Oh no! She's getting attached to Pvt Pyle. This won't go well!

@sergt3853

2 жыл бұрын

At least he stay a man

@sergt3853

2 жыл бұрын

In the end he still strong to kill a monster and creator of monsters

@amandacogger3075

2 жыл бұрын

@@sergt3853 what on earth are you on about

@Brian-ov5gi

2 жыл бұрын

@@amandacogger3075 I think he means that Pyle realized that he had snapped and became a monster because of the sergeant and killed himself (the monster) and the sergeant (the creator of the monster).

@amandacogger3075

2 жыл бұрын

@@Brian-ov5gi oh I didn't think of it that way, thank you for pointing it out

"I don't want to watch him die" Nothing can kill Animal Mother

@coyotefever105

2 жыл бұрын

You talk the talk, do you walk the walk?

@ciaranconlon84

2 жыл бұрын

He even knows not to kiss them on the mouth!

@rygar218

2 жыл бұрын

"Hey, you might not believe it, but under fire Animal Mother is one of the Finest Human Beings in the World. All he needs is somebody to throw hand Grenades at him for the rest of his life."

"You're stressing him all the time." That's the point. Stress people so they won't break down when they're being shot at.

@navy0287

2 жыл бұрын

Stress also increases the other functions of your brain as a means of survival. In the case of training, you're more likely to learn and retain what you are taught as a means of avoiding the circumstances that originally lead to your stress; an angry Company Commander/Sergeant/ETC and what they put you through when you get something wrong.

@yaqubebased1961

Жыл бұрын

It is a skill that needs to be developed just like any other. Some ppl are born with it, but I bet every man has a "Marine" in them. You just gotta lure it out.

@arcanevi4477

10 ай бұрын

Or stress them so they will die before even getting to go to war right?

22 year retired Marine. When people ask me what I think of this movie, my answer is always "thank GOD I didn't see it before I went to book camp."

@cashscience

2 жыл бұрын

What year did you stand on the yellow footprints? I went in 97, and they showed the clip or private Piles in the bathroom as a training tool.

@crewchief5144

2 жыл бұрын

@@cashscience June of '91. I graduated HS and eight days later was on the plane. Very short Summer. When I was in boot, they showed us a "Golden Girls" episode about savings bonds. That's the only TV I saw the entire 13 weeks. Aside from delivering sod during mess & maintenance week, I didn't hear a radio either. Well, except for the one we always "turned up the volume" on.

@cashscience

2 жыл бұрын

@@crewchief5144 Damn.... I imagine things took a pretty hard turn after Desert Storm was over and done with.

@crewchief5144

2 жыл бұрын

@@cashscience All my D.I.s were DS vets. They promised hell and damnation. I didn't see combat until the '03 invasion. By that time, we were already being politically neutered as a fighting force.

@cashscience

2 жыл бұрын

@@crewchief5144 Yep.... "political Neutering" already started before I joined - as they had just gotten rid of the boxing "Ring of Fire", and reduced the height that students had to clear on the "Stairway to Heaven". Now most recently - recruits had gotten "Stress Cards", to back DI's off when they feel too pressured (for the big F-U if we thought things couldn't get any worse).

R. Lee Ermey played the drill sergeant and was a REAL Gunnery Sergeant in the Marines. He also served in Vietnam. He was the real deal. He died in 2018 and lies in Arlington National Cemetery.

@bbwng54

2 жыл бұрын

He was nominated for an Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor

@gregoryadkins2213

2 жыл бұрын

He was never a Marine-Gunnery Sergeant.Hr retired as an(E-6 Staff Sergeant)On disability.War injury.He was made an Honorary-E-7 Gunnery Sergeant In the 90’s,this film helped in that situation.

@CGFIELDS

2 жыл бұрын

Honorary Gunny only

"You're stressing him all the time!" That's the point. War is stress. If you can't handle the stress that the Drill Sergeant places upon you... Well, good luck in war.

@WillsonT011

2 жыл бұрын

A true sad reality😔

@chago4202000

2 жыл бұрын

No stress cards in combat. If you can't hack it while somebody is yelling at you, good luck when you're getting shot at.

@chuckh4077

2 жыл бұрын

Exactamondo Better to get stressed like this in boot camp than when in combat.

@LockdLoaded619

2 жыл бұрын

Except war is not stressful 24/7. Most of the time you're patrolling, cleaning rifles, staying on watch and changing vehicle tires. Abusing and screaming at someone doesn't equip them for combat. The best soldiers in the world come from special operations and no one is screaming at them to pass each training evolution. It's entirely up to them on the merits of their ability. Thought I do see the logic in the Marines training. They want hard- as- concrete motherfuckers and weed out the pussies. But that's testosterone lessons, not an exercise in war.

@spaghetti9845

2 жыл бұрын

@@LockdLoaded619 The reality of it is they only had a limited amount of time to turn out as many Marines as possible. It's a simple fact you can get a guys attention much faster gut checking him and putting him on the deck to be complaint faster than than any amount of yelling or being smoked.

Ellie: starts crying a little when they start focusing Private Pyle. Me, knowing how it turns out: ... Oh no.

@Tony-fq5bn

2 жыл бұрын

Thats what I thought but she handled that better than I thought she would

@molasorrosalom4846

Жыл бұрын

I mean, is this movie really meant for females?

@ChrisMathers3501

Жыл бұрын

@@molasorrosalom4846 Heh heh heh. Nope. Buuuut that's just part of the reason it's such a great movie for reaction channels.

@molasorrosalom4846

Жыл бұрын

True, but other female KZreadrs watched it as well, and had tears in their eyes with the boot camp scenes. Then even more tears with the ending.

@ChrisMathers3501

Жыл бұрын

@@molasorrosalom4846 Well, war movies DO tend to be tearjerkers.

That foot locker moment when he dumped his possessions on the ground had a bigger meaning than most are aware of. When training in the military, you have to have everything squared away in a particular place, it takes hours to square you locker away, so when he dumped his possessions on the ground, he doomed him to spending hours squaring it away again which is the reason he did it.

@jcarlovitch

2 жыл бұрын

True but at least he got to eat a jelly doughnut.

@aviator2252

2 жыл бұрын

unsecured shaving cream was the worst.....personal experience 11 years ago

@anime_cyko

Жыл бұрын

Doesn’t take hours. Like 20 minutes.

