A Good Movie - The Firearms Forum

Insulation Tim · 05-15-2009, 08:58 PM

I just watched the "Shooter" starring Mark Wahlberg. It was an excellent DVD with conspiracy, guns, snipers (the central role) and evilness in government. Very contemporary.

I would recommend that you pick it up.

Tony22-250 · 05-15-2009, 10:36 PM

THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE!!!! The Rifle he uses is a Chey-Tac .408 The only things i dont like about that movie was the Barrett M82 in the first part was either bolt action or fast action and not semi auto and the Military Adviser sais the 408 would rip the guy in half at 1800 yards which isnt true... but other than that IT IS MY FAVORTIE MOVIE!!!

Suicide*Ride · 05-15-2009, 11:04 PM

Hey Tim, if you thought the movie was good, you should read the book!! I thought the book would be close to the movie.... not even! The name "Bob Lee Swaggert" & the frame job are the only simularities.

If you're into mi-nute details, precision shooting, 1-shot kills, & historic target rifles....

I like to read a good book every once in a while, & "Shooter" (IMHO) is the best Sniper type of reading available.

SR

flannelman · 05-16-2009, 12:03 AM

Yes that is an excellent book. The movie is good too but as always the book is better.

Xaiver56 · 05-16-2009, 01:10 AM

I own the movie on DVD, awesome and action packed

woolleyworm · 05-16-2009, 01:20 AM

Kate Mara is pretty easy on the eyes too !!

OBrien · 05-16-2009, 02:01 AM

Yes she is.

Silencer · 05-16-2009, 03:26 AM

"You don't understand, they killed my dog!"

Insulation Tim · 05-16-2009, 06:33 AM

SR....I read constantly so I'll pick this up. Is the name of the book "Shooter" or is it based on another book?

Thanks for the "heads up".

bcj1755 · 05-16-2009, 08:39 AM

"Shooter" was a pretty decent movie. But in typical Hollycrap fashion, they crapped up a lot of the shooting. But overall, a decent and watchable movie. Mark Wahlberg is an underrated actor. He almost always delivers a good performance.

jacksonco · 05-16-2009, 08:44 AM

I saw the movie not to long ago on FX. I found it to be very entertaining. I look for the entertainment value of the movies I see and do not critique them to harshly. Was everything right in the film? Probably not but I liked it very much just the way it was.

Jeff

bcj1755 · 05-16-2009, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jacksonco

I saw the movie not to long ago on FX. I found it to be very entertaining. I look for the entertainment value of the movies I see and do not critique them to harshly. Was everything right in the film? Probably not but I liked it very much just the way it was.

Jeff

I'm one of those that likes to nitpick movies for mistakes. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy the movies I pick apart. I love "Top Gun" and "Crimson Tide." Both of which are FULL of mistakes. Still doesn't make them less enjoyable movies

Trouble 45-70 · 05-16-2009, 09:20 AM

Evilness in Government, frame job? Isn't that playing out on the evening news with Nancy? I wonder if she has a Barrett. Leon P. better watch out. She has cornered herself. She has a target ritch environment on the compass rose. Think she will snipe herself in the foot again? Loved the movie. #3 son said read the book. Forgot about it. Just told my wife to put it on the grocery list.

kingcuke · 05-16-2009, 09:22 AM

The book is "Point of Impact" and is written by Stephen Hunter. The movie was ok, but the book is way better. There is a whole series of Swagger novels, all of them pretty entertaining. Mr. Hunter is also an NRA member and avid gun rights supporter. There was a blurb about him in one of the semi-recent American Rifleman mags.

ineedsoap16 · 05-16-2009, 12:04 PM

I read that series of books 10 years ago so the deyail are sketchy, but I remember some talk to the 10 Kings. 10 rifles made of such superior quality that were essentialy "lost". Am i crazy or is there any truth behing these supposed "10 Kings"?

artabr · 05-16-2009, 01:25 PM

The movie was good. But the book is 10 times better. The series of books is great. The author (Stephen Hunter) did a lot of research in writing "Point Of Impact".
It's funny, Hunter is/was the chief film critic for the Washington Post.

"Time To Hunt" is the follow up book in the series and is also a great read.

He also wrote a non-fiction book titled 'American Gunfight, the plot to kill Harry Truman and the shootout that stopped it'.
It's a true story that received good reviews in several gun mags including American Rifleman.
I haven't read it yet, but plan to.

http://www.randomhouse.com/author/re...authorid=13883

Art

Bobitis · 05-16-2009, 06:18 PM

I've never been able to sit thru this movie.

05-15-2009, 08:58 PM	#1
Insulation Tim Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,300	A Good Movie I just watched the "Shooter" starring Mark Wahlberg. It was an excellent DVD with conspiracy, guns, snipers (the central role) and evilness in government. Very contemporary. I would recommend that you pick it up. __________________ Tim *"Remember the Ark was built by amateurs....Professionals built the Titanic"* -->

05-15-2009, 10:36 PM	#2
Tony22-250 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Snellville, GA Posts: 1,146	Re: A Good Movie THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE!!!! The Rifle he uses is a Chey-Tac .408 The only things i dont like about that movie was the Barrett M82 in the first part was either bolt action or fast action and not semi auto and the Military Adviser sais the 408 would rip the guy in half at 1800 yards which isnt true... but other than that IT IS MY FAVORTIE MOVIE!!! __________________ Bullets change governments far surer than votes. The most powerful weapon you can buy isn't a .50 caliber. It's a Senate Seat.... "When injustice becomes law, then resistance becomes duty." Thomas Jefferson

05-16-2009, 12:03 AM	#4
flannelman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rural Arkansas. But isn't all of Arkansas rural? Posts: 1,176	Re: A Good Movie Yes that is an excellent book. The movie is good too but as always the book is better. __________________ What we do in life echoes in eternity! **** Liberals, they make about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine. If you want to be a looser the best way to get there is to hang around with other loosers.

