When we were Soldiers

[durexguy]

Need some help...any one seen this movie??
Mel Gibson is star role, Lt Col -Vietnam flick, about first encounter in '65
TV Listings and on the net.....state that Denis Leary is in the movie....
name appears on Rogers TV listings...

So the "Rescue Me", star is no where to be found...
Went to reviews of the movie....and Denis Leary's name is in credits.
The credits at the end of the movie....no Denis Leary
I did not recognize him, at any time during the movie

Any Thoughts?

DG

PS. i've seen the movie a few times, and still no Denis Leary

 

[Mr. Lucky]

Don't know if I could help you but I like this final scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPr9g3EVz-o&feature=related

 

[Keebler Elf]

You sure you read it right?

On Wikipedia, Denis Leary isn't listed in the cast for that movie or under his filmography...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Were_Soldiers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Leary

He is listed for a 1998 movie called Small Soldiers...

It's possible he was in the movie but his scene ended up on the cutting room floor, but if that was the case I would think he'd still be included on the Wikipedia entries.

Or, much more likely, there's another Denis Leary in the movie who is some no-name extra.

 

[cancowboy2001]

He is disguised as Greg Kinnear

Denis Leary was offered the role of Bruce “Snake” Crandall (Greg Kinnear) but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts.

The incorrect references are just errors perpetuated by the internets.

 

[Keebler Elf]

Interesting!

 

[basketcase]

If in doubt, imdb.

 

[amber-jade]

amazing movie

i just watched it this afternoon for the 20th time or so

 

[Aardvark154]

Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore (Ret.)'s book was much better as was the title: Ia Drang - the battle that changed the war in Vietnam: We Were Soldiers Once…… And Young

 

[maverick]

that was a good vietnam war movie.

 

[tribunus]

I like a good war movie as much as anyone, but this flick is bullshit. I'm sure the VC just love to run headfirst into machine gun fire, and the M16 can fire endlessly from an infinite clip.

 

[Deviant]

I like a good war movie as much as anyone, but this flick is bullshit.

I agree, the military parts were bullshit and screen written by a 8 to 10 year old. The parts that were well done were the ones with Madeline Stowe in America.

 

[Keebler Elf]

I thought it was a good movie but the part I thought was cheesy was when Mel Gibson's character knew exactly what the Vietnamese were going to do and countered them.

I mean, at least make it believable. It was like, Mel: "They're going to use the river bed.", Vietnamese: "We're going to use the river bed."

It was that over the top.

Even if Mel's character was a better tactician, at least make it somewhat believable.

 

[mandrill]

It was a bullshit movie. But if you have a couple of drinks, the adrenalin rush of the action scenes made it watchable. And yes, the women's acting back at the base was amazing. Very intense and believable.

Gibson's born again All-American crap was completely over the top and repugnant.

The ONLY totally believable war movie is of course, Platoon.

 

[durexguy]

thank you

Thanks for all the comments.....

DG

 

[basketcase]

...
The ONLY totally believable war movie is of course, Platoon.[/COLOR]

All's Quiet on the Western Front.
Thin Red Line

and of course, Hogan's Heroes (ok, maybe not).

 

[mandrill]

The only totally believable war movie is... All's Quiet on the Western Front.
Thin Red Line

and of course, Hogan's Heroes (ok, maybe not).

I forgot to include "Rat Patrol".

Oh fuck, how I luvved that PoS when I was 9 years old!

 

[nottyboi]

I thought it was a good movie but the part I thought was cheesy was when Mel Gibson's character knew exactly what the Vietnamese were going to do and countered them.

I mean, at least make it believable. It was like, Mel: "They're going to use the river bed.", Vietnamese: "We're going to use the river bed."

It was that over the top.

Even if Mel's character was a better tactician, at least make it somewhat believable.

A good soldier always studies the terrain, and tries to anticipate his opponents actions. They all study the same tactics so it's not really that surprising what a commander will do in a given set of circumstances. I was actually cheering for the NVA in this movie...ah well, I guess they lost the game but they won the match...

 

[Keebler Elf]

A good soldier always studies the terrain, and tries to anticipate his opponents actions.

That goes without saying. But the movie did a very poor job of showing that when it basically appeared that Mel Gibson could read the other commander's mind with some sort of instant telepathy. Chee-sy!

 

[rafterman]

Stanley Kubrik's "Full Metal Jacket" is a much better movie IMHO.

I agree Gibson's movies portrayals are not very realistic might as well be watching John Wayne in "Green Berets".

Best thing Mel Gibson is in is the episode of South Park where Stan and Kenny try to get a refund back for "The Passion of the Christ".