@yaqubebased1961

Жыл бұрын

An unlocked footlocker usually meant thievery. The first time I saw this film, at first I thought someone planted that doughnut there. It happened at our battalion once. The guy insulted the other guy's mother in front of the whole company, and so the other guy planted a bag of chips in the guy's locker and got the whole bunch in trouble.

@mystic37

9 ай бұрын

@@aviator2252 mid '80s fing toothpaste tubes ffs

“How can you shoot women and children?” “Easy, you just don’t lead em’ as much!” Probably one of the most fucked up lines ever put to cinema!

@stevetheduck1425

2 жыл бұрын

- and delivered in a Westland Wessex helicopter flying over the Swale Estuary marshes not fifty miles from my home in the South-East of England. The 'Hue City' seen in this film was an abandoned industrial site on 'The Isle of Dogs' a region within London, also on the Thames Estuary a bit further from my home.

@MarcosElMalo2

2 жыл бұрын

If they run, they’re VC. If they stand still, they’re well disciplined VC.

@manticore4952

2 жыл бұрын

It was a true story.

@Hazlett5551

2 жыл бұрын

Interviewer: what do you feel when you shoot someone? Sniper: recoil

@rdl2820

2 жыл бұрын

Possibly stupid question but what exactly does that mean?

Ellie is such a kind soul.

@fannybuster

2 жыл бұрын

She has a big heart

@drServitis

2 жыл бұрын

She is smart and pretty too

@blainesjustchillin3509

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately she'd be the first to take 1 to her dome

@drServitis

2 жыл бұрын

@@blainesjustchillin3509 I can't get off with the dome light on!

@drServitis

2 жыл бұрын

@Richard Almeida She has nice toes also.

If you can’t deal with the stress of the “mean” drill instructor then you won’t be able to deal with the stress of the “mean” enemy who is trying to kill you.

@louisferdinandceline3016

2 жыл бұрын

There is method to the madness...

@mattputkowski3107

2 жыл бұрын

facts

@caifothiazz

2 жыл бұрын

​@@louisferdinandceline3016 for weak people maybe. But army need strong soldiers.

@brucefale6132

2 жыл бұрын

@@caifothiazz I guess his comment went way over your head.

@caifothiazz

2 жыл бұрын

@@brucefale6132 teach me

If a recruit can't take the stress of boot camp, he's not going to be able to take the stress of Vietnam. The sergeant's job was not just to train the recruits but also to "weed out any non hackers who don't pack the gear to serve in his beloved corps."

@ergoat

2 жыл бұрын

Bootlicking fascist chickenhawk.

@DeadAbeVigoda

2 жыл бұрын

This was before the modern "what gender do you feel like today?" era of the military.

@tonyngc

2 жыл бұрын

@@scp_redacted989 Either a discharge or run through the course again.

@ericsierra-franco7802

2 жыл бұрын

@@ergoat Because he's describing what the Drill Instructor is doing he's a 'fascist chickenhawk"?

@ericsierra-franco7802

2 жыл бұрын

@@DeadAbeVigoda I went through Marine Corps basic training over 30 years ago and even then it was somewhat different than is portrayed here. But certainly at one time the DI's could be downright physically brutal to the recruits.

"How a little girl can be a sniper" In war anyone can be dangerous. Even European countries used children in desperate times or sometimes the kids get put in that situation due to the war

@takeoutartist

2 жыл бұрын

That’s right. I see many children soldiers in African & Arab footage. Third world countries aren’t as well-equipped as US.

@MrEd8846

2 жыл бұрын

​@@takeoutartist if you look at all the conflicts and wars you will probably find a child or teen with a rifle or machinegun. i think the youngest soldier i saw was a 6 year old in the Soviet Army in WW2 who was discovered after his village was massacred. he didnt really fight but he was close enough to the action. these days we think of Africa or the Middle East. but its wherever there is a war. most of the time when we think of war its empty citys and only soldiers. but thats not reality

@miker252

Жыл бұрын

I heard that, in Afghanistan, after the Soviets pulled out, the average age of the population was 13.

@georgeconway4360

Жыл бұрын

You realize the youngest Marine killed in VietNam was 15 years old, enlisted at age 14. In WW2 the youngest person awarded the Medal of Honer was age 17. He joined at age 14 and was a truck driver in Hawaii for the USMC. He wanted combat so he boarded a troop ship headed west. He was age 16 at the time. A couple of weeks into the voyage he turned himself in. He was assigned to a rifle company but there was no rifle available for him. They eventually told the Marines their destination. It was a place called IwoJima. He turned age 17 few days before the landing. He landed,with no rifle but quickly found one. He was in a hole when a Jap grenade landed and he shoved it into the volcanic sand, put his helmet over it, and his body over the helmet. He was hurt bad and evacuated. His name was Jack Lucas.

@technofilejr3401

9 ай бұрын

During World War II, the Soviet Army deployed dozens of teenaged girls as snipers. They racked up a lot of confirmed hits on the Nazis.

He’s training them for war not college football. In war those that struggled in training are the first to die and they usually end up getting others killed along with them. He’s not being mean, he’s trying to save his life.

@aceldamia9114

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget that you're also not dealing with anyone that has intelligence in the military. You're literally scraping the bottom of the barrel as far as society goes.

@cashscience

2 жыл бұрын

@@aceldamia9114 You just made one of the most idiotic comments on here. Do you realize how many people in the military actually have a college degree (especially when you take into account reservists). Matter of fact - do you realize how many people are in specialized positions that require high aptitudes? Did you graduate high school?

@cashscience

2 жыл бұрын

@@scp_redacted989 I'm not offended in the least... I'm just calling out BS when I see it. I'd expect you would do the same if I was talking out of my ass about something you actually had knowledge of.

@JayMH409

2 жыл бұрын

@@aceldamia9114 - I spent 22 years in the Army. I have two degrees.

@NoneYaBidness762

2 жыл бұрын

I’m a war vet too, and ace D is not entirely wrong in this case. During a draft, you really did take anyone you could get. That meant some “bottom barrel” people. My Dad was a ‘Nam vet in Artillery (officer) and he has some of the same feelings. It really was a mixed bag.

