I just had the pleasure of watching this movie yesterday on one of the many Cinemax channels I have, and I have to say that I can't stop thinking about it. At the time it was released, I was probably just leaving elementary school and going on up to middle school and I faintly remembered the details of the movie and that there was some hype about it in the media because of the survivors having to eat human flesh in order to stay alive after a horrific plane crash in the freezing Andes Mountains. Anywho, while I watching the movie, I looked up the real event on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/w...Flight_571 and I just felt so because of all the terrible things the survivors went through. I couldn't imagine being in the middle of snowy mountains in below freezing weather, injured, starving and watching others around me die on top of grieving for those who had succumbed to the plane crash itself. After reading the real story on wiki, I able to decipher some of the "movie magic" events from the actual "real" events that happened. Has anyone else seen this movie? If so, what was your take on it?

Do you think you could eat human flesh?

I remember my mother reading the book when it first came out (in the 70's).

I don't think any of us could actually answer definitively whether or not we could eat human flesh unless we were in the position. I don't think many of us really have a clue of what we might be capable of given the right circumstances.

What I remember is (and correct me if I'm wrong) that it was a Christian group of individuals that crashed. Always thought there in lies the irony.

johnart said:

I remember my mother reading the book when it first came out (in the 70's).

I don't think any of us could actually answer definitively whether or not we could eat human flesh unless we were in the position. I don't think many of us really have a clue of what we might be capable of given the right circumstances.

This is true...

kewlschool said:

What I remember is (and correct me if I'm wrong) that it was a Christian group of individuals that crashed. Always thought there in lies the irony.

I thought it was a soccer team no?

We shouldn't be lazy and just one of us go look at the wiki link.

You do it.

i know a guy who was in the jungle for 3 months in java i think.

He said after a month he was begging for a piece of meat and the tribe there shot a dog and he ate it.

When he came back he looked like a guy who came out of a war camp.

he just looked at me and said:dude..i was starving.

This was a good remake of the story. The original version called, "Survive", was even better. It came out in 1976 and was great!!

johnart said:

kewlschool said:

What I remember is (and correct me if I'm wrong) that it was a Christian group of individuals that crashed. Always thought there in lies the irony.

I thought it was a soccer team no?

We shouldn't be lazy and just one of us go look at the wiki link.

You do it.

On 13 October 1972, a Fairchild aircraft chartered by the Old Christians First XV Rugby team from Uruguay, their families and friends crashed in a remote section of the Andes mountains while en route to Santiago, to compete against a Chilean team. A number of passengers were killed upon impact, while others were seriously hurt.

there are you happy now!

kewlschool said:

johnart said:

I thought it was a soccer team no?

We shouldn't be lazy and just one of us go look at the wiki link.

You do it.

On 13 October 1972, a Fairchild aircraft chartered by the Old Christians First XV Rugby team from Uruguay, their families and friends crashed in a remote section of the Andes mountains while en route to Santiago, to compete against a Chilean team. A number of passengers were killed upon impact, while others were seriously hurt.

there are you happy now!

Very.

Interestingly, the survivors were Catholics, most of whom believed their faith not only sustained them through the ordeal, but was deepened as a result.

http://www.newsweekly.com...27_b1.html

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kewlschool said:

What I remember is (and correct me if I'm wrong) that it was a Christian group of individuals that crashed. Always thought there in lies the irony.

What would be ironic about this?

johnart said:

I remember my mother reading the book when it first came out (in the 70's).

I don't think any of us could actually answer definitively whether or not we could eat human flesh unless we were in the position. I don't think many of us really have a clue of what we might be capable of given the right circumstances.

correct. a person who is truly starving will eat anything remotely edible to stay alive. rats, spiders, you name it....

human flesh would be consumed long before any of that would take place, i reckon...

Lammastide said:

kewlschool said:

What I remember is (and correct me if I'm wrong) that it was a Christian group of individuals that crashed. Always thought there in lies the irony.

What would be ironic about this?

I find the irony in eating human flesh in order to avoid meeting their Lord.

kewlschool said:

Lammastide said:

What would be ironic about this?

I find the irony in eating human flesh in order to avoid meeting their Lord.

Interesting.

tinaz said:

Do you think you could eat human flesh?

I don't think I could have done that....but at the same time, I can't fanthom the situation that they were in because I've never been in that predicament. So who knows what I would do in a situation of desperation.

This was a wild movie. I remember seeing this at the theater.

emile58 said:

i know a guy who was in the jungle for 3 months in java i think.

He said after a month he was begging for a piece of meat and the tribe there shot a dog and he ate it.

When he came back he looked like a guy who came out of a war camp.

he just looked at me and said:dude..i was starving.

oh my wow.

phunkdaddy said:

This was a wild movie. I remember seeing this at the theater.

It was wild, but the part that angered me the most is the route the pilots were cleared to fly through. I don't think a plane that size had any business flying that route through mountains...taking into consideration the weather and the fog, etc. I just don't get it.

missfee said:

phunkdaddy said:

This was a wild movie. I remember seeing this at the theater.

It was wild, but the part that angered me the most is the route the pilots were cleared to fly through. I don't think a plane that size had any business flying that route through mountains...taking into consideration the weather and the fog, etc. I just don't get it.

kewlschool said:

Lammastide said:

What would be ironic about this?

I find the irony in eating human flesh in order to avoid meeting their Lord.

I'm sorry but

kewlschool said:

Lammastide said:

What would be ironic about this?

I find the irony in eating human flesh in order to avoid meeting their Lord.

I "ate" Yahshusa before. But it was only unleavened beard & bourbon!

I've thought about this a lot and I think I could cuz I always chew the skin on the inside of my mouth and bite and chew the skin around my fingernails.

I kinda like it.

Also do you know that if you drink piss once you'll be fine, but the second time could kill ya?

Ya, its true.

The book is way more intense than the movie Yet it's still a testament to the human spirit and will to survive.

Oh, and I will barbecue a muhhfucka's ass post haste if it means I'll live.

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SCNDLS said:

The book is way more intense than the movie Yet it's still a testament to the human spirit and will to survive.

Oh, and I will barbecue a muhhfucka's ass post haste if it means I'll live.

[Edited 7/12/10 10:57am]

missfee said:

SCNDLS said:

The book is way more intense than the movie Yet it's still a testament to the human spirit and will to survive.

Oh, and I will barbecue a muhhfucka's ass post haste if it means I'll live.

[Edited 7/12/10 10:57am]

With a side of cole slaw . . .

SCNDLS said:

missfee said:

With a side of cole slaw . . .

Guess you could make some barbeque sauce using some maple from the trees...assuming there would be maple trees around.......

missfee said:

SCNDLS said:

With a side of cole slaw . . .

Guess you could make some barbeque sauce using some maple from the trees...assuming there would be maple trees around.......

I wrote my senior term paper about cannibalism and used that incident to illustrate one of the three main reasons people partake in cannibalism.