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Genres: WarDocument
Starring: Unknown
Director(s): Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington
Available Quality: Hi Def
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
IMDB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 (7767 votes)
Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetheringtons year dug in with the Second Platoon in one of Afghanistans most strategically crucial valleys reveals extraordinary insight into the surreal combination of back breaking labor, deadly firefights, and camaraderie as the soldiers painfully push back the Taliban.
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Visitors Review
(24 May 2012)
A must see.. absolutely uplifting and crushingly heartbreaking
This is an incredible movie just grabs the hell out of you, shakes you around, and drops you on your head. Some of this movie was very painful to watch and the emotions are so raw and real that you cant help but get caught up in it youself. I was mentally exhausted after this was over.
(24 May 2012)
Powerful, but lacking organization
I feel almost terrible giving this movie a 3, based on reading other people's reviews, but I felt a great lack of organization in this movie that made me feel like SOMETHING was missing throughout. Granted, maybe that's what war is all about, and indeed may be what the film makers wanted me to feel. But, I couldn't help thinking, "Where are we?" at many points during the movie. Then, something would happen where we are over HERE. The namesake of the movie Restrepo, we know was a there in the beginning, and then suddenly the camp was named after him. But, I thought that since he was the namesake, we might find out a little more about him beyond the description of how he died. There was also an intense graphic grittiness to certain moments in the film, except when people died. I guess it's just that it made me feel that I wanted to know more about them, beyond the fact that they had died. Still, I found this to be a very gripping movie in a lot of other ways that other people have mentioned. There were moments, including the IED that goes off at the beginning, the just made me feel how real the war is. I can see myself watching it again soon.
(22 May 2012)
Restrepo
This review is from: Restrepo (DVD) Great movie, Gives you a first hand look at what some of our soilders are going through. A must see Documentary.
arinkleff-725-861016 (22 May 2012)
excellent movie about war criminals
I watched Restrepo last night. Its a documentary about some armyplatoon in Afghanistan. First they meet with the local populace, andthe locals complain that civilians have been killed, and the commanderis like, "Well, its time to move on from that. Get over it. We arestarting over with a clean slate now." Then they steal one of thevillager's cattle and eat it, and when the villagers complain about itbeing illegal, the commander accuses them of being Jihadi.Then they arrest some people, and the villagers complain about illegaldetention, and the commander says, "I Don't F***ING CARE" Then thevillagers finally act up, so the army calls in airstrikes and kill tencivilians including some children. Then one of the Americans getkilled, and they cry like babies until they get bolstered up by atough-talk session in which they promise to make the enemy pay. Afterthat, they indiscriminately shoot everything that moves. At one point,they compare it to a video game or a hunting resort. Finally, they say"F*** this place" and go home. Very inspiring stuff, god bless America.Its basically about a bunch of uneducated moron dude-bros who arepretending that its war, when really they are just sitting on a hilltopharassing villagers.
Chas (22 May 2012)
Important and Sobering
As others have said, this documentary goes beyond making a pro-war or anti-war statement. It essentially let's the viewer make their own conclusions by following the day-to-day travails of 15 soldiers assigned to Observation Post Restrepo, a dangerous outpost on the Afghanistan/ Pakistan border. I suspect most viewers will come out of the theater with their earlier convictions only strengthened. Those with pro-war convictions will leave the theater believing that the war must continue, in part, to honor the valiant young men they just witnessed. Others, like myself, will ask how many more young men must die to support a war plan with no clear objectives and no exit strategy. The movie ends by pointing out that 50 American soldiers died in the valley around OP Restrepo and that the Army has now abandoned the area. One has to ask if that won't be the ending for the larger war as well - the U.S. merely deciding the fight is no longer worth the effort and leaving the area much as it was before except for the ground being stained by the blood of our brave fighting men.
(22 May 2012)
Shows the "hurry up and wait" of combat
This review is from: Restrepo [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) Being a vet myself i loved this from start to finish. i highly recommend this on Blu-Ray. Detail and sound is vivid, and for a documentary this film is paced very well. Thanks to the folks at Nat Geo and a huge thank you to the vets that went thru hell in Kandahar.
(18 May 2012)
Good documentary, but read the book
This review is from: Restrepo [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) Restrepo is a good documentary of the war in Afghanistan as told/shown by two fine journalists. If I only watched the documentary, I would give this a 4 or 5 star review, but since I read the Sebastian Junger book first (War), I was disappointed in the character depth. Junger went into an amazing amount of detail on the soldiers in his book, and only touched the surface of this in the documentary. I know there is limited time to do so in this medium, but would have liked to have learned more about these fine men in a way that only video could capture. WAR
NoMoreRanting (18 May 2012)
I thought it was a great movie.
