Analysis of The Film Lone Survivor

The United States Navy SEALs the elite American warriors fight with Sea, Air, and Land. They go through a lot of training to be able to do what they do best. This story is a little different though it is about a team that went in to the mountainous Pakistani border after a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be located at a Taliban stronghold surrounded by small but heavily armed forces. Four SEALs went in but sadly on one SEAL come back within twenty-four hours. Marcus Luttrell, a fire team leader was the man in charge on the mission named Operation Redwing. With a long battle Luttrell and his men were outnumbered and outgunned they didn’t really have much of a chance. Later on through the battle all three of Luttrell’s men had been killed

Starting off with the facts of the movie, case that is being presented is a criminal one. Two Marines, PFC. Louden Downey and Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson, are charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and conduct unbecoming a Marine. The reason I

SEALs are not allowed to choose their partners, they are just assigned to one another and expected to make the best of the situation. Even if the pair disagree, they must set aside their differences and learn how to work as one unit. “I had to communicate with Casanova, my partner, and the two of us had to communicate with the other sniper pair…Then we all had to communicate with our forward operating base” (178). They all had to answer to someone. Brotherhood is also defined as an association, society, or community of people linked by a common interest, religion, or trade. “My teammates and I shared a similar mindset. We had learned how to control feelings of frustration” (224). The military is composed of many different ranking officers, but each person is vital in succeeding in completing missions. Sure the SEALs are considered the stars, but what are SEALs without helicopter pilots, CIA agents, interpreters, and even Defense Language Institute instructors? Everyone has a different job, however, everyone shares the common

The Lone survivor, by Marcus Luttrell is a narrative of a navy soldier and his crew on a mission to Afghanistan in 2005. In September 2001, four US planes were hijacked by Islam extremists. Almost 3,000 Americans were killed that day. Many, including Marcus, were ready to fight back for the US and its protection. The mission was known as Operation Redwing – and the goal was to find and kill Islamist extremist known as “Ahmad Shah”. His “attacks had taken a high toll on U.S. Marines in the area” and he was a Taliban member believed to be associated with Osama Bin Laden (Klaidman). During this mission, staying quiet and secluded was key. Unfortunately, the Navy SEALS are spotted by a group of shepherds from the Afghan area. Marcus and his fellow

Steven Spielberg, in his 1998 cinematic classic “Saving Private Ryan”, documented the retrieval operation of Private First Class James Francis Ryan, the last surviving of four brothers to fall in action during WWII. The film, set in late WWII, opened with a half hour rendition of the macabre American occupation of Omaha beach during D-Day. Spielberg tied viewers to protagonist Airborne Ranger Captain Miller, played by Tom Hanks, as he fought through the heavily German fortified shores of Normandy. The Americans eventually took the beach, and CPT Miller then received direct follow on orders from General George C. Marshall to go and pull PFC Ryan from the frontlines of battle. The

Broadway in Missoula, Montana was seen March 25, 2016 in the form of the show Mama Mia. This comical venue was presented at the University of Montana Adams Events Center, in Missoula, Montana. A large company of well renowned Broadway actors was seen in Missoula which led to the large crowds and excitement. The company was composed of Kyra Belle Johnson as Sophie, Kat Borrelli as Ali, Christina Eskridge as Lisa, Laura Michelle Hughes as Tanya, Sarah Smith as Rosie, Erin Fish as Donna Sheridan, Stephen Eckelmann as Sky, Justin Goei as Pepper, Max Ehrlich as Eddie, Andrew Tebo as Harry Bright, Ryan M. Hunt as Bill Austin, Chad W. Fronwalt as Sam Carmichael, and Joshua Taylor Hamilton as Father Alexandrios. Many of these actors and actresses have been seen in other Broadway shows as well as Television and off Broadway shows.

The movie The Soloist was released in 2009 and is based on a true story. This movie is about two entirely different people who crosses pathways and ends up helping each other. Steve Lopez is a journalist with the L.A Times. Lopez is not truly happy with his life at this moment. He is at a crossroad in his career and has recently went through a divorce to his wife who is now his boss.

Black Hawk Down is a 2001 movie directed by Ridley Scott about a U.S. raid in Mogadishu in 1993. The film portrays the team assembling, going into the mission, and dealing with the attack. This elite team of soldiers are searching out Somalis associated with a drug lord, a mission that is supposed to be easy, but turns into a very bloody and dangerous situation. Two of their black hawk choppers crash, several men are lost, members of the team get split up, and they are constantly being shot at by the Somalis. The men in this team are in a very intense situation and they are trying to work quickly under pressure.

