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Decent movie if you don't know anything about it going into it. Based on a true story should be removed from the movie and it might be alright.

i thought the trailers were more interesting than the movie. trailers seemed pretty good then was kinda disappointed after i saw the movie

if you are expecting an action movie this is not it.
this is more of a trauma movie for the vets and glimpse on them deal with PTSD.

Loved it. Strong movie, well produced. Script lacked In a few areas.

There's no need to connect it with the real life events. This is a movie, treat it as a movie.



Side note: hated fury.

Good movie

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Why do you insist on that notion? Why wouldn't a viewer try to connect events depicted in the movie with real events if the movie sells itself on being based on true events? On a man's autobiography as such?

I can understand your views if the movie was sold as fiction.

This post was edited by WelSh on Feb 19 2015 05:40pm

Just like I can separate a movie from its original book.

I understand that Hollywood changes events to cater to their audience for better or for worse. They are in no way obligated to tell the story exactly how its given. With that said, upon seeing a movie based on a true story, I already have the knowledge that the movie won't 100% depict the real life events with complete accuracy.

The only person who knows what really happens is the one who experiences the event and even their mind can be skewed. We all do this. We exaggerate, we lie, we hype up something. It's hard to recount an event exactly how it happened.

Finally, I didn't read the book, or have any prior knowledge of the story before seeing the movie, so to fairly rate the movie, I have to view it separately from the book/real life events. If you haven't read the book, why would you try to connect the dots?




if you have read the book, have a background of the event, then sure, you can compared the movie to what "really happened," but I still rate movies as a form of entertainment and focus on what it is.

I am fairly lenient on movie ratings. For instance, if i'm watching a remake, I won't begin my thoughts saying " the original was better." I'll review it based on the original not existing FIRST, and then go forth and comparing it to the original.




So, if a movie based on true story doesn't accurately depicts a real life event, I don't care. I'm more interested on how good or bad it was as a movie itself.

Remember, movies are "based on a true story," not "follows true story exactly."


Sorry for my quick, sloppy response.

have you seen some of the movies that say they are based on true stories, the conjuring for example