There was actually a scandal about people with learning difficulties getting drafted to Vietnam who really weren't mentally fit to be in the military, Lawrence would probably have been such a person.

@jd190d

2 жыл бұрын

They were called McNamara's moron's because Secretary of Defense McNamara thought they would be good cannon fodder. Turns out their inability to be effective soldiers also got other people killed when they couldn't function effectively as part of a team.

@TheHabsification

2 жыл бұрын

McNamara's Morons.

@makerstudios5456

2 жыл бұрын

Lawrence seemed like he had low but not sub 90 intelligence. His was an emotional immaturity. He’s the “boy” inside all men that boot has to kill. It’s easier with some men than others.

@kennykeeton3622

2 жыл бұрын

We actually had a recruit go crazy in boot camp,blood everywhere and had to be held down until the medics took him out.he never returned.

@theshermantanker7043

2 жыл бұрын

@@makerstudios5456 Yeah, you can tell he still has around adult levels of intelligence, just about lower than a regular guy his age

Fun fact: the exterior shots of the basic training were filmed at ATC Basingbourne in the UK, where _I_ did my basic training for the British Army.

@LockdLoaded619

2 жыл бұрын

Were your instructors in the British Army as abusive and vindictive as the Americans depicted in this movie? I know the Royal Marines go pretty hard on their lads, and the Paras have some tough nuts. And not all American drill instructors are like this either, but every now and then you get a real spinner. Sgt. Hartman was one such nutter lol.

@ericsierra-franco7802

2 жыл бұрын

The whole film was made in England.

@realburglazofficial2613

2 жыл бұрын

@@LockdLoaded619 no, not this bad. Because of this film, our instructors used to play the music from the final scene with Joker and the Sniper girl during room inspections!

16:51 your yelling "NO!" at the same moment Private Joker did was perfect❣

@harveybeck8452

Жыл бұрын

Is ok eille i know is 10 months

when you said " i would like to be on that training " i thought "why?" The point of this training was to breaks someones personality and then build a new one up. A killer. It was done that way because after WW2 US army researchers found that less then half their soldiers where actually firing their guns at the enemy. They needed to break this block most people have to kill someone. This compassion had to be driven out of the soldiers

My Dads base was hit during Tet. He fought with guns and ammo. When they were out, he fought hand to hand and picked up any weapon he could. He even killed enemy with their own AK-47s. Was one of his two Purple Hearts…

@deece1482

2 жыл бұрын

What a hero.

@x_trio_3_po333

2 жыл бұрын

For some reason your comment reminded me of a funny scene in "Hot Shots part Deux". In it, Charlie Sheen's Rambo parody character was out of ammo while fighting an enemy. He then grabbed a handful of bullets from a nearby barrel and threw the bullets at the enemy killing them instantly!😆 But many kudos to your father's heroic service.👍

@iniuram8231

2 жыл бұрын

your dad is a killer. everybody in a war is killer. war is organized and legalized crime.

Ellie has such an expressive face. Love her reviews.

The intent of the military training is to break the recruit down to their lowest, and still have them operate and function. So they're not training them to build them up (yet) and operate when they're at their best. They want them to be able to keep operating, even at their worst, and under the most duress.

"This is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for fighting, this is for fun" 😂

@eatsmylifeYT

2 жыл бұрын

Uhm. So what's your point?

@ihavetubes

2 жыл бұрын

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@scipioafricanus5871

2 жыл бұрын

@@ihavetubes lmao

@chriselmes6810

Жыл бұрын

This is my rifle. There are many others like it, but this one is mine....

My father was in Vietnam for a few years. He refused to talk about anything that went on over there.

@imvandenh

Жыл бұрын

My father in law was a combat medic in Vietnam. He too never talked about what he saw and did over there. All I know is that he served his full tour mostly as a non-combatant but still saw plenty of combat and all of it's horrible results. He then came home to discover that his wife had run off to Canada with their children and some spineless draft dodger she started banging while he was overseas. He married my mother in law on the rebound but she put him through another kind of hell on earth, saying to me once that serving in Vietnam was harder to endure than being married to her but not by much.

@zeltzamer4010

Жыл бұрын

@@imvandenh What were all the draft dodgers supposed to do? Die in the jungle? It was a pointless and unjust war.

Remember when Joker asked the doorgunner on the helicopter, "how can you kill women and children?" The last scene shows him killing a female child. Quite a chilling juxtaposition.

@CaptainTass

2 жыл бұрын

Well, to be fair she had killed his fellow troops and unloaded a magazine at him, too. Not an innocent like the poor folks out in the fields.

@madeincda

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainTass To be really fair the Americans probably killed her family first. Everyone finds their own way to justify their position.

@energeez

2 жыл бұрын

@@madeincda to be fair her family probably aided the enemy

@madeincda

2 жыл бұрын

@@energeez Let's all be fair here. Who was the real threat? That war was a disaster from the beginning, no thanks to the Americans who devalued Vietnamese life on a regular bases, in the name of ego and politics, no less. Even the Vietnamese didn't want them there. Not then and not until decades later.

@07foxmulder

2 жыл бұрын

Not as much of a juxtaposition as going from a fantastic first half to a god awful second.

For those of you out there defending Sgt. Hartman's training methods you should know that actor R. Lee Ermey (an actual Marine drill instructor) has gone on record and said that he purposefully played a BAD instructor in the film. If he had actually trained his recruits like that he wouldn't have been nearly as successful. After all, instructors are not only there to breakdown the recruits but to build them back up in the most constructive way possible.

@bht4361

Жыл бұрын

Not true....he is ALL about history. One of the main reasons why he wanted the job. This is true and accurate as it gets.

@VegasAlien1

Жыл бұрын

He never had a chance to get to "build them back up." He kinda got shot.

@benceklock4831

Жыл бұрын

That was in relation to Private Pyle, because he should've gotten discharged from boot camp early on as it's clear he's not mentally nor physically fit for military service. Not being kept there as the clown of the bootcamp.

@eq1373

9 ай бұрын

​@@VegasAlien1....on graduation night

A lot of this was filmed in Britain, of all places, at a military base and a gas works that had just been closed down and partially demolished. You mostly can't tell, but one clue is that the helicopters are Westland Wessexes: a British version of the Sikorsky CH-34 used by the US Marines in real life, that looks a bit different in detail from the American one.

