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The Guardian (2006)
Accurate portrayal of the USCG...
I'm a Petty Officer 1st Class (E-6) and have been in the USCG for 6 years and feel that this movie strongly represents the Coast Guard. There were only a few scenes that were far fetched. The most far-fetched was when PO Fischer (Kutcher) went down inside of the sinking vessel to pull the vessel's captain out of the engine room... that would never happen. Swimmers are not allowed to go inside of any vessel no matter the circumstances. Second, the Command Center (supposedly in Kodiak), it looked more like a NASA command center... we don't have any gear that hi-tech. Third, the Captain of the Airstation would not be running the search & rescue cases with like 10 people on watch. In reality it would be an E-6 or E-7 as the SAR Controller and maybe 2 other support personnel like an assist SAR Controller & a Radio Watchstander. Otherwise the movie was dead on, I think they should have incorporated more of the other rates in the CG and their roles in search & rescue instead of just Aviation based rates. Some of the scenes from "A" school reminded me of my days their and the dumb stuff I did and got in trouble for in my younger days.
The Doom Generation (1995)
A rollercoaster of a sadistic satire of youth.
I know most people hate this film. But it was always one of my favorites to watch if I had nothing better to do on a rainy day. This movie is a fun dark satire. I mean how can you not like a movie that features Rose McGowen prancing around in see-through plastic shirts, half naked, and having sex 3/4 of the time. I love the cheesy lines, and gore. My favorite line in the movie: ***SPOILER*** (takes place after "X" Xavier Red blows the chinese convenience store clerks head off with a shotgun and it lands in the hot dog fixins) Jordan (in a freaked out tone): "It was in the relish and the onions, and it was talking man... It was talkin!" I mean thats good cheesy stuff, and the last line of the movie being: "You want a Dorito?" When this movie first came out on video back in '96 I can remember that myself and a group of friends sat down and watched this movie for the first time. It turned into an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. We sat there and just had a blast making fun of it and laughing. I guess the reason I like this movie besides Rose's sweet love orbs, is all the jokes I still remember from the first time seeing it. And the soundtrack does rock.
--Silent Bob