January 31, 2014
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ABOUT MOVIES, TV, ARTS AND EVENTS IN THE VALLEY
150th Edition Lone Survivor Makes A True Story Very Realistic For The Audience By Art Byrd
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From the opening montage of the tough military training showing some soldiers giving up and others enduring. Lone Survivor takes us into a world of one of the military’s elite team, the Navy SEALs. Director Peter Berg takes the audience into the Navy SEALs world as they prepare for a mission take out Shah, a Taliban terrorist who was responsible for the death of 19 soldiers. The movie is based on Navy SEALs Marcus Luttrell’s memoirs of a book of the same title. The mission was to be carried out not by squad but by only four Navy SEALs. Luttrell played by Mark Wahlberg, Lieut. Mike Murphy (Taylor Kitsch) and petty officer officers second-class Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch) and Matt Axelson (Ben Foster). I like the way Berg lets us as the audience, be present as the game plan for the mission was being explained by the Navy SEALs. It was obvious, they knew what they were doing. The plan seemed solid. In the dark, the Navy SEALs are dropped on the ground in Afghanistan. After traveling on foot over mountains and rough terrain, they find the village where the Shah is. While waiting for the time to strike the village, the SEALs encounter goat herders: an old man, a young boy and an angry young man.
“Put paying your dues and all that puts so much into being a success. You have an understanding of what it's about, being on your own for three or four years and living day to day on $3, or living in an apartment with no electricity.” Taylor Kitsch, Actor, who currently stars in Lone Survivor in theaters now.