SEAL Training

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2014)

At first when the film showed the SEAL training, I thought, like many others have written that it was gratuitous. However, it is not. During the fire fight, the punishment these men took and still had the will to keep going was extraordinary. It was the same extraordinary punishment as the SEAL training. It suddenly made sense to me, that this isn't an empty exercise to weed out the weak in body. It is a sieve to weed out weakness of the spirit. (Please note that even failing at SEAL training earns my respect and honor. It takes a very special kind of person to want to attempt it).
This is such an important movie, and the books and movies coming out about the military are so important, especially right now. We have a media that calls movies like this war porn, and then turns around and calls the killing of Bid Ladin heroic. An administration that sees these men as political toys gives me the desire to march on Washington.
I am unutterably proud of all who serve, and have served and I am grateful for your sacrifices. I love that we are seeing movies that honor these people and I am hoping that they are successful enough that more are made.