@RevStickleback

2 жыл бұрын

The same set was also used in an Oasis video, with Vietnamese (and some Czech - no idea why) writing on the walls.

Ellie your empathy towards the men is very endearing to watch!!!

@shredd5705

2 жыл бұрын

Yet if any man would cry when watching movies like she does (or literally, in any situation) she would friendzone him, like all women

@theshermantanker7043

2 жыл бұрын

@@shredd5705 the fuck is that generalization

@shredd5705

2 жыл бұрын

@@theshermantanker7043 Women want a man that isn't afraid to cry, until they see one

@markacuna2828

2 жыл бұрын

She is funny as hell 😃😃🤣

@imveryape

2 жыл бұрын

@@shredd5705 Are you okay, man? Did someone hurt you like that? It's okay to cry. And if a woman friendzoned you just cause you cried in front of her, that's her problem.

Ellie crying is the most heartbreaking thing 🥺

Funfact: The actor who played Gommer Pyle/Leonard Lawrence was Vincent D'Onofrio, who was in really good shape before production. He was instructed to put on a lot of weight for the roll.

@CaptainTass

2 жыл бұрын

Yep...he was all ripped as 'Thor' in Adventures in Babysitting.

This my favorite war movie because it shows the dark side, the horrors of war and its effects on people psychologically rather than glorifying the violence like many action movies do. Also, my grandfather always said that of all the movies out there, Full Metal Jacket is the closest it gets to being completely realistic based on his experiences as a Marine in Vietnam.

@edwardrmayer9807

2 жыл бұрын

Your Grandfather is correct, this movie was the closet to actual boot camp. I like your grandfather experienced it first hand; Parris Island 1963, Viet Nam, 1966-1967, sgt. E-5 U.S.M.C. semper fi.

@johnLennon255

2 жыл бұрын

As opposed to every other war movie that only show the positives of war? Lmfao

@RamsayboltonSnow

2 жыл бұрын

Platoon is equally as this is when it comes to realism

@knightheaven8992

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly dont think there is many movies that glorify the aspects of war, but ok...

Have to remember, Hartman may seem cruel, but he knows he is preparing these men to fight in Vietnam and actually cares about them.

@thewindowsmaaane

2 жыл бұрын

Bullshit. Men like Hartman was the very reason you lost that war. What a stupid comment. Strip away the mens humanity and get the resultant atrocities. You can prepare soldiers for combat without turning them into the SS. You missed the entire point of the film...

@GreenFalcon926

2 жыл бұрын

@@thewindowsmaaane You clearly know absolutely fuck-all about the military.

@thewindowsmaaane

2 жыл бұрын

@@GreenFalcon926 You want soldiers not dogs. For every action there is an equal an opposite reaction. The same holds true for people as it does physics. Over discipline your men and watch what happens when said discipline fails...

@GreenFalcon926

2 жыл бұрын

@@thewindowsmaaane Not true at all. These instructors are turning boys into men, and preparing them for war. War isn't pretty. dehumanizing these men as you put it, is a part of the conditioning. The army/marines are turning you into weapons. If you shove a normal person into the army and tell them to shoot at some random person you call an enemy...they won't be able to pull the trigger. The training these guys give you will one day save your life. If you look at some of the greatest armies in the world, they are how they are because they go through some of the toughest training you can imagine. The problem wasn't Hartman. Pyle was clearly suffering from some kind of mental illness - possibly Autism, which is pretty much non-existent back then. Pyle's mentality wasn't suited to that kind of brutal training.

@thewindowsmaaane

2 жыл бұрын

@@GreenFalcon926 I'm not talking about Pyle. You've just revealed yourself as a man child, "Turning men into weapons" No, Men hold weapons. Such a wank comment "Turning men into weapons" Boy doesnt that sound tough. Boys into Men. You evidently have no idea what a man is. Yes, you're right. Read On Killing by an american colonel psycologist. Normal people wont kill. So you have to prepare them. You can still teach men to kill without going that far. You killed too many in that war. And you killed the wrong people. And women and children. Body counts count for nought when everybody hates you and you have no actual strategy or purpose. You're wrong. If you think Hartmann is demonstrating good leadership then you need to go and investigate if you like wearing a gimp suit and being dragged around on a leash... Twat Go order your "Men" to fight and die for a Hill that means nothing.

The final scene forever changed how I hear the Mickey Mouse Club theme. Anytime I hear it, I picture a burning village silhouetted by soldiers.

My Dad (passed in 2014 due to Alzheimer’s) said this was the most realistic view of the Vietnamese War horror.

@coyotefever105

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss.

@molasorrosalom4846

Жыл бұрын

I don't know about that, what about Hamburger Hill?

@molasorrosalom4846

Жыл бұрын

Or "We Were Soldiers?"

R. Lee Ermey the guy who played the sergeant was once a real marine drill instructor. He said he made up a lot of his own lines drawing from his real life experience in the marines. And yes, back in the day a recruit would get his butt hit if they f'd up and stepped out of line. This was a pretty real portrayal of the u.s. marines at one time.

@Mr.Ekshin

2 жыл бұрын

R. Lee Ermey was NOT the original actor cast for this role! Originally, actor Tim Colceri was cast to play the role of Sgt. Hartman. R. Lee Ermey was hired as a technical consultant to make sure military matters were handled correctly. At one point, the director (Kubrick) asked Ermey to provide some guidance as to how a drill instructor would act, walk, talk, etc. So Ermey borrowed a few extras from the film, and he put together an "instructional video". He went on a tirade, marching up and down the line, berating the extras as a drill instructor would. Kubrick was so shocked and amused by Ermey's performance in the video, that he immediately fired Colceri and gave the part to Ermey. The rest is history. Ermey made this movie famous... and this movie made Ermey famous.

@BenWillyums

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Ekshin came here to say the same thing.

@eq1373

9 ай бұрын

​@@Mr.Ekshinwhen did the OP state that R. Lee Ermey was the original actor for the role?

@Mr.Ekshin

9 ай бұрын

- @@eq1373 - I never claimed he said that. I merely added context to his comment.

"Apocalypse Now" next😀 Also hope Ellie will never watch "Casualties of war", that movie will surely traumatise her.

