son was home on leave... it was actually unsettling for a dad whose only kid was headed back to Iraq within two weeks. And maybe it was supposed to be.)


11 posted on 11/05/2004 5:53:21 PM PST by niteowl77 (Next order of business: CBS, Viacom, and the RICO statutes.)
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"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Movie Website

http://www.WeWereSoldiers.com







'WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE and YOUNG'
Book Website

http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm

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12 posted on 11/05/2004 5:59:19 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: Libloather

This movie is incredible.

It will be awesome watching this again knowing the results of our last election!


13 posted on 11/05/2004 6:05:28 PM PST by bear11
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"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Forum

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=8


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15 posted on 11/05/2004 6:16:25 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: Libloather

I saw it at the theatre with another Vet. I ain't ashamed to say I was crying as I left the show.

It is an understatement to say that Mel Gibson is a gifted and powerful filmmaker.

See it.


16 posted on 11/05/2004 6:17:59 PM PST by wizr (I spell right with a 'W'. 'W's been wright all along. God bless him.)
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I've been in some very nasty combat, but nothing, nothing like this. Great movie about a great Army unit.

Semper Fi


20 posted on 11/05/2004 6:24:12 PM PST by chesty_puller (USMC 70-73 3MAF VN 70-71)
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I've never seen it...

I'll NOT give out a "spoiler", but look for this:

the cryptic meaning of a sign in the airport near the end of the film...
26 posted on 11/05/2004 6:58:46 PM PST by VOA
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Ending sucks. Ruins the whole movie. Read the book and skip the movie.
32 posted on 11/05/2004 7:22:27 PM PST by Timmy
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To: Libloather

One of the very few movies I bought on DVD. Tissues are mandatory.


36 posted on 11/05/2004 7:30:08 PM PST by brewcrew
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To: Libloather

Just finished watching it, and how sweet to watch a movie about Vietnam heroes a few days after John Kerry sank into deep water.


41 posted on 11/05/2004 9:02:05 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Today the Donkeys need 10 billion gallons of bacitacrin and a whole lot of band-aids.)
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Watch it! Then buy it.

The battle in the Ia Drang valley has a couple of names; LZ-X RAY or the one I knew years ago, the "Lost Platoon".

47 posted on 11/06/2004 2:08:32 PM PST by BIGLOOK (I once opposed keelhauling but have recently come to my senses.)
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Watch it. It is outstanding and based on the truth. Our Guys did the JOB in Viet Nam. I'm not a combat veteran but I am a veteran and I hold the Guys that this story is about to be my Big brothers. These guys did the JOB and the people that say they did not can go to #$%%. HHHHOOOOORRRRAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!


49 posted on 11/06/2004 5:32:57 PM PST by JOE43270 (JOE43270 America voted and said we are One Nation Under God with Liberty and Justice for All.)
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BUMP


50 posted on 11/06/2004 5:37:19 PM PST by Dante3
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