Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.
Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Fulke Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
dardsweglord The movie starts very promising. You get to know the team and what kind of mission they are facing, but the fact that almost the entire movie got spoiled in the movie title "Lone Survivor" is just sad. The title fits, but it ruins the whole movie. When for example the Apache escort gunships came, you knew something really bad was going to happen so that the two Navy Seals couldn't go home. The title also spoiled that the main character was going to be the only survivor of the four Seals that were sent on the mission.Making a 2-hour movie out of a non-fiction book, while trying to build characters, is tricky. In this case, I believe too much time was spent up front creating the characters, while too little focus was given to the ending."Lone Survivor" does not disappoint in its depiction of a group of Navy Seals who fight off scores of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Confronted at the beginning of their mission with the dilemma of letting three goatherds go and risking the compromising of their mission or killing them - they let them go. The subsequent loss of all of the four Seals but one, Marcus Lutrell, and the killing of 16 of their comrades in a helicopter crash trying to rescue themOverall, I think the movie was still a good movie and it had its good and bad moments but movies aren't always perfect.
Tweetienator I re-watched Lone Survivor lately and its still a damn fine war movie: fine cast, top choreographed action scenes and pro production, well done soundtrack, and even if its very fictional, the audience gets a taste of the realities of war. All in all a perfect movie about modern warfare like Black Hawk Down and American Sniper, Hurt Locker and Jarhead, just to name a few. And yes, I agree with some critics, Lone Survivor got a good shot of patriotism, but anyway, many (if not most) soldiers are patriots, so if patriotism is used in a movie to show the "mental-state" or moral and motivations of the soldiers (camaraderie etc.) , its just fine for me - as long as the movie shows us that war takes its toll from all involved too. A real gem for the aficionado of war movies.
gezim-turkeshi I've seen this movie two years ago, while commenting movies with my friends Lone Survivor came up. I didn't like the movie in the first place when I saw it, yet my friends seem to like it very much (they're action boys who've seen Van Dam movies when they grew up). I agree that if you like to see action, and guns, and shooting, and explosions, the movie has great effects. But, if you are looking for a patriotic meaning and heroism, this movie is really stupid and I HOPE it doesn't tell the exact truth (since is based on a true story). I'll let you know why with just one example from the beginning of the movie and the rest you can imagine. SPOILERS AHEADSo, in this move there are four military men going to kill some guy in some village in the middle of Afghanistan. This are the best of the best guys in the military. SEALS. I've heard you can't find better than Seals. Smart, brave, and skilful. On their way to that village where the 'bad' guy is, they encounter a man (villager) with his goats in the mountain. And now they have this dramatic arguing what they should do with that guy, let him go or kill him. So, as ethic guys that they are, they let him go. And the that villager runs like flash to the village and tells the bad guys that the American soldiers are up there, and the rest of the movie is just chasing and shooting and chasing and a helicopter with probably 20 people blows up (Americans coming to help them). SO, all those men die, and in the end of the four seals, only one survives, just because they where stupid enough (THE SEALS) to think. Why couldn't they just tie the guy up in a tree, put a dirty sock in his mouth, go to their position, kill the bad guy (they needed to shoot him with sniper btw), and then untie the villager and let him go.. Or, they've could've just take him with them to the position, do the job, and then let him go. How stupid could you be to compromise the mission like that by letting him go before completing the mission. So, that was very stupid of them. Yet... I honestly do not believe thats what happened in reality at all. I think the truth is that they never found a villager on their way (if they did, they would've killed him on the spot and not a fuck given), I think, in reality, they did something even more idiotic to get them chased and killed, so this guy that survived had to make the kind of stupid story showed in the movie to cover the real absurdity that they did to get them all chased and killed by a bunch of guys with expired AK47s. The movie is stupid.
arpit_gupta This is one of my most favourite movie. Became fan of Peter Berg after this. The direction and screenplay is so hooking and gripping that you don't move even for a second. The love, affection, friendship, brotherhood, patriotism is so heartwarming. Moreover the music of the movie is also engaging. The background music is still in my playlist. Straight 10/10 from my side.
