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: This movie is one of Clint Eastwood's attempts
: to put a new shine on an old fashioned
: movie. I can't say this is one of his more
: successful efforts.
:
: It's a callback to To Hell and Back, where
: Audie Murphy played himself in during WWII.
: The three heroes aren't the best actors, but
: they do better than half the cast of the
: last Star Wars movie.
:
: A bit dull, the story traces the three from
: their childhoods as misfit children, trying
: to make something of their lives. Eschewing
: Ritalin, Eastwood avoids any glamorization
: of teachers, which is far more subversive
: than anything Guillermo Del Toro has ever
: done.
:
: We all know guys like these, who want to be
: soldiers their whole lives, and don't really
: fit in at school, at least partially,
: because they simply aren't interested. Back
: when I was a kid, they all wore camo and
: Kill a Commie for Mommy T-shirts.
:
: Clint inserts an individualist vs.
: bureaucracy theme throughout the movie. This
: was very popular in the 60's, 70's and 80's,
: but Hollywood stopped caring about
: individualism long ago, so this theme is
: almost completely absent from movies for
: years. It's refreshing to see.
:
: They go on a trip to Europe, and stop a
: terrorist.
:
: I didn't fall asleep, and that's the
: important thing.
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