@dewjade4897

2 жыл бұрын

Casualties of War... I watched the movie in the extended version. Man, it was so painful to watch.

The man that played the drill instructor, R. Lee Erney, was actually a drill instructor in real life so he was right in his element and nothing he said was scripted.

@MontgomeryWenis

2 жыл бұрын

This needs more likes. It's the only comment I saw that mentioned this really neat fact.

I love how entranced she is. Can't beat Kubrick.

As you've now seen "The Shining" and "Full Metal Jacket", I think you should go down the Stanley Kubrick rabbit hole and check out a few other films he directed: - "Paths of Glory" (1957) - Another anti-war film set during a war; only this time it's in France during World War I, the army we follow is the French army (that speaks English in the movie) and it's not quite as violent as this movie but still riveting. The big star in the film is Kirk Douglas. You'll know his son Michael Douglas; he's the actor who plays Hank Pym in the "Ant-Man"/"Ant-Man and the Wasp" movies (but you'll recognize another actor in this film as the guy who played Lloyd the ghost bartender in "The Shining"). - "Lolita" (1962) - Based on the 1955 Vladimir Nabokov book; more of a drama about a university professor who falls in love with an underage girl - "Dr. Strangelove (or "How I learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb")" (1964) - And, yes, that is the actual full title of the movie. A dark comedy set during the Cold War about US and Soviet Union officials trying to stop nuclear missiles that were launched by a rogue crazy US military general. The big name star in this is the comic actor Peter Sellers (who plays three characters in the movie) but it also features a young James Earl Jones (who later voiced Darth Vader and King Mufasa). "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) - One of the greatest science fiction movies ever made. Kinda hard to describe; you just need to see it for yourself. "A Clockwork Orange" (1971) - A story based on an Anthony Burgess book. It follows this young English hoodlum in dystopian London. Because of the brutality in this film made by the hoodlum and his friends, Kubrick received death threats. This led him and the UK government to ban the film in England until after he died. The star of this film is Malcolm MacDowell, who you've probably seen or heard before as he works a lot. But you will recognize the actor playing the hoodlum's dad as the same one that played Delbert Grady (the butler Jack talked with in the bathroom) in "The Shining" "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999) - Kubrick's last directed movie before he died. It's about a young married couple, played by Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, who are questioning their relationship, and wind up getting involved with a nefarious secret society.

@JayMH409

2 жыл бұрын

Paths of Glory is set in France, not Germany. Great film.

@penfold7455

2 жыл бұрын

@@JayMH409 I stand corrected.

You should try “enemy at the gates” I always loved that movie

@ryangiles5174

Жыл бұрын

That movie is brutal, especially the scene where the little boy Sascha's dead body is hung from the water tower

Oh dear. This is not a movie Ellie should watch by herself.

They break you down to zero and rebuild you into a war machine... highly effective.

@coyotefever105

2 жыл бұрын

Or else you be in a world of shit

@blackwolf4653

2 жыл бұрын

only something for people who are easy to manipulate anyway.

@singood7790

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackwolf4653 that's everyone when you don't have a choice. That's about 80% of kids too in civilian life with all the gangbangers an Nazi's still thriving. (Just for example).

trivia: the drill sergeant int the movie had been a real drill intstructor and in war time so he was perfect for the role as an hardnecked drill sergeant.

I love your reviews. I graduated from Parris Island in August of 1986 War is hell.. You have such a beautiful soul 😊❤️

This was among the most intense movies for its honest portrayal of the horrors of war. It was sobering seeing your reactions and you have among the gentlest souls I've ever seen. I hope it wasn't too much for you. It was a good reaction but I look forward to your happier reviews. : )

@Mr.Goodkat

2 жыл бұрын

Honest portrayal of the horrors of war? she should react to "come and see" it makes full metal jacket look like Dora the explorer.

@coyotefever105

2 жыл бұрын

And the farce of war

As harsh as boot camp seems you've got to remember that the people training you are going to put you in a situation where someone is trying to kill you. You need to be tough. Love the reactions.

@goochdawg

2 жыл бұрын

Back in those days drill sargent could put there hands on you now days they cant.

@realburglazofficial2613

2 жыл бұрын

@@goochdawg I was one of the last intake in the British Army training where the instructors could get hands on. If you made a mistake, you got chewed out. If you were _unsafe,_ you got hit. It was usually “go and put your helmet on” _puts helmet on_ *_WHACK!_*

@goochdawg

2 жыл бұрын

@@realburglazofficial2613 What yrs were those?. Well i should of said "in the USA" when I 1st left my comment cause that's where im at. But yeah boot camp is not supposed to be easy etc..

@realburglazofficial2613

2 жыл бұрын

@@goochdawg early 2003. We were going into the Army _knowing_ that Iraq or Afghanistan (or both) were in our immediate future, so the instructors were not letting us get away with anything lightly

@goochdawg

2 жыл бұрын

@@realburglazofficial2613 I knew ex coworkers and friends I know who went there as well..

What’s crazy that right before this movie, vincent d'onofrio was in the movie Adventures in Babysitting “ where he played an auto mechanic who looked like Thor. He was in pretty good shape for that. He is unrecognizable as Pyle in this movie. FYI, he’s awesome as The Kingpin in the Netflix show Daredevil.

@justinbarnett9476

Жыл бұрын

He is a great actor. I remember watching Adventures as a kid. I read he gained 20 lbs for the role but since he’s a big guy he just looked more intimidating so he had to really pack in the pounds

4:58 You do make a point Ellie. When I went through MCRD in 1999, (assuming its still the same today), all recruits in Receiving Company (Week 1) first needed to pass an Initial Strength Test before being assigned to the platoon they would complete the main 12 weeks of training with. -- Someone like recruit Lawrence "Pyle" would have been sent to what was called a "physical conditioning platoon" until he could perform a *bare minimum* of (today's standards): 3 pull-ups, 44 crunches in 2 minutes, and run 2.4km (1.5 miles) in under 13:30. -- Though would still have a lot of work to do to pass a PFT. Upon fact-checking, it looks like a minimum 45 ammo can lifts have been added to the IST since I got out. The problem recruits we had were the one's that MEPS shouldn't have shipped to training. Some had ADHD, personality disorders, or were just slow moving like they didn't give a shit. The Drill Instructors couldn't beat their ass. And while many might consider that a good thing...a few of the ones with their heads up their ass really could have benefited from that ass-whooping. Because what ended up happening is they went through the motions to complete training, only to be a liability to their chain of commands until they screwed up enough to get less than honorable to dishonorably discharged....effectively screwing up the rest of their civilian life. -- This was 1999 and before 9/11...and I would hope changes have been made. -- Anyway, just 0.02 from a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

@matt_canon

2 жыл бұрын

Oh and 5:58 :) This is kind of what happens in the Marine Corps. There are a lot of videos depicting today's recruit training where the yelling and stress is, well...a lot more than this movie.

