Lone Survivor

This movie has been touted as the best war movie since Saving Private Ryan.  In my opinion, Saving Private Ryan was a war movie for the first fifteen minutes or so but then it is more drama at Tom Hanks character finding and bring back Matt Damon's Private Ryan than actual fighting in a war.

If you like war movies, Lone Survivor is a real war movie.  It shows the camaraderie of the soldiers who are not just working their jobs as fighters for our country but men who connect as brothers although unrelated.

This shows the toughness yet heart that it takes to be a soldier and make decisions in extreme situations.  This movie is based on the true life story of the Navy Seals mission of June 2005 entitled Operation Red Wings which as the title surmises only led to one survivor.  The rest of the valiant crew gave definition to the term "The ultimate sacrifice".

The director met with the families of all the servicemen who lost their life and one of the father's read  his sons death notice in tears about how his son was shot eleven times and the father said to the director "that's who my son was, that's how hard he fought, make sure you get that right."

I believe he did get it right and I would encourage all of you to either see this one large thumb up movie (including the ending credits where the real soldiers are memorialized) or at the very least send a thought or prayer of thanks to all the men and women who have fought, are fighting and will fight to defend the rights of our country.