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I hate this movie---and firefighters

posted 19 years ago by el_repetto
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This is maybe the worst piece of crap I've seen since---well, actually I can't think of anything that sucked as bad as this movie.

1: It sickeningly capitalizes on the nations unquestioning love of firefighters
after 9-11.

-Have you guys ever met a firefighter? Most (not all) of them are
homophobic, arrogant, hero-complex, frat boys that save people just to
feed their giant egos. They're no better than cops.

2: The dialogue is sappy crap. Who wrote this junk?

-"Tell Linda I love her... That I've loved her from the second I saw her."

-"But I make you this one promise, tomorrow when that bell rings, we will
be back on the truck, because you were the bravest of the brave."

A NY Times best seller is better written than this crap.

3: The situations are retarded. Where are the paramedics? Why are they on the
roof of a burning building? How can a dying man chisel through a 2-layer
brick wall with a stick he found in the rubble? It's ridiculuous.

4: The final song is sooooooooo bad I laughed out loud in the theater during
the funeral scene. It was so cheesy and predictable that I was able to sing
it out loud wihtout having ever heard it before.

-"Saw a shooting star like a diamond in the sky,
Must be someone's soul passing by"
-"Shine your light down on me
Lift me up so i can see
Shine your light when you're gone
Give me the strength
To carry on, carry on"

Eeeech, the worst. This movie is HORRIBLE!!

[–] tblackwo 13 years ago

Yea its way too sappy, tries way too hard to be 'sad'.

Script is terrible, they rely HEAVILY on the over the top pipe music that seems to play every 2 seconds and tug on your heart strings... If that music isnt in it.. the movie doesnt make anyone cry.

You put that music in The Hangover.. and people are weeping when galifianakis tells us tigers love pepper.

Firefighters deserved better.

You guys got fat while everybody starved on the street. Now its my turn - Frank White

[–] hpgirl98 12 years ago

You obviously don't know enough firefighters because of the many that I know, maybe 1 or 2 % of them are the arrogent jerks you speak of. Yes, there are some very cheesy parts to this movie, but it is very well done and is on my top 5 favorites. The situations the characters are put in and what they go through are actual scenarios that would legitimately happen.
Most firefighters that I know are humbled by their job because of what they see every day. They are heros who don't look for thanks and often times don't get it. Firefighters don't deserve to be told they are hated by people who they selflessly save all the time.

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[–] thewildfire 9 years ago

You are one of the worst people I have ever come across on a board! Absolutely terrible.

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[–] Jones70 (6195) 3 years ago

I love this movie! It’s Joaquin Phoenix for God’s sake! What’s not to like?