@energeez

2 жыл бұрын

yea u might change some, but some will kill themselves/other people when pushed

The only scene actually filmed at the Marine Corp training camp in South Carolina was the one brief hand held camera shot of the graduation ceremony. All other scenes were filmed in England.

@Lethgar_Smith

2 жыл бұрын

@Obama Oppresser Yeah, sorry. South

My dad never served in the military but some of his friends were and they were killed in action in Vietnam during the war, it was hard on him for having lost his friends in the war

The reaction to “happy birthday Jesus”🤣😂I had the same I was like oh wow he’s doing something nice for someone’s birthday but when he said Jesus I started dying “Today is Christmas”🤣

the door gunner was originally cast as the drill sergeant Hartman , Lee Emery is a marine he was brought on to get the details right in the drill sgt. he was so good he convinced the director to cast him as the D.I. and they recast the actor who was to play him as the door gunner

Section 8 is army-talk for crazy.

The Sergeant being so hard on them was for their own good. He has a short time to prepare them for war or they will die or get others killed. Even worse many of these guys didn't have a choice to be there.

@whade62000

2 жыл бұрын

The bullying that's standard in many militaries is NOt for anyone's good It's just what happens when you lump a lot of low iq guys together and give one the task of making them obey. the result is a lot of schoolkid iq level bullying in an attempt to break everyone's will. You also can't say that the singling out of a clumsy guy leading to him being targeted and the death of him and his officer was "for their own good"

@zedwpd

2 жыл бұрын

@@whade62000 aw bless, a straw man. My dad: 20 years military to include Korea and Vietnam. My brother; Air Force. Sister; Army. 8 Cousins; Marines and Navy. Me; 20 year Air Force to include tours in South America and Asia. Your resume? Unless you've been in the training you only know what is portrayed to you. Or as Joker says, "you've only seen it on TV".

@independenceltd.

2 жыл бұрын

@@whade62000 you're such a victim

@mimikurtz2162

2 жыл бұрын

I read a book by an infantry veteran who spent a year as a boot camp instructor between tours in Vietnam. He wrote that although the other instructors thought he was excessively harsh, he felt that he was never allowed to go far enough to adequately prepare the recruits for what they would face. He maintained that under the Nixon administration most fresh grunts were only space fillers and lambs to slaughter while politicians argued in Paris.

@independenceltd.

2 жыл бұрын

@@mimikurtz2162 lol...Nixon lowered the number of draftees every yr he was in office. It escalated to it's highest pt under LBJ. Maybe you should read another book.

You're a really wonderful person and I appreciate you watching this intense experience, but I'm not sure if it's really for you whoever might have recommended it. It does have an important message that war is absolute horror, which it gets across well.

@centuryrox

2 жыл бұрын

I would've recommended "Platoon" over this one.

@mr.t993

2 жыл бұрын

​@Kalda Forn You are right. I think its because most women don't glorify war to begin with. But sadly its a common trend in young men.

@jeffburnham6611

2 жыл бұрын

@@mr.t993 it wasn't so much about "glory". It was about taking undisciplined civilians and molding them into one cohesive unit, and becoming a member of a fighting force that is filled with tradition.

@jacket5456

2 жыл бұрын

@Kalda Forn That's the stupidest fucking thing I've read today. Congrats. I can think of at least 6 professions that women and men work in, that would give them an appreciation for this movie.

@robertjewell9727

2 жыл бұрын

@Kalda Forn Ellie understood it fine

I see tears. Tears everywhere.

My favorite War Movie, which sounds weird to say, is "Casualties of War." Stars Michael J. Fox and is based on a True Story. It's really underrated and really shows why we shouldn't place praise upon people just because they served in the military. They're normal people. You don't know what they did, what they chose to do.

@doomslayer1984

2 жыл бұрын

Do you really think any war doesn't have things like what went down in that film? Contrary to what anyone may say. There is no black vs white good vs evil in any conflict. Not even WW2. Every side is just massive shades of gray.

@jilkorath4882

2 жыл бұрын

@@doomslayer1984 never said no war does? Just specifically this film is based on true events and has a great cast. It's also about a topic that rarely any other War movies talk about which is why it's a necessary film. I don't care what situation you are in, doing what they did to that woman is 100% evil. If you think it's grey.... sigh.

Thank you to all of our veterans and active duty military for their service to our country. Thanks to their family and friends as well for the sacrifices they make. Stay safe and wishing you the happiest holidays! Thank you to each and every veteran that has proudly served our country.

@christophmatthews4313

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think they’re all going to be able to see your comment here.

This is slightly exaggerated for the movie but you've seen *(Saving Private Ryan)* soldiers go through far strenuous and stressful things in battle you need to weed out the physically weak & weak minded

@ericsierra-franco7802

2 жыл бұрын

At one time it was this brutal.

The Drill Sargent is The Captain from the movie SE7EN

@jeffburnham6611

2 жыл бұрын

Except he wasn't a Drill Sergeant.....he was the Senior Drill Instructor. The Army has Drill Sergeants, the Marine Corps has Drill Instructors.

@HollywoodMarine0351

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffburnham6611 ☝️Facts! YUT! YUT!🍻

The jelly doughnut scene is actually a very effective lesson, because it teaches private Pyle to think of his platoon before himself, and to remind him that he is part of a team. Think about it. In combat, if one person starts doing their own selfish thing for glory or if they run away, they put the rest of their unit in jeopardy.

"How can a little girl be a sniper?" Well... in the N.V.A., even women and children were abble to fight.

