Agrega una trama en tu idiomaBased on the true story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, by the United States army, in Iraq.Based on the true story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, by the United States army, in Iraq.Based on the true story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, by the United States army, in Iraq.
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Movie was more of a way to cash in on the hysteria of the time. For those who watch it, pay careful attention to the terrain, most of it was filmed in downtown Dallas and nearby areas. Better yet, watch Walker Texas Ranger and this movie at the same time. Look familiar? hehe
Ironically it was cheaper to spread sand and slap styrofoam on old buildings than film in LA or Canada, although the namesake star is a Canadian.
Some trivia, the hospital used was an abandoned one and when the art department put a Saddam portrait outside, it would be paintballed overnight and some guy drove all the way from Longview to Dallas to protest the Iraqis invading Texas.
Overall I would give it a 5 out of 10, not sure if it is available at your local Blockbuster yet.
Ironically it was cheaper to spread sand and slap styrofoam on old buildings than film in LA or Canada, although the namesake star is a Canadian.
Some trivia, the hospital used was an abandoned one and when the art department put a Saddam portrait outside, it would be paintballed overnight and some guy drove all the way from Longview to Dallas to protest the Iraqis invading Texas.
Overall I would give it a 5 out of 10, not sure if it is available at your local Blockbuster yet.
I came away from this film the same way as I do when I watch a Second World War film or documentary about the war on the Eastern front in which the Germans are fighting the Russians. The Germans were invaders and were ruthless yet the Russians were equally as bad and they were just defending their homeland against an aggressive invader so just let them all fight and kill each other (which they pretty much did). In viewing this I could not find myself cheering for the U.S. Troops or feeling sorry for them when they came under attack from the Iraqis. It makes no difference if the U.S. said that what they were doing was right and just and were there as liberators (The Germans said the same thing) . The U.S. waged an aggressive unprovoked war under what could very well be false pretenses. Additionally as the mess in Iraq continues it was hard to really enjoy the film. Have we won? Have we lost? It's way to early to say and it was way to early to make a picture about this. Much of what really happened and took place may not be known for some time and when the full story finally does come out as they all eventually do when it comes to war stories it may make this picture seem hypocritical, foolish and totally phony. If you want to see another film about a controversial U.S. war that was made while the real war was still being waged then check out John Wayne in The Green Berets.
Saving Jessica Lynch - Please! Ms. Lynch did nothing spectacular. She was just another POW.
How many POWs have their been in the history of war and
statecraft? Where are their movies? Where are their stories? Why
does Lynch get painted as the American Sweetheart. I'll tell you why. It's all part of the pathetic excuse of U.S.
propaganda to try to justify an illegal war. Where are the so-called
weapons of mass destruction? The only reason the U.S. invaded
Iraq is because George W. Bush is a coward. Out of his so-called
"Axis of Evil," Iraq is the weakest. They have been under heavy U.S.
sanction since the Gulf War. How could they create weapons of
mass destruction? They can't. Plain and simple. Why not go after
Iran or North Korea? Iran is an unknown and the North Koreans
would kick America's ass. They don't care about the U.S. Hell,
they'd shoot nukes at the Americans. The U.S. knows if they go
against the North Koreans, then the Chinese get involved and the
Americans don't want to f--k with the Chinese.
How many POWs have their been in the history of war and
statecraft? Where are their movies? Where are their stories? Why
does Lynch get painted as the American Sweetheart. I'll tell you why. It's all part of the pathetic excuse of U.S.
propaganda to try to justify an illegal war. Where are the so-called
weapons of mass destruction? The only reason the U.S. invaded
Iraq is because George W. Bush is a coward. Out of his so-called
"Axis of Evil," Iraq is the weakest. They have been under heavy U.S.
sanction since the Gulf War. How could they create weapons of
mass destruction? They can't. Plain and simple. Why not go after
Iran or North Korea? Iran is an unknown and the North Koreans
would kick America's ass. They don't care about the U.S. Hell,
they'd shoot nukes at the Americans. The U.S. knows if they go
against the North Koreans, then the Chinese get involved and the
Americans don't want to f--k with the Chinese.
Saving Jessica Lynch: a first-impressions review
Thumbs up.
I thought this was a good movie. It did not romanticize or heroicize Pfc. Lynch or what she endured. NBC didn't make her a female Rambo. The movie spent a lot of time showing what her Iraqi co-rescuer, Mohammed al-Rehaief, risked to tell the Americans about her confinement.
The Nasariyeh battle sequence was well done. My only complaint would be showing the fedayeen just standing in the middle of the street, hip shooting their AK-47s. That's a good way to (a) get killed, as a fair number of them did and (b) shoot the sky, not your targets. But for all know, the fedayeen there really did that. Heck, in Baghdad they charged Abrams tanks with pickup trucks, so their open-battle skills seem not to have been very great.
There was a lot of action about the firefight what wasn't presented, of course, but the movie was not about the whole battle. It tracked Lynch and those involved directly with her.
It was good to see the American military officers and enlisted members portrayed with decency and humanity. The Iraqi medical staff were sympathetically presented, which accords with what I recall was written about them once Nasiriyah was secured and western media moved in. The fedayeen leader was something of a caricature, but on the other hand, when you portray Nazis or those like them, can you really overplay their evil?
The sequence when the SOF uncovered the American bodies from the sand with their hands could have easily been overplayed. But it was understated and evocative without being maudlin.
