Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I just watched a movie, Field of Lost Shoes, about VMI cadets at the battle of New Market in 1864. It was supposed to be a tear jerker, but it seemed like a low budget film. I recognized Keith David, who played a slave, from other movies but other than that it was unknown actors. The movie was based on real events. Anyway, there was a scene in which one of the main characters was wounded during a bayonet charge, and one of the other main characters held him in his arms as he bled to death on the battlefield. The dying character made a gasping, iconic last-words moment which really characterizes Hollywood depictions of war. Funny, I've seen hundreds of people die, and I've never seen anyone gasp any iconic last words. They die screaming, in pain, confused, and terrified. Sometimes they scream for their mothers. Other times they say nonsense because their brain isn't functioning correctly. Others scream incomprehensibly. It never looks like Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 ....... so, ..... life doesn't always imitate "art" ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I recently watched The Magnificent Seven, most of them died clinching their eyes closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Hollywood doesn't really know as much as they think they do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Art Tillery Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I am going out like.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Cyrus speaks truly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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