@bluebird3281

2 жыл бұрын

Compelled to

@sci-fihorizons2867

2 жыл бұрын

"able"

@haroldsullivan2036

2 жыл бұрын

When US bombs and chemical attacks kill your family it doesn’t take much more motivation to get a young person to pick up a gun and throw their life away.

@independenceltd.

2 жыл бұрын

@@haroldsullivan2036 Or when communists compel you at the end of a rifle. Ever heard of Mao or Pol Pot?

@bluebird3281

2 жыл бұрын

@@haroldsullivan2036 When the Viet cong leftist scum operate out of your village they they don't give you a choice and it puts everyone at risk. That is basic guerilla warfare tactics. They want to propaganda factor that that brings. Taliban, al Qaeda, isis do the same thing. Lots of German factory workers and their families lived near the factories that were bombed. Was it wrong to bomb those factories and the surrounding areas ?

My dad graduated from paris island in 1969. Said it wasn't fun and he kept his damn mouth shut.

"Guts is enough" is my favorite scene. glad you included it

That's what military is like. The punishment Pyle received by his brothers is to teach him a harsh but vital lesson. In actual combat your fellow soldiers rely on you as well as you rely on them. If you fuck up you or even worse your whole platoon could end up dead.

Everyone notices Lee Ermey for the breakout performance as the Drill Instructor, but I can't help but also commend Vincent D'Onofrio who did an amazing job making "Pyle" seem a realistic simpleton. This movie also ruined fire watch for me. Not that pulling fire watch was enjoyable anyway. But having seen the movie before training, you couldn't help but have thoughts you'd run into some nutcase.

@vgpianoguy

2 жыл бұрын

I remember doing fire watch and came across two guys in the shower having sex, supposedly they were straight and were only doing it to get discharged. But unlike you I didn't watch this movie until after boot camp and I'm thankful for that lol

@vgpianoguy

2 жыл бұрын

@Obama Oppresser back in 2005

Poor Ellie. ^_^ That's how boot camp is. It's brutal for a reason. To weed out the weak and to make those who last stronger. Sadly not everyone can handle it and things do happen.

@mahliz

2 жыл бұрын

"stop yelling at him all the time you are stressing him out" and in my head I go. Yeah at combat with bullets flying is going to be more chill. With that said, I am rather confident I wouldn't last this training program.

@jacket5456

2 жыл бұрын

That's why Mandatory Drafts are so dangerous, it's ridiculous to draft as indiscriminately as they did back then.

@jeffburnham6611

2 жыл бұрын

@@mahliz lol, neither would Ellie...she'd be having a breakdown before she even got off the bus and stepped onto the yellow footprints.

19:56 - Fun Fact: This actor playing the helicopter gunner was originally supposed to play Sgt. Hartman before Stanley Kubrick changed his mind and cast R. Lee Ermey instead. Another Fun Fact: The voice on the other end of the radio Cowboy uses to call for support following the sniper attack is Kubrick himself.

@reedrothchild7966

2 жыл бұрын

Love this info 👍 Kubrick made the all time best call by casting R. Lee Ermey . I think he deserved an Oscar . I defy anyone to name a more quotable & iconic character

@cashscience

2 жыл бұрын

@@reedrothchild7966 Well Ermey was a Marine Drill Instructor on Recruit Depot San Diego (65 - 67). You can't use an actor to recreate the reality of such a job in the Corps.

That DI who given Pyle a hard time is R. Lee Ermey. I believe R. Lee Ermey actually served in Vietnam. Kubrick hired R. Lee Ermey as a consultant showing an actor how to portray a DI, but he was hired to portray job that R. Lee Ermey actually was DI....I think. Marine Corps bestowed a Honor to Ermey as Gunny Ermey.

This is director Stanley Kubrick's take on the Jungian philosophy, the two sides of man, good and evil, peaceful and violent. Notice at the end as Joker shoots the sniper his peace symbol disappears from view because he's given in to the angry, violent side. He's lost his human compassion and become an instrument of death.

@gideondavid30

2 жыл бұрын

I think it was compassionate he put her out of her misery. I'm not so sure he lost his humanity he still has both impulses.

@BenWillyums

2 жыл бұрын

@@gideondavid30 good point. but maybe to actually do the dirty deed he needed to call upon that darker side for a moment

@Ocrilat

2 жыл бұрын

@@BenWillyums I don't think so. It took courage to stand up to Animal Mother, and compassion and humanity to put her out of her misery, especially after she killed his best friend. I think that was the point. Pyle gave in to the insanity of the military and lost his mind (and life) because of it. Joker refused to just go along and did the right thing...and survived. Two unmilitary people made different choices, and met different ends.

@gideondavid30

2 жыл бұрын

@@BenWillyums I don't think all violence is the same. A serial killer who rapes and kills a child for fun isn't the same as a soldier shooting a child strapped with bombs walking towards him. One is pure evil the other is survival. And even then, many soldiers will need therapy for that.

@BenWillyums

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ocrilat maybe. But the overall theme of the film is 'duality of man' good and evil, that was the main point I wanted to make and it's not just this one scene that illustrates it, far from. Too many people watch this film and miss that theme

This one should be interesting for Ellie. I see tears and lots of swearing on the way lol

I love the scene with the Jelly Doughnut 🍩 the most, "They are paying for it, YOU eat it..."

The part about "doing the job the Vietnamese boys should do themselves" is about the Vietnam War itself. Basically, Vietnam was split into two governments, North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was Communist and allied with the USSR (and also Communist China, kinda....) while South Vietnam was capitalist and allied with the West, at first France and then the US. The capital of North Vietnam was Hanoi and South Vietnam was Saigon. So the war was ostensibly a war between the NVA (Northern Vietnamese Army) and the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the army of South Vietnam), but it was also a proxy war between Communism and Capitalism. The ARVN were the "Vietnamese boys" who "should be doing this job themselves". There was also a guerrilla insurgent army in South Vietnam usually known as the Viet Cong, AKA "Charlie" (Viet Cong=VC=Victor Charlie). The Viet Cong were people in South Vietnam who wanted a communist government in the South and a unified Vietnam. The Tet Offensive (which is what the second half of the movie is about) was a massive Viet Cong operation that took place on the Lunar New Year in 1968. The Tet Offensive actually wiped out a lot of the Viet Cong itself but it also massively demoralized the Americans. After 1968, among other things, the US started a policy of "Vietnamization", which was a gradual pull-out of American troop presence, completed in 1973. The war officially ended in 1975 with the Fall of Saigon, and all of Vietnam was united under the Northern Vietnamese government. The capital of Vietnam is now Hanoi and Saigon has been officially renamed to Ho Chi Minh City (although most normal people still call it Saigon in everyday life).

