Jackson Jambalaya

I remember seeing this in the theatre when it was first released. When it was over, much of the audience remained in their seats, stunned at what they had just witnessed.

Too many mistakes in the movie for me to enjoy it, like the american sniper Pvt. Jackson keeps switching between a 2.5x power Weaver 330C (M73B1) sniper scope that the army used, and a Unertl 8x power scope that the marines used, and Pvt. Jackson was an elisted army soldier, not a marine. Or the wooden poles that form triangle structures with a mine on each one to explode any boats trying to land on the beach at high tide; the wooden poles were backwards in the movie, facing inward to land instead of outward to the ocean, etc.

Also I forgot to add another movie mistake, when Pvt. Jackson shoots the german sniper with the bullet going through the german sniper's scope and killing him, that never happened in WW2. That happened in Vietnam by american sniper Carlos Hathcock.

I was the last one that left the theatre the afternoon I caught it, and then kneeled down and openly cried in the hallway to the lobby. My father spent over two years on Guadalcanal in the Philipines, and of course never spoke about it. This film beyond humbled me to understand some things about those boys/young men, what they went through, and how they sacrificed. I later went on to work with Veterans to validate their experiences as not being in vain, nor unappreciated.

As a companion piece, check out "The Pacific" which Tom Hanks and Speilberg later produced for HBO to "tell the other side of the whole story". Also incredible and humbling.

To ALL Veterans: "Welcome Home".

Glad to know @2:20+@2:23 that you won't be there.

Don’t take the 2am trolls bait

@2:20am - thanks for ruining everyone's day by pointing out the mistakes in this otherwise fine movie. And while you may be correct in your assessments of the mistakes in the movie (you are correct about Carlos Hathcock), you plainly missed the movie's purpose. You probably found fault with the movie 10 also, but then the rest of us cheered on Bo Derek when she rejected your advances. Otherwise, have a nice day.

I really think you are missing the entire point of the movie. Thank God you will never have to actually defend this nation in those conditions.

I'm surprised he didn't say the twist ratio of the rifles used in the movie was wrong.

Good observations and points made, but y’all too deep for me!
Signed a retired Soldier

I would definitely go but game 6 of Spurs/Thunder is tonight. Thanks for letting us know!

I went to see it in the theater with my father, a USMC veteran. We were some of those that sat in silence for a few minutes when it ended. As many times as I've seen it since, I'll never forget that experience.

@2:20. You're the only person that noticed any of that. I'd like to get your take on Gettysburg. *rolls eyes*

Good Lord, all this crying and on your knees and riveted to your seat. Pray God there’s never a double feature of Saving Private Ryan* and Schindler’s List*.

* based on a true story

Great movie and i'll watch it again AT HOME. Lol, not taking my chances in a movie house. I always to to get the cell phone mamaw or the kids with no home training. Hacksaw Ridge is another one that is great.

You're stupid. You don't have that crap in the classic movies, not that you go because you are too scared to leave your house. Hell, a friend and I went and saw Clueless and a bunch of teens watching the movie were perfectly behaved. It doesn't happen at these type of movies. Went and saw Godfather last week. No issues.

Took my elderly Mom to see this just to get out of the house when it was in theatres.
I think we were both speechless for the rest of the day.

Glad to know @2:20+@2:23 that you won't be there.

Likely one of those losers who incessantly talk during the film.

2:23, I’m curious how you know that the bullet-through-the-scope shot never happened during WWII. Of course Carlos Hathcock did it in Vietnam, but how do you know it didn’t happen in WWII? And even if it didn’t, does that mean you can’t put it in a movie? I doubt Upham ever tried to take a German helmet and his typewriter on a mission in real life, so is that also a mistake? Sounds to me like you’ve played a little too much Call of Duty.

Good job guys. All the seats were sold but for that row in front of the handicapped row.