These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World War looked like conquistadors. The more expert they become the more they look like lab assistants in small colleges.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
In 'Three Cups of Tea' I was fairly critical of the military. And I mentioned that they're laptop warriors and there's no boots on the ground. But I can say now that they've gone through a tremendous learning curve.
The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers.
So much of 'Doomsday' is taken from the early 'Mad Max' films.
There's a lot to learn from the family of a soldier as much as the soldier. Actually, 'warrior' is a better word.
For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.
There cannot be any better cross-section of America and I think the soldiers represent the best we have. Today's soldiers are brighter and smarter, perhaps in a different way, than past generations because they've been brought up in the computer and information age.
Obviously, the World War II guys, that's where we, we learned everything from those guys. And then we hopefully, what we learned, we pass down to the newer generation.
War drags human beings from their tasks of building and improving, and pushes them en masse into the category of destroyers and killers.
Our servicemen and women are highly trained, highly skilled, and the most professional fighting force in the world.