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Heartbreak Ridge
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:50 am
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:50 am
Is this one of Clint Eastwood's more underappreciated movies?
It's an absolute guilty viewing pleasure of mine and I usually watch it once a year.
It's an absolute guilty viewing pleasure of mine and I usually watch it once a year.
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Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:52 am to Oates Mustache
yes.
It would have been much better without MVP (at least, elements of his character). They could have had him being a frickoff slacker without the need for the musician aspirations angle.
It would have been much better without MVP (at least, elements of his character). They could have had him being a frickoff slacker without the need for the musician aspirations angle.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 10:59 am to udtiger
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They could have had him being a frickoff slacker without the need for the musician aspirations angle.
I kind of agree, but I never felt like the movie ever had a real serious tone anyway.
BTW, not a chance this movie could get made today.
This post was edited on 12/8/21 at 11:04 am
Posted on 12/8/21 at 11:02 am to Oates Mustache
love the dialog of Eastwood. I keep dissecting all the faults with the movie.
When Highway wakes the platoon the first day it is supposed to be really early yet when they muster it's broad daylight.
The battle scenes on Granada are really poorly done. With all the fighting going on they surprise the Cuban soldiers in the middle of the day sleeping in their barracks?
When Highway wakes the platoon the first day it is supposed to be really early yet when they muster it's broad daylight.
The battle scenes on Granada are really poorly done. With all the fighting going on they surprise the Cuban soldiers in the middle of the day sleeping in their barracks?
Posted on 12/8/21 at 11:06 am to Oates Mustache
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Is this one of Clint Eastwood's more underappreciated movies?
Absolutely
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It's an absolute guilty viewing pleasure of mine and I usually watch it once a year.
Same here if not more.
One of my favorites.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 12:31 pm to DemonKA3268
You're man cheated! He adapted...he OVERCAME.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 12:34 pm to Oates Mustache
Gave us the “cluster frick” phrase.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 12:39 pm to WPBTiger
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Gave us the “cluster frick” phrase.
Interesting. I've never thought about this movie being the origin of that.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 12:44 pm to Oates Mustache
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Interesting. I've never thought about this movie being the origin of that.
Might not be the origin but it's where I heard it.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 12:46 pm to Big Scrub TX
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You're man cheated! He adapted...he OVERCAME.
Improvise, Adapt and Overcome. Use that quite a bit
Posted on 12/8/21 at 12:48 pm to bengalbait
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I keep dissecting all the faults with the movie. When Highway wakes the platoon the first day it is supposed to be really early yet when they muster it's broad daylight. The battle scenes on Granada are really poorly done. With all the fighting going on they surprise the Cuban soldiers in the middle of the day sleeping in their barracks?
Well, I'll sleep better at night knowing that.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 1:37 pm to Oates Mustache
A couple of months ago, I saw a Homelight commercial, and thought I recognize that dude from something...turns out it is Swede.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 1:50 pm to Bigtime92
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A couple of months ago, I saw a Homelight commercial, and thought I recognize that dude from something...turns out it is Swede.
He's also Nick, the Santa car hauler driver in the new Ford commercials.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 1:52 pm to udtiger
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It would have been much better without MVP
Without MVP, who would have said “Welcome to Fantasy Disco!” in one of the early bar scenes?
I use the phrase more often than I should. Assuming I heard it correctly all those years ago…
Posted on 12/8/21 at 2:13 pm to udtiger
Recon kicks butt!!!
Completely inaccurate movie from top to bottom but still a fun watch and Clint in all his glory.
Completely inaccurate movie from top to bottom but still a fun watch and Clint in all his glory.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 2:23 pm to Oates Mustache
I have not been as disappointed in a movie as I was in Heartbreak Ridge. Being in the Marines at the time, I was pumped. Clint? As a Marine? Sign me up.
Then I saw it. What a clunker. Just couldn't get past the cartoony nature of it. Just garbage.
Then I saw it. What a clunker. Just couldn't get past the cartoony nature of it. Just garbage.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 2:46 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Same here SoFla. Former Marine as well hence my completely inaccurate comment but its still Clint. Fun watch.......about it.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 3:06 pm to Oates Mustache
Yes but damn it is so fake
It's like watching Silence of the Lambs knowing how the FBI operates
It's like watching Silence of the Lambs knowing how the FBI operates
This post was edited on 12/8/21 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 12/8/21 at 3:33 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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I have not been as disappointed in a movie as I was in Heartbreak Ridge. Being in the Marines at the time, I was pumped. Clint? As a Marine? Sign me up.
Then I saw it. What a clunker. Just couldn't get past the cartoony nature of it. Just garbage.
I wonder if that's because it came out after Gunnery Sargeant Hartman, so you thought it would be more realistic? I never got the feeling it was a serious movie at all.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 3:46 pm to Oates Mustache
Judge Zane: T Sergeant Highway, drunk and disorderly. Fighting in a public establishment. Urinating on a police vehicle?
Highway: Well, it seemed like the thing to do, sir.
Highway: Well, it seemed like the thing to do, sir.
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