"Restrepo": Seems to be the real thing . . .

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Just saw this tonight and was fascinated at how well the documentary was filmed and edited. It almost seems to be a mockumentary but is, indeed, the real thing.

Two cinematographers embedded themselves inside Second Platoon when deployed to eastern Afghanistan. They followed them during their year long mission capturing their lives, thoughts, and emotions. Sure enough, the majority of them were "young". Perhaps just a year or two older than VN troops but still up to the same youthful playfulness and foolishness of young men away from home with guns under little mature supervision: rock fights, wrestling around, telling jokes, etc.

This is worth a see. It shows what Americans looks like at war.

BTW, Restrepo is the name of one of their youngest and beloved sergeants that was killed just two months into the tour. They founded a combat outpost (COP) and named it after him. This is where most of the documentary was filmed.

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Topic - "Restrepo": Seems to be the real thing . . . - mr grits 22:04:14 12/09/10 (3)

RE: "Restrepo": Seems to be the real thing . . . - larryken 16:13:17 12/20/10 (0)

A gut-wrenching documentary, should be mandatory for all Americans. SPOILERS: - tinear 07:51:35 12/15/10 (0)

I enjoyed it, not easy to watch though. * - Tony D. 17:42:14 12/10/10 (0)

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