Just got home from the theatre. I thought it was a great movie. I wasimpressed by the filmmakers in that not once during the entire film doyou see the enemy, or any associated violence.This movie (it seems to me anyways) is really about these young men andthe lifetime of scars that their battle experiences have obviouslyseared into their psyche. It is sad, funny, harsh, everyone griefstricken, and tough to watch their faces when they talk about theirfriends deaths and their constant fear of losing another or being next.In light of the WikiLeaks, it would be interesting to get wikileaksinterpretation of what happened.
(17 May 2012)
Very life life movie
This movie shapes what war movies should be made like. The war isn't as intense as I thought, but it's still a war. It was a very good movie, and I am glad they didn't show blood or dead people close up like a lot of war movies do nowadays. It would be really sad to see that first hand. But this movie really gets you in the soldier's uniform and what they are doing out there. It is a great movie.
Timothy McNeil (17 May 2012)
Rated as a Documentary
Restrepo (2010) could best be described as footage in search of a point. Not so much a glance into the real war in Afghanistan as a jumbled, somehow emotionally distant collection of on-site footage and post deployment interviews. Right or wrong, Restrepo makes the American soldiers appear to unworldly, albeit well-trained (if not supported) for combat, pawns in a political strategy that has no clear method of succeeding. I cannot fault the combat camera work; were people shooting anywhere near me, I would not at all be concerned where my camera was pointing (even if those were the shots which I was endeavoring to capture). Yet it is the lack of kinetic impact that makes this seem listless and without urgency. Instead of giving the viewer a better understanding of who Juan "Doc" Restrepo was (or even how his name came to be chosen for the outpost), he is simply the most mentioned of the early casualties of Battle Company. This decision leaves the project without any emotional weight -- absent what the viewer may bring to it based upon feeling about the war in Afghanistan or war in general -- and can leave the audience asking the unfortunate question: "Why do I care about these people?". That question is wholly in mind as the death a Staff Sergeant is supposed to bring some emotional weight but instead makes one particular soldier appear to be unable to endure the stress of combat and the loss of his NCO while the rest of the men continue to do their jobs. To me -- and I am shocked at my response -- I found this affected soldier to be weak, to be a detriment to those around him for losing his ***** before the fighting was done. It had the wrong kind of emotional impact. While there is no doubt that much of the tension these men are experiencing lies in waiting for someone to attack them, that doesn't translate in this film. The most evocative and effective footage of the film shows up at the two and half minutes in and is not only never matched, but not even approximated in the remaining hour and a half. The roughhousing and crude camaraderie of the men plays as juvenile. The interactions between the locals (shuras) showcase the lack of understanding and cooperation on both sides, which is undoubtedly accurate but without any further insight to what this actually means for the stated goal of the mission in the Korengal Valley. In watching Restrepo, I felt neither emotionally invested nor intellectually satisfied that I had achieved a better understanding of what these men had gone through. I didn't feel the weight of time on these men as they lived for over a year with daily attacks on their OPs and even more on their patrols. I felt I was left with an immature, semi-professional assemblage of footage and added (and much needed) follow-up interviews that simply didn't contribute a better understanding of the men or the mission. I know this film has received a lot of love, but my advice would be to find a better documentary or seek out one of the better books written about the war in Afghanistan (to date).
John DeSando (16 May 2012)
Objectivity
"The horror! The horror! " Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.CNN describes Afghanistan's Korangal Valley as "the most dangerousplace in the world." After seeing the powerful documentary Restrepo, Ican understand the description, and I can admire an almost newdimension to that type of film: objectivity.An American company of soldiers spent 15 months in that valley withfilmmakers Tom Hetherington and Sebastian Junger recording thesoldiers' combat and more importantly their personal reactions. Forindeed Restrepo is about soldiers fighting an enemy they can't see, aboredom they can't leave behind, and friendships they will keepforever, depending on how long forever can be in such a hostileenvironment.The singular feature of this Oscar-winning film is its attempt to makeno judgment about the appropriateness of the war; it just chroniclesthe lives of young men stretched by fate to an endurance few of uscould even imagine. Not that it's all that bloody or manic; it's justthat the terror of an enemy hidden by mountains hangs about like a fogto such an extent that when they do kill one far away in the foothills,they rejoice as if they had wiped out a platoon. When the tiredsoldiers dance to "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" by Gunther and SamanthaFox, they celebrate life, not killing.Back to that objectivity: Even a documentary marries fiction whendirectors choose some images over others. In Restrepo the choices leadme to question how the US could ever win this war, not because that'sthe directors' statement but because the successes are limited tobuilding a stronghold, Restrepo (named after a fallen comrade), at thetop of a mountain among mountains that dare the most powerful army inhistory to try to win this one when none has ever been won here.Indeed, the army has subsequently withdrawn.While the fictional Hurt Locker minimized its bloodshed in favor of therepresentational, Restrepo takes no liberties but goes for the real,which in this case is like waiting around a movie set for something tohappen. And when it does, it can win an Academy Award.
