The first time I ever watched full metal jacket was fresh out of boot camp with my father and mother. Both of whom where first generation vietnamese immigrants, boat people that fled the fall of Saigon. My father was a soldier in the South Vietnamese Army. The only thin he said for the entire movie was that the sniper ambush was too slow and would not happen that way.varko wrote:I wouldn’t mind seeing some more of that from you guys with military experience…..perhaps on some other similar flicks.Purplehood wrote:Yeah, but Monday-morning quarterbacking is still fun...RiverCity.45 wrote:If I may draw your attention to the fact that this was not a documentary, but a film for entertainment, that may put it in the proper perspective.
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- Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:06 pm
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- Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:40 pm
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This thread makes me want to reenlist as a sapper
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:57 pm
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I'd say Jarhead was an incredible true to spirit depiction American Soldiers in the DesertTexas Dan Mosby wrote:I watched this flick up to where they link up with the dudes in civilian clothing and have there little stand off, than turned it off as I could watch no more.
Absolutely ridiculous...
My time in service has pretty much ruined any hopes of ever again enjoying military related films, as the film makers rarely even get close to achieving any type of realism, and end up turning out films that are more irritating and insulting than anything else...
The sad thing about these flicks is that there are indeed MANY people who actually think this crap is realistic, and will try to make and argue points about the military based on things they have seen coming out of Hollywood.