I was 14 when it came out. Loved it back then for all the action, violence and its general "un-PC-ness". Today it's a gu
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HippieDrillSealOfApproval — 13 years ago(December 03, 2012 03:36 AM)
It's entertaining in a so bad it's good/unintentional comedy kind of way but certainly not a good film in my opinion. It's way too melodramatic for me.
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Astrid2266 — 13 years ago(January 27, 2013 01:10 PM)
I saw it for the first time as an adult. I found it to be an unusual concept that is put together in a compelling way. It's one of my favorite movies now and I feel that the writing and acting are done very well considering the surreal kind of scenario.
The US is safe not because of any evolution in humanity, but simply because neither of the United States' neighbours have ever been capable of an invasion on their own and because an invasion from overseas has simply not been possible sine before the middle of the nineteenth century. You'd need to scrap most of the US navy and a great deal of the Army and Air Force for it to be at all feasible. Nothing at all like that is being contemplated.
You have heard of 9/11 right?
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Ah Ma I love im awful.
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bpjoyce10 — 13 years ago(January 27, 2013 03:29 PM)
9/11 was an isolated terrorist attack, not an invasion. i could go anywhere in the world and detonate a bomb in a high density area, it doesn't mean i could occupy the country and try to set up a new government
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Astrid2266 — 13 years ago(January 28, 2013 03:15 PM)
^^^Yeah, I don't see anything like a widespread invasion happening like that. If it did, it would have to occur under extreme circumstances. Something would have to happen here prior that would significantly weaken us before anyone would have the power to do that but that's not to say that we are totally invulnerable either or that other kinds of attacks couldn't happen.
Do ya love him Loretta?
Ah Ma I love im awful.
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ewc66-1 — 12 years ago(April 15, 2013 11:33 AM)
I was 17 at the time I saw this movie and was blown away. I loved it. The "War" album and "Live At Red Rocks" movie both by U2 were very fresh in my mind at the time Red Dawn came out. All three were released within a year of each other I think. It's almost as if the War album could have been a soundtrack to Red Dawn. The winter images of Red Dawn were eerily similar to the winter images of the New Years Day video. There was even a similar look between Swayze and Bono at the time as well.
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smokehill retrievers — 13 years ago(March 30, 2013 01:04 AM)
The first sign that it's a great movie is that all the limp-wristed Hollywood reviewers hated it, and it's usually rates as a one-star movie, though it's one of the most popular cable staples available. No matter what the time, they know they've got a large built-in audience.
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RSBonos — 12 years ago(June 02, 2013 01:52 PM)
It strikes an interesting balance between intentional goofiness and visceral violence. The first half is excellent but it does lose a little steam in the second part with the repeated attacks and even in a fantasy situation they should have scaled down the success of the guerrillas.
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skinnyjoeymerlino — 12 years ago(October 31, 2013 08:37 AM)
I was 13 when Red Dawn was released. As I recall it was the first PG-13 film. It is NOT an excellent film, and it is hurt by what was probably a very small budget and some wooden acting. It's not as bad as some would have you believe, but history has not been kind to it.
We know now but didn't know then that the Soviet Union was collapsing under its own weight and was not capable of launching a full scale invasion of the US. History will be unkind to the 2012 remake. North Korea will not invade us. The Chinese probably won't either. What we should fear the most these days is our own government. -
ms-zanadu — 12 years ago(November 14, 2013 06:30 PM)
Most definitely agree I just gave this movie a 10
. Surprisingly I didn't discover this classic gem until the 1990's and was also a teenager in the 1980's ( oh well better late than never right ?
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averagejoeman2013 — 12 years ago(November 18, 2013 11:09 AM)
It wasnt Oscar worthy, but it was entertaining. My favorite character was Powers Boothe. I usually like his roles and he provided a lot more development to the team. I really liked his line when they first met him "It was five to one, I got four".
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Enigmatic-Ocean — 12 years ago(December 04, 2013 09:03 PM)
This movie is completely unbelievable, but it is awesome. Powers Boothe was my favorite character too. I always thought that it sucked that he had such a small amount of screen time, but he had a lot of character development. So, when he did die you actually felt the loss. I have never seen the remake and I don't want to. I have heard a lot of bad things about it
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sommert-507-32566 — 11 years ago(June 05, 2014 11:31 AM)
I saw it when I was a kid. I enjoyed it as an action film and in hindsight casting did a good job of picking a bunch of relative unknowns that went on to have something of a future in the industry.
And if it wasn't for this, I doubt Gray would have been cast in Dirty Dancing. ^_^