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rudeguy

rudeguy

Lifer
Dec 27, 2001
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Watching this again for probably the 50th time.

I think I actually saw Gunny cracking a smile in the first scene when he berates all the recruits.


This movie has to be one of the best of all time. For sure in any top 25 list I could make.
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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rudeguy said:
Watching this again for probably the 50th time.

I think I actually saw Gunny cracking a smile in the first scene when he berates all the recruits.


This movie has to be one of the best of all time. For sure in any top 25 list I could make.
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Semper Fi!

I love the first part of the movie...the Vietnam scenes...not so much. They just weren't very realistic.
 
RadiclDreamer

RadiclDreamer

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BoomerD said:
Semper Fi!

I love the first part of the movie...the Vietnam scenes...not so much. They just weren't very realistic.
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Ive heard the opposite, many folks I know from the Armed forces say this is a pretty accurate (although dramatized) version of real life millitary
 
zerocool84

zerocool84

Lifer
Nov 11, 2004
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BoomerD said:
Semper Fi!

I love the first part of the movie...the Vietnam scenes...not so much. They just weren't very realistic.
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Yup, bootcamp is pretty much a 10/10 for me and the rest is just ok. The beginning was so good, anything after that was just going to be only ok. I don't know how realistic it is or not but it's just not as good as the beginning.
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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RadiclDreamer said:
Ive heard the opposite, many folks I know from the Armed forces say this is a pretty accurate (although dramatized) version of real life millitary
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I dunno...I spent nearly two years in Vietnam as a Marine. The scenes in FMJ were too surrealistic.
There were lots of people like Animal Mother though...and lots of door gunners with the same attitude.
 
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MotF Bane

No Lifer
Dec 22, 2006
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I only watch until the bathroom shooting scene, then just shut it off. It's like two entirely different movies.
 
Slacker

Slacker

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Oct 9, 1999
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rudeguy said:
Watching this again for probably the 50th time.

I think I actually saw Gunny cracking a smile in the first scene when he berates all the recruits.


This movie has to be one of the best of all time. For sure in any top 25 list I could make.
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"Hell, I like you, you can come over to my house and fuck my sister!"
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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A lot of people consider it 2 separate movies. All of it is good, though. Very good.
 
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nanette1985

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Oct 12, 2005
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Awesome movie, especially the first half. Haven't seen it 50 times, but several.

If you ever come across the book "The Short-Timers" (movie is based on) it's a great read. By Gustav Hasford.
 
Linflas

Linflas

Lifer
Jan 30, 2001
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Without a doubt the first half is the most accurate portrayal of boot camp I have seen on film. I can't pass up watching it whenever I see it when channel surfing.
 
OutHouse

OutHouse

Lifer
Jun 5, 2000
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FMJ came out a month before i went to boot camp. yup it was pretty accurate especially the first night when you met your Senior Drill sergeant and his minions. I think the DI's got some ideas from that movie. some of the shit they said it took all i had not to crack up.

one of the more memorable ones that i remember (not in the movie)

"If i see any of your laundry bags looking pregnant im going to give the mother fucker an abortion!!!!"

we hung a laundry bag off our rack that we put our dirty clothes in.
 
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BoomerD

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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My son and his best friend decided they wanted to enlist in the Corps. I made them sit down and watch the first half of the movie before I'd let them talk to the recruiting sergeant.
Then, AFTER they did, I took them both to the recruiting office and sat in on the conversation, just to make sure they covered all the bases...and didn't get lied to...too badly.
 
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Alone

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Nov 19, 2006
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I watched this movie before I went to basic training...I was prepared for the worst and it never came.
 
NFS4

NFS4

No Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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TastesLikeChicken

TastesLikeChicken

Lifer
Sep 12, 2004
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Saw Stripes 3 days before going into basic training. FMJ wouldn't be around for a little while yet. Great movie though. One of my favorites.
 
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