Great Book - Very Poor Adaptation

Rating: 4/10 (8 January 2014)

A friend of mine is a SEAL instructor in Coronado CA. He always keeps me up to date with the stories of heroism that are in the public domain and as a result of this I have read several books on the SEALS and their endeavours in various theatres of battle in the world, one of these being Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell, which details Operation Red Wings.
The film to me is a very poor adaptation of what is a great story of heroism and courage amongst a team of brothers - people that would be pulling the trigger till their very last breath. Here, in the movie - you have 4 guys, that share the same name as the 4 in Operation Red Wings, at a high level the plot shares the same narrative of what happens in the book, then most of the ending is just skipped over and made to make it look more dramatic than it actually was.
In the book the death of Michael Murphy had me in tears, in the film it is portrayed as stupid US hoohaa Bravado (For those that don't know, because the film doesn't bother to inform anyone Lt Michael Murphy received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions that day)
After Danny Dietz is shot - the book portrays him fighting till his very last, in this film however he is portrayed as panicking and giving away the position of the squad, which is not the training of a Navy Seal, I can only imagine the horror Danny Dietz parent's to have the memory of their son sullied in such a way.
READ THE BOOK! It is a much more faithful re-telling of what is a great story.