(15 May 2012)
Holy Cow, awesome
This is one of the most powerful documentaries, or really, any other kind of movie, that I have ever seen. I watched the film after the death of one of the co-producers and I was riveted. Whatever one's thoughts on the Afghanistan war in particular or war in general, one can not help but be impressed by the conduct of the young soldiers. They win your heart over. The devastating consequences of war for soldiers are not given as much screen time as their real-time combat, but it is made obvious from the soldiers monologs and their interactions with one another, that they recieved deep wounds from their time in combat. For what it is worth, several people have commented that Junger's book, "War," is even better. I haven't read the book but I intend to buy it.WAR
(15 May 2012)
Excellent!
This review is from: Restrepo (Amazon Instant Video) Can't really say it was enjoyable to watch, but i wish movies like this were made from the beginning of the war...So much more to say... However, since America and so many other countries keep stepping on this same kind of rake generation after generation, place after place, and wasting yet another group of young people, i think it's all been said many times before...Thank you for showing this.
Sorin (14 May 2012)
Touching documentary
The political leadership from Withe House and Congress should look at this documentary very careful. The key of winning the battle of Afaganistan is to win the battle on the ground and to win the population over.We can claim a win in the strategic battle against the Taleban and it's followers only when the Afgan government will have real authority over the whole country including the Korengal Valley.To send young men in the middle of the fire and then leave after more than 4 years of daily battles and more than 42 casualties is a shame.
(14 May 2012)
Must See!
This is one of the best documentaries so far covering either OEF/OIF campaigns. These guys were given a task that many before them could not accomplish and made it happen. If you wanna know how WAR is played versus OLD WAR tactics, watch this movie. The difference is Day and Night. This is why we lose so many men and women, because we don't shoot first, ask questions later. Screw winning the hearts of the people, WAR is never pretty. Hearts and feelings change when you know someone that was killed (on both sides of war). The "Suits" in the White House and the Pentagon really need to rethink how we go into a war and should really WIN a war for once. Anyway, GREAT MOVIE....BUY IT!
Stephanie V (14 May 2012)
Platoon/Restrepo
I think this is the first time I've given A+ across the board. Amazing Documentary. I'm still trying to process it, really intense. Probaly the best documentary I've ever seen in my life. A must see!
(10 May 2012)
restrepo
This review is from: Restrepo (DVD) loved the movie i love documentarys love stories about whats real in the world good movie recommend very much
Bo (10 May 2012)
All Should See
Saw RESTREPO tonight. 5*! Sebastian and Tim accomplished what many directors and producers seek and few ever do--tell the story of combat without political slant or hidden agenda. As a retired warrior I salute these gentlemen for a beautiful, powerful and honest film about our soldiers fighting in daily combat at the tip of the spear.
TxMike (07 May 2012)
A rare inside look at the young soldiers task fighting in Afghanistan.
We watched it on Netflix streaming video.This documentary resides with an Army platoon for its 15 monthassignment in the Korangal Valley, sometimes referred to as the mostdangerous place on Earth. One of the young men we see in openingfootage, traveling by train, is 'Doc' Restrepo. In early fighting inAfghanistan he is killed, and when the platoon moves into the valley tooccupy a new outpost on a ridge, in his honor they name it 'OutpostRestrepo.' This is a worthwhile documentary, a rare glimpse into thelives of young men, many looking like mere boys, as they carry outtheir orders. Even the Capatain in command looks to be 25 or 26 yearsold, probably a recent graduate of West Point or a college ROTCprogram.The video is realistic, the shooting is real, and when yet anotherfriend gets killed in fighting some find it hard to keep theircomposure. It puts war into a personal perspective.What struck me most, however, is the relative absurdity of Americantroops trying to discuss logic with the Afghanistan elders(non-Taliban) in their weekly meetings. The Captain wants to assurethem that they will benefit when the road is built, when the Talibanare defeated. But the elders want to discuss why their cow was killed,and why apparently innocent citizens are sometimes killed.Or the exchange with the young man, who with his father is a goatfarmer, when asked in he had any information about the Taliban, "If wegive you any information they will kill us." I believe the mostdifficult task for Americans trying to accomplish anything in foreigncountries, like Iraq or Afghanistan, is the hurdle of trying toidentify with what they think and believe, what their priorities are.Our troops just don't have a very good way of doing that, and thisdocumentary shows that very clearly.
(06 May 2012)
Best War Documentary Ever
This movie is far and away the best war movie (and one of the best movies period) I have ever seen. Brace yourself for a raw, honest, compelling, emotional look at the battles (literal and figurative) that our US troops are facing in Afghanistan. If more images like those in this film were shown on the news each night, I truly think that Americans would think longer and harder before supporting any war. Regardless of your politics, you will (or should) love this movie. I have never seen a truer look at war than Restrepo. This should be the blueprint for a war documentary. An unbiased showing of the grueling everyday life for a wartime soldier, this movie will shake you to your core. I recommend this movie every chance I get. You will do the same after seeing it. A big THANK YOU to those responsible for getting this movie made.
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