Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company (2006) (V)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Michael Epstein

Release Date:

25 May 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Viewfinder Productions

An excellent account of Lima Company, In Iraq.

This is an excellent account of the limited kind of combat footage that was taken by ordinary marines. It is sad to see so many struggling now w/daily life back here in the U.S. It seems that many of these soldiers have lost what so many of us take for granted; a mind that is not scarred with the horrific images of war. Even my generation (myself included) only knows war from the images we watch, the games we play, and the movies we watch depicting war. It is so easy for us to just turn it off in our minds because we do not have friends and family that have been killed in the line of duty. It seems too often we curse the soldiers in what so many of us call a waste of life, when it isn't the individual soldiers making the decisions to be fighting in Iraq. As it has been said many times before, "Don't shoot the messenger." I would recommend this film to anyone that has any feelings about the war in Iraq, and see the individuals that are fighting for what is our continued freedom in North America. My personal feelings aside, remember that it is just normal people fighting in extraordinary times.