You may remember that we discussed the upcoming movie “Battleship”, based – loosely, one imagines – on the game of the same name.
Well, it turns out that the director got significant support from the fleet.
And that Army colonel, seen in the action sequence? A little more on him, and the Center for the Intrepid at the Brooke Army Medical Center here.
From a press release:
Colonel Greg Gadson, a wounded warrior who lost his legs in Baghdad, has his first film role in Battleship as Special Forces Army Officer Mick Canales, a double amputee. Several dozen wounded warriors served as extras during the company’s one-day shoot at San Antonio’s Center for the Intrepid, a rehabilitation facility that treats amputees and burn victims and was specifically built to provide care for our heroes, U.S. servicemen and women who have served in military operations in the Iraq War and in Afghanistan.
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The REAL HEROES Contest invites Facebook users to honor their friends, family, or other loved ones in the military by sharing their stories. Users can write a story, upload a photo, and share their Real Hero with the Facebook community, as well as be entered for a chance to win a screening of BATTLESHIP in their hometown.
Well, it’s no “In the Valley of Elah” or “Redacted”. But it looks like fun, and like maybe director Peter Berg has his head screwed on right in a place where that’s an unusual characteristic.
BZ…
” YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP !!! ”
( Sorry, I had to put that in…)
Hollywood used to be one of the biggest supporters of our military ( back in the day ) but Vietnam changed that and from then on, most of Hollywood ( except Tom Hanks, Speilberg & Gary Sinse) decided it was easier to portray the military as dysfunctional & worse.
We need Hollywood to tell the true tales of honor and valor, as the newest ” Greatest Generation ” deserves no less.
SK1 -O/T, but any other names/addresses that you might know for shipments? PM is fine.
Regards,
Ron
I just read “TopGun Days” yesterday. Dave Baranek seems to feel that the people involved in that film were trying to portray the U.S. military (or, at least, the USN) in a good light.
Paul
Paul, I think they were too. The movie, OTOH, was horrid. I give them credit for trying, unlike what Holly wood usually does.
I wasn’t too impressed with the Battleship trailer. I may go see it anyway for lack of anything else to do.
That was my motivation for going to see the last Star Trek movie too. I went to Rolla to visit my boy in Engineering school, and we went to see it together. The movie wasn’t bad, and neither was the company.
Quartermaster:
I agree that the film was largely Hollywood dreck, but it had some good flying stuff and the bit with Mav “communicating” with the bad guys (one of whom may have been Baranek) was a hoot, even though totally unrealistic. Also, “Danger Zone” rocks.
Paul
I did like the music. I liked the girl too.
But that’s another story.
Some Hollywood is very military-friendly. The whole Transformers franchise is a big Armed Forces Recruitment Poster, and I think it is cool. I´m used to movies where all human weapons are useless against the almighty alien, at least until the hero finds their soft spot, like ID4.
In transformers light fire was useless but BOY, can an A-10 make a splash or can´t it? I´ve got a very high threshold for bad war movies (my top offender is Stealth) but I really enjoy when people TRY, even when they fail.
Battleship looks like a terrible movie in a Citizen Kane way, but I believe it will be a great pop-corn no brain-required movie, without stupid scenes like a Steven Seagan one where there´s a whole pressurized back compartment in a F117.
Excuse me but I’ll have nothing bad said about a film in which Jessica Biel appears in a bikini for an extended period of time, I couldn’t give a rats about the rest of the film.
It’s hard to top Iron Eagle when it comes to bad war movies. IMHO.
Dunno, the first two weren’t too bad, but the last two were… Urgh. Even if #3 had Rachael Maclish in it.
And don’t bug me that Iron Eagle wasn’t realistic when Transformers is allowed!
My wife liked Iron Eagle. Not sure what that says.
Can’t wait for the Hangman movie.
wait? it’s awesome. the hung man comes back, paints the town red and gets his revenge.
Not quite, the painting the town red thing was from “High Plains Drifter” but the coming back and getting his revenge thing is indeed “Hang ‘em High” (AND “High Plains Drifter” and “Pale Rider” and …) Seems to be a theme.
They called those things “Spaghetti Westerns” because they were produced by an Italian.
I don’t understand, however, because they were shot in Spain. I did like them, though. The Hang ‘em High theme was pretty good and was playing on the juke boxes in Germany when I was over there.
Col. Gadsen is involved? then I support it wholeheartedly. He was a locker room/sideline inspiration for the ’07 Giants during their miraculous Super Bowl run so anything he’s involved with has to be fantastic, a tour de force. Oscar worthy.
Look, all I wanna know is does stuff get Blowed Up Good and is there an actual Iowa-class involved? Unless it’s being sold to me as a documentary, the rest is immaterial.
– Max