Afghan Luke - Canadian movie...
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There's a loony and Milpoints in it for you if you get in touch with the CBC guy and say that on camera >Good2Golf said:
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Mike Bobbitt said:
I would have to suggest that it is hardly fair to us, nor the film producers/writers et al, to comment before seeing the film, and the trailer is never enough to comment on.
I am willing to give this film a chance, and will see it. After I see it, I will put my comments up here, in the public domain.
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Teeps74 said:
Since when has the CBC been fair anyway?
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Apparently there was an advance screening for some military folks, and he is hoping to make contact with someone who has already seen it. In lieu of that, he'll take first impressions on the trailer. I realize it's not much, but this may be an opportunity to air some of the concerns noted above. If we pass it up, we'll have to accept that the public will make up their own mind about events based on a vague memory of what was originally reported, and the fiction portrayed in the film.
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Mike Bobbitt said:
I thought I may have seen the front of a KAC can, (or something that looks like one)... in the trailer....gave me a "half-ie", and the show a little more cred, (for me), but I still wanna read some reviews.
If the hippies at TIFF hate it, I'll probably love it.
If that dude wants a non-mil/fanboy review...send him my way.
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Snaketnk said:
Not entirely sure, the maple leaf on the end just looked like something I thought I'd seen somewhere....(probably wrong).
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Globe & Mail's Liam Lacey gives it one star out of four:
As for the military pre-screening ....
Now I'm REALLY curious to see what someone with some military experience (and perhaps time downrange) has to say if they see the flick.
As for the military pre-screening ....
.... it would have been interesting to hear comments from a military pre-screening for "some top Canadian Forces brass" in, say, Edmonton.
Now I'm REALLY curious to see what someone with some military experience (and perhaps time downrange) has to say if they see the flick.
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Didn't take them long to close the comments on that site.milnews.ca said:
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Re: Halifax and the screening there.
Don't forget that Clattenburg is from down East, and that Halifax isn't just RCN. LFAA HQ is in Halifax, so there are some "Army Guys" there, just as there are in Valcartier, Gagetown, Petawawa and even in Edmonton. It was probably just easier for him to screen it to the local big wigs.
Don't forget that Clattenburg is from down East, and that Halifax isn't just RCN. LFAA HQ is in Halifax, so there are some "Army Guys" there, just as there are in Valcartier, Gagetown, Petawawa and even in Edmonton. It was probably just easier for him to screen it to the local big wigs.
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Seen, and understood about the location and the producer's location. I was just curious re: what the response from a different mix o' people in a more Army-esque place might be.Technoviking said:
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Here's the thing guys. Every movie needs a catch at the start to pull people in, and it's a lot easier to use something the general public may be somewhat familiar with, even though the allegation was proven false, than to completely make something up, in which case we'd all be up in arms about how the creators hate the military, with a call to boycott everything Trailer Park Boys, etc, etc.
He needed a catch. He used something that had been in the news. Imagine if the catch had been something like, "Reporter's story about Canadian soldiers brutalizing young women in Afghanistan gets burried so he decides to quit and head out on his own..." If he had done something like this, something completely made up, I could understand your ire. But this is Hollywood (of the North). At least he had SOME taste in choosing his catch.
He needed a catch. He used something that had been in the news. Imagine if the catch had been something like, "Reporter's story about Canadian soldiers brutalizing young women in Afghanistan gets burried so he decides to quit and head out on his own..." If he had done something like this, something completely made up, I could understand your ire. But this is Hollywood (of the North). At least he had SOME taste in choosing his catch.
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