05-16-2009, 01:10 AM	#5
Xaiver56 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Grand Prairie, TX Posts: 526	Re: A Good Movie I own the movie on DVD, awesome and action packed __________________ NRA Member GOA Member "Government's view on the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it" --Ronald Reagan “The United States leads the world in too many areas for us to start imitating those who are trailing behind.” --Thomas Sowell

05-16-2009, 01:20 AM	#6
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,883	Re: A Good Movie Kate Mara is pretty easy on the eyes too !!

05-15-2009, 11:04 PM	#3
Suicide*Ride Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Golden, Colorado Posts: 1,340	Re: A Good Movie Hey Tim, if you thought the movie was good, you should read the book!! I thought the book would be close to the movie.... not even! The name "Bob Lee Swaggert" & the frame job are the only simularities. If you're into mi-nute details, precision shooting, 1-shot kills, & historic target rifles.... I like to read a good book every once in a while, & "Shooter" (IMHO) is the best Sniper type of reading available. SR __________________ "The price of FREEDOM can be seen here" ******(the sign outside every VA hospital)****** In an emergency, people don't rise to the occasion, but are reduced to their level of training. When something is trying to eat you, it is hard to get off a good shot! "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Twain

05-16-2009, 02:01 AM	#7
OBrien Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bangor Maine Posts: 554	Re: A Good Movie Yes she is.

05-16-2009, 03:26 AM	#8
Silencer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California: Inland Empire Posts: 1,298	Re: A Good Movie "You don't understand, they killed my dog!" __________________ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. Skeet Shooting Game! Don't Shoot Your Eye Out!

05-16-2009, 06:33 AM	#9
Insulation Tim Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,300	Re: A Good Movie SR....I read constantly so I'll pick this up. Is the name of the book "Shooter" or is it based on another book? Thanks for the "heads up". __________________ Tim *"Remember the Ark was built by amateurs....Professionals built the Titanic"*

05-16-2009, 08:39 AM	#10
bcj1755 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: A wretched hive of scum and villiany Posts: 4,357	Re: A Good Movie "Shooter" was a pretty decent movie. But in typical Hollycrap fashion, they crapped up a lot of the shooting. But overall, a decent and watchable movie. Mark Wahlberg is an underrated actor. He almost always delivers a good performance. __________________ History is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace, and revolution continue on forever. Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges - Cicero If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. - Samuel Adams

05-16-2009, 08:44 AM	#11
jacksonco Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jackson County West Virginia Posts: 2,237	Re: A Good Movie I saw the movie not to long ago on FX. I found it to be very entertaining. I look for the entertainment value of the movies I see and do not critique them to harshly. Was everything right in the film? Probably not but I liked it very much just the way it was. Jeff

05-16-2009, 09:20 AM	#13
Trouble 45-70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NE Ar. W. of Black River Contributor Posts: 2,703	Re: A Good Movie Evilness in Government, frame job? Isn't that playing out on the evening news with Nancy? I wonder if she has a Barrett. Leon P. better watch out. She has cornered herself. She has a target ritch environment on the compass rose. Think she will snipe herself in the foot again? Loved the movie. #3 son said read the book. Forgot about it. Just told my wife to put it on the grocery list.

05-16-2009, 09:22 AM	#14
kingcuke V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cucumber Island Posts: 154	Re: A Good Movie The book is "Point of Impact" and is written by Stephen Hunter. The movie was ok, but the book is way better. There is a whole series of Swagger novels, all of them pretty entertaining. Mr. Hunter is also an NRA member and avid gun rights supporter. There was a blurb about him in one of the semi-recent American Rifleman mags. __________________ Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. H. L. Mencken It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. George MacDonald

05-16-2009, 12:04 PM	#15
ineedsoap16 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Wilmington DE Posts: 86	Re: A Good Movie I read that series of books 10 years ago so the deyail are sketchy, but I remember some talk to the 10 Kings. 10 rifles made of such superior quality that were essentialy "lost". Am i crazy or is there any truth behing these supposed "10 Kings"? __________________ People shouldn't be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people.

05-16-2009, 01:25 PM	#16
artabr Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Iberia, Louisiana Contributor Posts: 7,859	Re: A Good Movie The movie was good. But the book is 10 times better. The series of books is great. The author (Stephen Hunter) did a lot of research in writing "Point Of Impact". It's funny, Hunter is/was the chief film critic for the Washington Post. "Time To Hunt" is the follow up book in the series and is also a great read. He also wrote a non-fiction book titled 'American Gunfight, the plot to kill Harry Truman and the shootout that stopped it'. It's a true story that received good reviews in several gun mags including American Rifleman. I haven't read it yet, but plan to. http://www.randomhouse.com/author/re...authorid=13883 Art __________________ God and the soldier we like adore, In times of trouble, not before. When troubles ended and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier is slighted. Francis Quarles 1592 - 1644 __________________ When asked for my race, I answer CauCajun. Hope is not a plan, and not all change is good. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST! These hands are neither cold nor are they dead!!

05-16-2009, 06:18 PM	#17
Bobitis Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 6,612	Re: A Good Movie I've never been able to sit thru this movie. __________________ ^.^ A point in every direction is the same as having no point at all