Matt's mind draws a blank, Top 3 War Movies, Chet's good word: Don't be hard hearted - Episode 32

This week, Matt Amos, Chet Sears, and Troy Trussell cover Matt's take on how well Hollywood gets, or doesn't get, troops when deployed. Which ties into our Top 3 war movies discussion. Who had the best list of war movies? Chet concludes the episode with a word on compassion and hard heartedness from the book of Jonah.

**Topics discussed:**
1. What's On Your Mind: Matt draws a blank, but Troy and Chet get him talking about portrayals of combat and deployment in movies. We learn that there is a scene in Bravo Two Zero that shows a realistic depiction of advancing troops. Matt's worst war movie? Star Wars! Ha!
2. Top 3 War Movies: Starship Troopers, Hacksaw Ridge, The Patriot, 13 Hours in Benghazi, 300, Saving Private Ryan, Last of the Mohicans, Gettysburg. Honorable mentions: Dirty Dozen, Red Dawn, Black Hawk Down, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Casualties of War.
3. A Good Word: Don't be hard hearted. Be compassionate.

**Links mentioned in this episode:**
* https://www.hardheadedpodcast.com/
* http://admiralspennant.com/

buddy rushing, fog of war, Grunt's Life on VET TV, Raya and the Last Dragon, Louisiana Tech, Chuck Norris, Delta Force, Missing in Action, First Blood, Rambo, war movies, veteran, veteran TV, Hollywood, realism, deployment, Iraq, Afghanistan, Marines, WWII, Vietnam, French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Daniel Day-Lewis, Red Dawn, John Krasinski, Sean Bean, Andrew Garfield, Jeff Daniels, Gerard Butler

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