Search Forum Home   Starfist: Force Recon  Force Recon General Discussion  "Heartbreak Rid...  Re: "Heartbreak Ridge"   Deadshot 415 posts Joined 2/10/2006 Re: "Heartbreak Ridge" Posted: 01 Aug 06 5:04 PM I personally liked the movie...coming from a nonmilitary dude.  Mario Van Peoples is a putz but the Lt was an idiot and kind of reminded me of Barricco in the first book.  I learned from that movie that everyone salutes a CMH winner.  And the muscle-head was "Swede". Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli Finucane 1932 posts Joined 1/25/2006 Re: "Heartbreak Ridge" Posted: 02 Aug 06 3:05 AM Deadders:  Clint Eastwood has made some dogs of movies over the years and "Hearbreak Ridge" was one of the shaggiest.  No criticism of you intended.  Never criticize anyone for the movies they like, the booze they drink, or their dogs.  But...the belief that you salute a MOH winner regardless of his rank is an old wives' tale.  The service regs and age-old tradition are quite clear, a salute is rendered ONLY to a person based on rank, nothing else.  Now some may salute a Winner just out of respect for what that person did to earn the Medal but that is not official and not required by regulation or military protocol. Damn, here it is, 0404 and you've got me up dealing with this stuff! Dan Deadshot 415 posts Joined 2/10/2006 Re: "Heartbreak Ridge" Posted: 02 Aug 06 4:47 PM Ahhhh....MOH info is interesting.  And I love your dog! Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli mclark 178 posts Joined 1/27/2006 Re: "Heartbreak Ridge" Posted: 04 Aug 06 1:05 AM  Finucane wrote Deadders:  Clint Eastwood has made some dogs of movies over the years and "Hearbreak Ridge" was one of the shaggiest.  No criticism of you intended.  Never criticize anyone for the movies they like, the booze they drink, or their dogs. I'm glad you feel that way, because I really liked that movie.  And I thought Eastwood did a decent job, myself.  What I do get upset with is watching a military movie where they get too many things wrong.  My wife hates watching war movies with me because I can be depended upon to leap upon everything that is inauthentic (so far as I can tell, as my knowledge is not encyclopedic).  I especially hate bad special effects.  Like somebody throws a fragmentation grenade and it looks like they threw an incendiary of some kind -- big flamy barrooom.  Frags don't produce that kind of smoke and flame.  One recent movie comes to mind as especially crappy in that regard, and that was Windtalkers.  Fake artillery and grenade explosions everywhere.  It made me sick.  But...the belief that you salute a MOH winner regardless of his rank is an old wives' tale.  The service regs and age-old tradition are quite clear, a salute is rendered ONLY to a person based on rank, nothing else. And only while in uniform, on top of that. However, I was on leave one time but still on post and just walking around in civies near 9th Division HQ (Ft. Lewis) enjoying the spring weather, when the division commander's jeep drove by.  I knew I was in civies and I didn't have to give him the time of day, let alone salute, but dammit that was my division commander and I had a lot of esprit de corps, so I saluted him.  He didn't seem to mind and saluted me back. Teufel Panzer MK4 1037 posts Joined 7/1/2006 Re: "Heartbreak Ridge" Posted: 12 Aug 06 1:15 AM Time to earn another box... I watched it again, and I realized that I like the film, but Highway is too... So... Insainly... Salty! "Go back to supplies!"  Page 2 of 7 Previous123...7Next    Starfist: Force Recon  Force Recon General Discussion  "Heartbreak Rid... Flat View Tree View Oldest To Newest Newest To Oldest