Afterlistening to the audio version ofreading the book I felt somewhat let down by the ending.It was a little bit convenient and contrived, especially considering most of the things leading up to it were more grounded in fact.
Also I can't believe people comparing, in terms of visceral realism, the battle scene to the opening one in Saving Private Ryan.
Personally I'm glad they don't equate ,as up to that point Lone Survivor had done a good job of making you care for the characters and dulling the carnage to give each a (slightly) gentler and in a couple cases, heroic death lessened the blow a bit even if possibly at the same time also lessening the overall impact of the movie.
One thing that bothered me though and I couldn't stop thinking about,was how identical the music was in this to another one of Berg's movies, The Kingdom.
Try as I might not to,every time the music played I was thinking "Kingdom" and not about what was happening onscreen.
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