6/24/2023 0 Comments Only the brave 2Like, there was never a moment of real danger portraying how fast the job can turn bad before the last fire. They kept jumping back and forth between several off-the-job scenes and fires, but I didn't feel that anything was ever really established in those scenes - especially the insignificant fires. I believed them as people, but just thought that what they were saying was uninspired or borderline corny. Specifically the scenes with Mack and Brendan, and some of the Marsh's. Can't think of anything in particular, because I wasn't taking notes in the theatre, but there were a few moments where I just didn't think the chemistry between the actors was landing. ![]() While I thought the actors were great, the dialogue was pretty meh. I saw this film last night, had a couple of takeaways that differ from the general consensus in this thread. That's actually the bulk of the movie and they do a good job showing that to the viewer. Seems like a very good explanation of wildland firefighting techniques and training. THey walk a very delicate line of showing exactly how the tragedy happened without really blaming someone and this is one of the few movies of this type to do it very well. A few mistakes combine with a lot of bad luck and coincidences and tragic shit.just happens. I was expecting the tense scene with the forest service to end up with "the government" being the bad guy and somehow leaving the guys out in the wind, but nope. There is no secret happy ended that gets dragged out of it. The movie worked because they DO NOT soft sell it. Did not expect that to work.Īlso, think the key to this was the ending. Oooh its so deep, Josh Brolin is the bear, man /s".įucking cried my eyes out when they brought back the bear after the guys died. Seriously, the first time they brought out the "fire-bear spirit animal" I was like "ah some screenwriter thinks he's being fucking clever. It sells a lot of things that you didn't think it could or would sell. But it manages to largely get away with it because it has its own twist on the tropes, great writing, great cinematography and great acting. This movie oddly enough hits a lot of the first responder tropes: the family at home worried, the brotherhood of the unit, the rookie overcoming his dark past, the old mentor who sees himself in the rookie, the guy on the team who's a dick who it turns out really isn't that big of a dick deep down after all. It should honestly get a little Oscar buzz. If you think its going to be like a few of those recent "Real Life disaster movies" (you know, the ones with Mark Wahlberg that were shameless cash grabs). ![]() Okay a few thoughts and this echoes a few things I said in the other thread:įantastic movie. The men and women out on the front line are true badasses and deserve all the respect. I work on post fire assessment teams and am required to take the training and carry a shelter with me. Source: I work for the Forest Service, not a firefighter though. During training you are told to remain inside the shelter no matter how painful it is, as outside the shelter will always be worse. Accounts from survivors say that it literally feels like being cooked alive. Even those who do survive will often receive severe burns. Anytime the shelters are used in the field, regardless of the outcome, they are studied by a team to gauge the effectiveness of that particular deployment to help improve future fire shelter design and deployment tactics. ![]() The survival rate unfortunately is very low. The shelters truly are a last resort effort and anytime shelters are deployed in the field it means that something has gone terribly wrong. They are basically designed to do a few things, most notably to deflect heat and to help the user maintain a breathable air supply as most firefighter deaths are due to hot gas inhalation. Latest Discussions The Super Mario Bros Movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves John Wick: Chapter 4 Renfield Keanu Reeves Tobey Maguire
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