Review of The Tillman Story (2010) by Aaron M — 26 Feb 2011

Pretty good doc on what will go down as one of the biggest black eyes in the history of the United States military. What a disgrace and an outrage that they would take the untimely death of a man who gave so much to service and with so much to lose in his own personal life, and to not only lie about it to the family and the world, but then use his death as a propaganda tool.

....just completely disgusting. The most striking piece of footage to me was the congressional testimony. Never saw it before but what an absolute farce. A ten year old could see that they were all lying through their teeth and no one seemed to care.

Just a handshake, a wink, and a smile. Unbelievable. I think they did a great job here depicting the real Pat Tillman, and not the myth that he had become. His family knows the real score, and in the end, that is what matters.

What we think is insignificant. I love the footage of his brother speaking out at one of the services, eff bombing along the way, and saying "sorry, Pat's not in heaven. He's fucking dead.

He was an atheist and he didn't believe in god, and he's fucking dead." That has to be one of the best angry-rants-by-way-of-grief that I have ever seen. It's a real shame what happened, it's even worse that the military tried to cover it up, and despite the fact that Pat Tillman man not be the saint he's been made out to be, he will still live on as a great inspiration.