When has Hollywood gotten it right? - Page 2

Exodus · September 27th, 2006, 08:49 PM

+1 on Heat

Certainly not the first, but one of the most memorable to use actual gun fire for the sound effects. The gun battles were thunderously loud! Pretty good use of tactics and ballistics as well.

LaP · September 27th, 2006, 09:06 PM

I've watched HEAT a few times and seem to always find something new in it. Fantastic shootout in a crowded downtown location!!
Another good shootout was in CARLITO'S WAY (Al Pacino was in this movie also). It took place in a subway terminal...great tactics by Pacino's character.

JD · September 27th, 2006, 09:11 PM

Way of the Gun...one of the best! Unfortunately it's the bad guys doing most of the work. But very good all the same.

tnoisaw · September 28th, 2006, 02:11 AM

Well... they gave use Ronald Reagan so I suppose that’s one thing.

Janq · September 28th, 2006, 02:28 AM

Way of the Gun was my very first thought.
Tears of The Sun, Outlaw Josey Wales and of course Shane would be another.

- Janq

KenpoTex · September 28th, 2006, 04:41 AM

All the ones I would have said have been mentioned: Heat, Collateral, and my current favorite, 24. While there may be some unrealistic material, all in all, the tactics displayed are pretty decent. For example, the scene in season 4 when Jack drops a guy whos armed with an AK, he picks up the AK and continues fighting ("a handgun is for fighting your way to a rifle").

Dakotaranger · September 28th, 2006, 05:00 AM

The John Wayne version of the Alamo,Saving Private Ryan. Flyboys was pretty accurate as far as the weaponry they were using. Band of Brothers, The Unit episode where the newbies wife was going to be assaulted her carry pistol saved her hide. A couple of episodes of NCIS. 24
Are a few I can think of

MattLarson · September 28th, 2006, 07:33 AM

Ronin was pretty good, particularly the gunfight under the bridge.

Matt

hsuCowboy98 · September 28th, 2006, 10:29 AM

I really liked Band of Brothers, and We Were Soldiers. It always bothers me when Hollywood messes up its depections.

Seabee · September 28th, 2006, 11:00 AM

In Heat, I especially liked the way you could hear the gunshots echo off the buildings. VERY realistic.

September 27th, 2006, 08:49 PM	#11
Exodus Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 343	+1 on Heat Certainly not the first, but one of the most memorable to use actual gun fire for the sound effects. The gun battles were thunderously loud! Pretty good use of tactics and ballistics as well. __________________ I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it. - Jack Handey SIC VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM.

September 27th, 2006, 09:06 PM	#12
LaP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 58	I've watched HEAT a few times and seem to always find something new in it. Fantastic shootout in a crowded downtown location!! Another good shootout was in CARLITO'S WAY (Al Pacino was in this movie also). It took place in a subway terminal...great tactics by Pacino's character. Last edited by LaP; October 20th, 2006 at 09:16 PM..

September 27th, 2006, 09:11 PM	#13
JD Senior Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bedford County Virginia Posts: 9,479	Way of the Gun...one of the best! Unfortunately it's the bad guys doing most of the work. But very good all the same. __________________ Forum Customs & Courtesies Forum Usage: Tips and Tricks

September 28th, 2006, 02:11 AM	#14
tnoisaw Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 205	Well... they gave use Ronald Reagan so I suppose that’s one thing. __________________ Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his. George S. Patton

September 28th, 2006, 02:28 AM	#15
Janq VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,146	Way of the Gun was my very first thought. Tears of The Sun, Outlaw Josey Wales and of course Shane would be another. - Janq __________________ "Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy Monday, March 12, 2007 -- Op Ed -- The Washington Post

September 28th, 2006, 04:41 AM	#16
KenpoTex Distinguished Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Springfield, Missouri Posts: 1,825	All the ones I would have said have been mentioned: Heat, Collateral, and my current favorite, 24. While there may be some unrealistic material, all in all, the tactics displayed are pretty decent. For example, the scene in season 4 when Jack drops a guy whos armed with an AK, he picks up the AK and continues fighting ("a handgun is for fighting your way to a rifle"). __________________ "There are no substitutes for violence of action and volume of fire..." ~Otto Skorzeny If you carry in Condition 3, you have two empty chambers. One in the weapon...the other between your ears. Matt K.

September 28th, 2006, 05:00 AM	#17
Dakotaranger Distinguished Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Dakota Posts: 1,836	The John Wayne version of the Alamo,Saving Private Ryan. Flyboys was pretty accurate as far as the weaponry they were using. Band of Brothers, The Unit episode where the newbies wife was going to be assaulted her carry pistol saved her hide. A couple of episodes of NCIS. 24 Are a few I can think of __________________ "[T]he people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them." Zacharia Johnson (speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention,25 June 1778)"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." ~Alexander Hamilton

September 28th, 2006, 07:33 AM	#18
MattLarson Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Florida Posts: 2,510	Ronin was pretty good, particularly the gunfight under the bridge. Matt __________________ Hope is not a plan.

September 28th, 2006, 10:29 AM	#19
hsuCowboy98 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,023	I really liked Band of Brothers, and We Were Soldiers. It always bothers me when Hollywood messes up its depections. __________________ Fear No Evil.

September 28th, 2006, 11:00 AM	#20
Seabee Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Orleans Posts: 49	In Heat, I especially liked the way you could hear the gunshots echo off the buildings. VERY realistic.

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