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Originally posted by playa
no need to explain that to me,, i did my 5 years in the military,,,i have always explain that to others that never served
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Civilians that have never served don't have a clue and will never have a clue, by watching a movie.
In peace time soldiers in the field live in the weather, no matter how hot it is, or how cold it is, no matter how much it is raining or snowing. Peace time soldiers hump 70 lb packs (and more) 20 miles in eight hours. Peace time soldiers go for as long as 72 hours with little if any sleep and little food. Watching a movie about soldiers doing this doesn't provide a real sense of some of the miseries involved.
When it comes to combat no movie can portray it realistically.
The noise of war is unimaginable and cannot be portrayed in any movie. Just the noise of war can cause physical damage, and even death. The stench of war is horrendous and something you can't experience watching a movie and once having experienced it, it is something you will never forget. The physical and mental strength one must bring to bear, to overcome fear, mental and physical fatique, the misery of unforgiving cold, or heat, or mud, simply cannot be portrayed in a movie. I could go on, but the bottom line is; no movie gets even close to the reality of it all and there is not really an adequate way to explain it all.