act of valor

[Pandemic]

I'm looking forward to seeing this movie. Apparently, the film stars active duty seals who will remain anonymous by not having their names in the credits.

[Leung]

I wouldn't mind seeing that too.

[almostJDM]

looks really good too bad I wont get to see it for a few more weeks

[Gemini]

The say its a must see but not for the acting....critics claim the acting sucks balls because these guys are NOT actor buts everything sounds to be good.

[Pandemic]

Oh it'll definitely be a visual movie. Story line and acting will be terrible but the tactics are going to be through the roof. The fact that everything they'll be doing is real is what I'm interested in.

[deevergote]

What were these active duty Seals, who were collecting government paychecks for their active service, doing making a fictional movie in the first place?

To be quite honest, I actually find it offensive that they're using this as a gimmick to sell tickets to what is probably an otherwise mediocre war/action movie with an obscene special effects budget. Unless they're filming a documentary, I think the idea is bullshit. At least the acting won't be worse than any other action movie...

"WAR MOVIES!!! NOW WITH REAL SOLDIERS!!!"

[Pandemic]

I'm not sure if they collect any money. I don't know the details but the Navy is using it as a promotional media. Maybe the proceeds went to the Navy?

It's not all that different from the US Army's budget for America's Army.
http://www.americasarmy.com/

[ChIoVnIdCa]

What were these active duty Seals, who were collecting government paychecks for their active service, doing making a fictional movie in the first place?

To be quite honest, I actually find it offensive that they're using this as a gimmick to sell tickets to what is probably an otherwise mediocre war/action movie with an obscene special effects budget. Unless they're filming a documentary, I think the idea is bullshit. At least the acting won't be worse than any other action movie...

"WAR MOVIES!!! NOW WITH REAL SOLDIERS!!!"

The Navy allowed access to the helicopters, submarines, aircraft, etc for "free". The movie is relatively low budget.. The NAVY was all in by LETTING them act..

Its a recruitment tool

[deevergote]

Yeah, I can definitely see how it's a recruitment tool... make the Navy look super cool, like every new recruit is going to be an action hero.
I dunno... I guess what bugs me is that they took active-duty SEALs and turned them into actors. Men and women that should be defending our country, and instead they're playing movie star. I'm not a military man, but I feel as if it's a mockery of those who serve. It's not so much the allocation of funds as it is the fact that these are active military personnel, not people to put asses in theater seats.

At least the Army's video game isn't occupying active troops. A video game actually DOES make sense, and being interactive, it's at least somewhat useful in teaching the basics of combat tactics. It's far from the real thing, certainly... but it's at least marginally productive. Just like racing games... I think I've learned quite a bit about race driving from the GT and Forza titles.

[RagingAsian]

its a good movie. dont read too much into it.

[The G-Man]

It is so bad-ass I am going to switch from USAF pilot training, straight into BUD/S as an Ensign.


















that was straight sarcasm. I am going to fly planes.

[Bcozzi71]

one of the few cool jobs in the USAF /\ /\ haha

the movie was supposed to be a recruitment film for the navy, however it was such a success they made it a feature film. I think its dumb having real navy seals in fake situations. If you wanna see real action watch restrepo...

[The G-Man]

one of the few cool jobs in the USAF /\ /\ haha

the movie was supposed to be a recruitment film for the navy, however it was such a success they made it a feature film. I think its dumb having real navy seals in fake situations. If you wanna see real action watch restrepo...

While Restrepo is great and has good action, being that it is real you just can't get the shots quite like in Act of Valor.

And as for the Raven they showed in the movie, I saw one in a demo in 2010, and it sure as hell didn't have a controller with a full color camera and it was not able to put a box around hostiles, just friendlies with an infrared tag.

[Pandemic]

Real soldiers in fake situations is called training (o,O)

[deevergote]

Yes, but for the purpose of teaching the soldiers how to act in combat... not to film it to fill theater seats.