william weldon

Being an old Marine myself, I love this movie about the exploits of those bold Leathernecks that stormed the beaches of those Japanese Islands. All Marines are familiar with John Basilone, and it seems to me that Seargent Stryker was modeled after him. Basilone was killed in the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jim. He had been awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic and selfless actions in the Battle of Guadalcanal. May he and others of his ilk rest in peace to be raised up at the last day. Oorah and Amen!

I loved this movie, even though the critics don't seem to agree with me. I have to admit personal bias here. I served in the United States Marines under this great American. He sent us into the island country of Granada in October of 1983, where we proceeded to "win one for the gipper." We then replaced our brothers in Beirut who had been hit by that massive truck bomb on Oct. 25th, curtesy of Hezballah. Eventually the 1200 Marines of the 22nd MAU were surrounded by the AMAL militia and placed in grave danger, since they numbered about 10,000 men. We were sure that our president would sacrifice us over principle, but he withdrew us instead. We were thankful for the man that let us leave that crazy place and I have loved him ever since. Greatest POTUS of my 60 years.

Great story. The drama was quite moving, but my favorite thing about this movie was Bruce Dern. I'm always glad to see the old guys hanging tough--and he did.

I have longed to see this epic action adventure come to a thunderous and satifying conclusion. Needless to say, I will be looking for that in the next installment. the action scenes are plentious, and powerful, but the kung fu knife fighting looked more like dance than actual violence. It looked silly after awhile, so I was a bit disappointed. Still a Wick fan though.

I only watched because my wife wanted me to.