For my cultural event I watch a war film. I decided to watch the movie Black Hawk Down. This movie was based off of a true story and the book Black Hawk Down written by Mark Bowden. It was directed by Ridley Scott. It was released October 10, 2002, nine years after the event happened. Many people fought in this war and their stores were told in this film. On of them was sergeant Matt Eversmann who was played by Josh Hartnett. Private John Grimes was played by Ewan McGregor. Tom Sizemore played the character Mcknight. There were many other soldiers in the movie that also played a very significant role in this war story.

The book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer was adapted to a movie, directed by Sean Penn in 2007. The movie was trying to follow the novel closely but some scenes were not able to be make an exact copy on the screen. The film was put into dramatic form in a place of contact between Chris McCandless and people around him. However, there’s a lot of information about his life between college and death is excluded from the movie version.

When audiences watched the movie or read the memoir they believe everything is correct and accurate. But Luttrell and Berg have subtle differences between their two works. The first difference is that Luttrell nearly dies in the opening and closing of the film. The film opens with a voice over and Marcus Luttrell is airlifted back to military base. As the plane lands, Marcus Luttrell literally dies while they are trying to save him. The script of the movie shows the “Surgical pack working franticly [sic] to save Luttrell …Pushing in on the flat line. Alarm screaming. Tight on Luttrell’s eyes starting to glaze over. Dying.” In the book, Luttrell is not in mortal danger. After the Army Rangers rescue Luttrell, he writes “First [the Army Rangers] radioed into base that I had been found, that I was stable and unlikely to die.” They also, literally, stop and have tea with the locals,

“I’m willing to meet my creator and answer for every shot that I took…” (www.imdb.com). Kyle, in the movie American Sniper, says these exact words for a reason. Just like how Kyle had a specific reason for the words he said, Matt Taibbi, who wrote American Sniper Is Almost Too Dumb To Criticize, had a reason why he structured and presented the article the way he did; he has answers within the words to explain why he wrote what he did for the most likely audience of Rolling Stone. Not only does Taibbi present his information in a specific way, he acknowledges the expectations for the readers of Rolling Stone. Although Taibbi’s article is bias to some extent, is composed of inappropriate grammar at times and presents various sections where he uses emotional appeals which hurts him, Taibbi does do a brilliant job to some extent in presenting the article to the most likely reader of Rolling Stone, an antagonistic, audience’s attention and trust by using logical arguments and developing credibility through various ways which the reader can relate to.

I watched two movies that shared similarities and also had differences. One film associated with action while the other was a horror and thriller film. The action film that I watched is called “Survivor” and the horror/thriller film is called “The Ward”. The cast of the “Survivor” are Milla Jovovich as Kate Abbott, Pierce Brosnan as Nash, Dylan McDermott as Sam Parker, Angela Bassett as Maureen Cranepaul, Robert Forster as Bill Talbot, James D'Arcy as Paul Anderson, Roger Rees as Dr. Emil Balan, Genevieve O'Reilly as Lisa Carr, Frances de la Tour as Sally, and Sonya Cassidy as Helen. The film was directed by James McTeigue and written by Philip Shelby. The film was released on May 29, 2015.

In 2001 there was a movie released called Black Hawk Down. This movie was based on a true story of the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993. This battle takes place in Somalia. The movie depicts this battle pretty accurately from who died and the mistake that were made in the mission plan. The operation was supposed to be easy and go smoothly but like most plans things didn’t go as they planned. If there wasn’t any mistakes made during this operation then there wouldn’t have been a movie made after it. The movie got its title because during the operation there were two black hawk helicopter shot down and most of the time the soldiers were trying to get to the wreckage.

In Afghanistan, Taliban leader Ahmad Shah is responsible for killing over twenty United States Marines, as well as villagers and refugees who were aiding American forces. In response to these killings, the United States Navy SEALs are assigned to perform a counter-insurgent mission to capture Shah. As part of the mission, a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team is tasked to track Shah's whereabouts. The four SEAL teammates are team leader Michael P. "Murph" Murphy; hospital corpsman and sniper Marcus Luttrell; sonar technician Matthew "Axe" Axelson; and communications specialist Danny Dietz. The team is inserted into the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, where they make their trek through the mountains.