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Sonofagun · Dec 11, 2014

How many of you are planning to see this movie? The book was great but I'm wondering how graphic Angelina Jolie (director) is going to let some of the scenes play out.
If you have a chance read the book before you go see the movie.

Mr H · Dec 11, 2014

Word is, she completely avoided how his faith played through his life.

dontpanic · Dec 11, 2014

It's PG-13. It will not be very violent at all. She said she wanted a bigger audience for it.

I will probably wait for it to come on TV. There was a good show on about it last night or tuesday. Very compelling story.

SRD · Dec 11, 2014

Mr H said:
Word is, she completely avoided how his faith played through his life.

Heard the same.

SWO Daddy · Dec 11, 2014

I don't see how they could tell that story right within the time limitations of a movie. If it's PG-13, we definitely won't see it in the proper light.

SWO Daddy · Dec 11, 2014

Mr H said:
Word is, she completely avoided how his faith played through his life.

It would be a shame if they skipped over him meeting Billy Graham and how religion saved him from destroying himself.

Clifjr · Dec 11, 2014

My dad read the book and wants to see the movie so I'll be taking him to see it once it comes out. He said the book is a must read and I have it but haven't started it yet.

Alphabrew · Dec 11, 2014

The trailer looks bad ass. Who is the movie about? Louie who?

Nvm I googled it

Sonofagun · Dec 12, 2014

dontpanic said:
It's PG-13. It will not be very violent at all. She said she wanted a bigger audience for it.

I will probably wait for it to come on TV. There was a good show on about it last night or tuesday. Very compelling story.

Dark Knight n Sucker Punch were PG-13 movies and were quite violent. :gun2:

PG-13 rating on movies certainly doesn't seem to mean anything these days.

I'm hoping that the director doesn't try to rewrite history during some of the accounts of Louis' encounters w/ the Japanese soldiers.

Sonofagun · Dec 12, 2014

Alphabrew said:
The trailer looks bad ass. Who is the movie about? Louie who?

Nvm I googled it

I had to do the same thing; Louis who?

The trailers have already shown some of his run ins w/ the local police. His step into the world of track competition helped him get back on track (no pun intended) towards living a good life.

Sonofagun · Dec 12, 2014

SWO Daddy said:
I don't see how they could tell that story right within the time limitations of a movie. If it's PG-13, we definitely won't see it in the proper light.

Yes that would certainly make it a V E R Y L O N G movie.

The trailer to the movie has already shown that it will include a Japanese propaganda air time speech by Louis to let people know that his is still alive but is a POW.

BeoBill · Dec 12, 2014

Sonofagun said:
Dark Knight n Sucker Punch were PG-13 movies and were quite violent. PG-13 rating on movies certainly doesn't seem to mean anything these days.

I'm hoping that the director doesn't try to rewrite history during some of the accounts of Louis' encounters w/ the Japanese soldiers.

PG-13 now means Positive Gunplay with 13-shot revolvers.

Sonofagun · Dec 13, 2014

Clifjr said:
My dad read the book and wants to see the movie so I'll be taking him to see it once it comes out. He said the book is a must read and I have it but haven't started it yet.

If you want another good book to read check out"

A Higher Calling

This book gives a good account of a Me109 pilot Lt. Franz Stigler who was scrambled to dispatch a badly damaged B17 piloted by Lt. Charlie Brown. Instead of shooting down the B17 Franz flew along both sides to observe the damage, saluted the crew, and let them make their way back to England. The book give you perspectives of both pilots during the air war over Europe in WWII.

jonnyl · Dec 13, 2014

Great book! I had high hopes for the movie since Louis was a consultant on it, but early reviews haven't been great. Sadly, he passed away in July.

Most of my family have read it, so we'll prob go see it together.

SWO Daddy · Dec 13, 2014

BeoBill said:
PG-13 now means Positive Gunplay with 13-shot revolvers.

Don't movies get R ratings for smoking these days?

huesmann · Dec 24, 2014

Mr H said:
Word is, she completely avoided how his faith played through his life.

Well, I recall when reading the book that he didn't really get religion until several years after the war, when he was stuck in a drinking and whoring rut, so it wasn't really "through his life" to be portrayed. The majority of the book takes place before and during the war.

offroaD · Dec 25, 2014

One of the best books I've read. It was so interesting I had to force my self to go to sleep that week.

BlackBart · Dec 26, 2014

Saw it tonight, well worth the 13 bucks matinee price for 2. :thumbsup:

FANTASTIC story of survival and strong spirit, short on faith outside of the downed pilot. Maybe only 30 minutes of Lliberator footage, wished there was more. I flew libs over Europe.... from my fathers nutsack of course but the broken bomb bay doors made me think it was HIS story for a second. Note first page in newspaper clipping it got into the broken bomb bay doors........... maybe they were a trouble spot? http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=65573&highlight=greatest+generation

Some critics say the movie was "boring". Maybe.... how exciting can watching some guy getting the shit beat out of him at every turn knowing he couldn't hit back? NOTHING in the movie about Lt. Zamperini forgiving "The Bird" except in script AFTER the movie.

Not a war epic nor anything overly factual about the aircraft but more survival due to grit and determination.

Sonofagun · Dec 28, 2014

huesmann said:
Well, I recall when reading the book that he didn't really get religion until several years after the war, when he was stuck in a drinking and whoring rut, so it wasn't really "through his life" to be portrayed. The majority of the book takes place before and during the war.

There are many references to God in the book and even one in the trailer. Louie's need for water, while he afloat in the middle of the Pacific, was so bad that he cried out that he would dedicate his life to the God if God would get him out of this bad predicament.

Sonofagun · Dec 28, 2014

BlackBart said:
Saw it tonight, well worth the 13 bucks matinee price for 2. FANTASTIC story of survival and strong spirit, short on faith outside of the downed pilot. Maybe only 30 minutes of Lliberator footage, wished there was more. I flew libs over Europe.... from my fathers nutsack of course but the broken bomb bay doors made me think it was HIS story for a second. Note first page in newspaper clipping it got into the broken bomb bay doors........... maybe they were a trouble spot? http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=65573&highlight=greatest+generation

Some critics say the movie was "boring". Maybe.... how exciting can watching some guy getting the shit beat out of him at every turn knowing he couldn't hit back? NOTHING in the movie about Lt. Zamperini forgiving "The Bird" except in script AFTER the movie.

Not a war epic nor anything overly factual about the aircraft but more survival due to grit and determination.

I didn't see the movie yet but was there any footage of the nearby bombing raids by B-29's?

In the book Louis and Phil had a bad feeling about going up in the B-24 Liberator "Green Hornet" because the plane was down on power and was barely air worthy.

There was a B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft" that came to Gaithersburg air park a couple years ago. If someone had to work on the bomb bay doors there was a very narrow beam that you could walk across easily while the plane was static. Working on broken bomb bay doors from that beam, in flight, is a whole different story.

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