All in all, this movie was a worthy presentation for Veterans Day weekend. Kudos to NBC.
PS - I am a retired US Army artillery officer.
Thumbs up.
I thought this was a good movie. It did not romanticize or heroicize Pfc. Lynch or what she endured. NBC didn't make her a female Rambo. The movie spent a lot of time showing what her Iraqi co-rescuer, Mohammed al-Rehaief, risked to tell the Americans about her confinement.
The Nasariyeh battle sequence was well done. My only complaint would be showing the fedayeen just standing in the middle of the street, hip shooting their AK-47s. That's a good way to (a) get killed, as a fair number of them did and (b) shoot the sky, not your targets. But for all know, the fedayeen there really did that. Heck, in Baghdad they charged Abrams tanks with pickup trucks, so their open-battle skills seem not to have been very great.
There was a lot of action about the firefight what wasn't presented, of course, but the movie was not about the whole battle. It tracked Lynch and those involved directly with her.
It was good to see the American military officers and enlisted members portrayed with decency and humanity. The Iraqi medical staff were sympathetically presented, which accords with what I recall was written about them once Nasiriyah was secured and western media moved in. The fedayeen leader was something of a caricature, but on the other hand, when you portray Nazis or those like them, can you really overplay their evil?
The sequence when the SOF uncovered the American bodies from the sand with their hands could have easily been overplayed. But it was understated and evocative without being maudlin.
All in all, this movie was a worthy presentation for Veterans Day weekend. Kudos to NBC.
PS - I am a retired US Army artillery officer.
Critics have accused the media of bias in the coverage of Lynch versus that of her fellow soldiers, Shoshana Johnson and Lori Piestewa. All three were ambushed in the same attack during the Iraq War on March 23, 2003, with Piestewa being killed and Lynch and Johnson being injured and taken prisoner.
Lynch, a young, blonde, white woman, received far more media coverage than Johnson with media critics suggesting that the media gave more attention to the woman with whom audiences supposedly more readily identify with.
Lynch says that she still gets hate mail from Americans who accuse her of making up the heroic acts attributed to her. "I was captured, but then I was OK and I didn't go down fighting. OK, so what?" she says. "It was really hard to convince people that I didn't have to do any of that.
Lynch, a young, blonde, white woman, received far more media coverage than Johnson with media critics suggesting that the media gave more attention to the woman with whom audiences supposedly more readily identify with.
Lynch says that she still gets hate mail from Americans who accuse her of making up the heroic acts attributed to her. "I was captured, but then I was OK and I didn't go down fighting. OK, so what?" she says. "It was really hard to convince people that I didn't have to do any of that.
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- TriviaAt around 21:06, after two soldiers jump on board Lynch's Humvee and they drive away, you can hear Lynch cry, "What about Donald!" She is referencing Sgt. Donald Walters. The film shows that the truck he was is disabled and he jumps out. While under fire he tell the others to go and he'll cover them. This is the only time in the film that Sgt. Walters is seen and referenced until the very end where, in memorial, he's listed with his comrades as killed in action.
This is crucial for two reasons: Sgt Walters was one of the few in the 507th that had combat experience. During the First Gulf War he guarded Iraqi prisoners as Military Police. During the ambush, the truck he was riding in, driven by PV2 Sloan, was disabled and the two bailed. PV2 Sloan was picked up by another truck while Sgt. Walters gave fire to the Iraqis. The last reported member to see Sgt. Walters alive was PFC Miller, who claimed he saw Sgt. Walters talking to 1st Sgt. Dowdy at his Humvee. For some unknown reason, as the convoy turned around and made its run back into the city, Sgt. Walters was left behind. He ran after the convoy. It wasn't long before the Iraqis found this lonely soldier and converged on him. Intercepted Iraqi communications said that there was a single, blonde haired, soldier that was alone and fighting tenaciously.
Sgt. Walters was shot and taken prisoner only after he had run out of ammunition. He was taken by several Fedayeen members to an abandoned army headquarters near where the convoy made its first U-turn. An Iraqi ambulance driver later claimed to have seen Sgt. Walters surrounded by six Fedayeen and was led inside inside the building. Later on, the same ambulance driver picked up and delivered Sgt. Walters's body to the same hospital Lynch was being held in. His body had at least two gunshot wounds, several stab wounds and a dislocated shoulder. He was buried along with his fallen comrades. Since no American saw his death, the only information on his fate stemmed from Iraqi testimony and forensic investigation, it's unknown if the wounds inflicted upon him occurred during or after his capture with the exception one gunshot wound to his back. According to DNA analysis found at the scene, Sgt. Walters was executed in the building after being tortured for some time, ranging from a few hours to a day or two.
It's believed that the intercepted Iraqi communications were not properly translated, that the pronouns 'he' was mixed with 'she' and that a blonde haired soldier was fighting. This led to the idea that PFC Jessica Lynch, also blonde, was the fighter they were talking about, when it was actually Sgt. Walters, who was also blonde. This discrepancy was not cleared until about a year after the event.
For his bravery and sacrifice, Sgt. Walters's family was bestowed their son's Silver Star Medal, Prisoner of War Medal, and Purple Heart.
- ErroresWhen the convoy is driving through Nasiriyah just before they are attacked, Reunion Tower (a major feature of Dallas' downtown skyline) is clearly visible in the background.
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Pfc Jessica Lynch: Two years, Dad. It'll be over before you know it.
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