@eq1373

9 ай бұрын

The war ended in 1973. It restarted in 1975 when the North invaded the South AGAIN after the Americans left.

Now you can say you've seen a blanket party... and, yes, they really happened.

Hey Ellie, watch this funny quote for the next batch of recruits “Anybody know who Private Pyle is?” “SIR HE SHOT SGT HARTMAN SIR!” “How far did he shot him?” “SIR FROM WHAT I HEARD HE SHOT HIM WHILE HE WAS TAKING A SHIT SIR!”

Jokers journey into hell: (20:38) Joker "How can you shoot women? Children?" (28:07) Joker "I wanted to be the first kid on my block who gets a confirmed kill." (39:18) female sniper, to joker "shoot... me", seconds before joker gets his kill

The scene, "This is my rifle this is my gun..." Was a much needed bit of training. What prompted it was too many soldiers were calling for "gun support" instead of "rifle support". When they called in gun support they were inadvertently calling for artillery support, the giant weapons that drop giant shells on the position you gave them. Rifle support is when you get more boots on the ground, more soldiers bringing their rifles to help. Gun support just blew up everything in the area, including the people who mistakenly called for gun support instead of rifle support. To make sure that the new soldiers understood the difference, they used training like this scene to help them remember which support they needed to call for when they are under fire.

You can't train people to be hard, ruthless killers if you treat them nicely. Sending them into war with any lesser conditioning would be a disservice to them.

@The_Moe_Szyslak_Exp_feat_Homer

2 жыл бұрын

Kill the soul to save the body, am I right?

Vincent D’Nofrio gained 60 pounds to play Private Pyle, far surpassing Robert De Niro’s 40 pounds to play Jake Lamotta in raging bull.

This movie takes place in 1967 during the ill conceived Project 100,000 (also McNamara's 100,000), also known as *McNamara's Folly, McNamara's Morons and McNamara's Misfits,* was a controversial 1960s program by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to recruit soldiers who would previously have been below military mental or medical standards. (Pvt Pyle was both physically and mentally *Unfit* for service) Project 100,000 was initiated by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara in October 1966 to meet the escalating manpower requirements of the American government's involvement in the Vietnam War. Inductees of the project died at higher rates than other Americans serving in Vietnam. The project was ended in December 1971

Training is 100% accurate. 1966 I did it. It is harsh because combat is harsh and unforgiving. There is her no margin for weakness or mistakes, those cost lives

I love Ellie's Vampire accent

@rygar218

2 жыл бұрын

Where is she from Romania? I haven't really looked. I knew she has a few guests from time to time.

@leojones22

2 жыл бұрын

@@rygar218 Shes from Bulgaria.

@rygar218

2 жыл бұрын

@@leojones22 Oh cool thats awesome ty.

@leojones22

2 жыл бұрын

@@rygar218 dont mention it. :)

"LET ME SEE YOUR WAR FACE!!"

@darthken815

2 жыл бұрын

AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

@ihavetubes

2 жыл бұрын

@@darthken815 Bull shit, you don't scare me!

@darthken815

2 жыл бұрын

@ihavetubes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

@coyotefever105

2 жыл бұрын

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

The shouting and physical punishments are to break a person down _mentally_ as well as physically so they can build you back up into a soldier. They punish you for trivial petty reasons like ‘creased uniform’ so your attention to detail is second to none. Because, in combat, that attention to detail will be the difference between stepping on a landmine that will kill you and your squad, and noticing the mound of disturbed earth where the landmine is. You are taught to follow orders without question, because if you _don’t_ follow orders, you make mistakes. In combat, mistakes get you and your squad killed. If you can’t handle the shouting, you certainly cannot handle the noise of combat, and you have no place in a combat unit.

I served in the US Army Infantry I know from serving in Iraq that when we killed civilians it would create more insurgents and more IEDs. We had pretty stricked rules of engagement so when it happened it was usually mistaken identity or mistaken intention

They tear you down to make you into a Marine

Ellie, you are such a sweet and beautiful soul! War is hell so bootcamp has to be tough. Thank you for being such a sweet and caring woman!

3:50 That's the real Marine Corps creed. I had a friend of mine who enlisted in the Marines. He had the whole creed tattooed on his arm.

Scary thing is nothing overdone in movie - and not just US Army in Vietnam era. The little girl sniper is also not unusual, especially in civil and guerrilla wars where child soldiers are common. Most terrifying is that they are often fearless because they lack an adults sense of death.

39:52 because everybody was trying to defend their country.

Great movie, love it

War is stress, these guys were getting trained to be soldiers to join a war not to compete at a crossfit event so their drill sergeant was actually doing great. No enemy will pity you and say lets leave this one alive. This is the best way to "train" soldiers, like it or not this is the reality specially back in those days...

The Marines is one of the most strenuous, hardest disciplined fighting forces on this globe. They are the first to land and see combat of all the American military branches of service. Back in those days Vietnam and previous drill sergeants could and would kick your ass. It is not a place for empathy and second chances. It breaks down the individual to make a battle hardened fighting machine that follows commands from a leadership structure. That is why the Marines let alone a soldiers life is not for everyone.

You are such a sweet, kind person, I knew this film would traumatize you.

One of the best movies ever lol

@caifothiazz

2 жыл бұрын

like all stuff by Kubrick

@55giantsfan22

2 жыл бұрын

@@caifothiazz right

Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a female Soviet sniper who killed 309 enemy during WWII

This was such a ground breaking movie when it came out. Other movies have done a better job of touching on single aspects, but this one touches on MULTIPLE aspects in almost every scene. The "romanticized view of adventure" of young recruits vs the brutality of war. The sense of "immortal" view of youth vs the death of youth in war. The sense of "innocence" of youth vs the "ugly reality/insanity" of war and stress. Wanting to tell the "truth of war" vs what "can not or should not be reported" for morale. Friendships built in boot camp vs devastation of "self" when those friends die in combat. Organized "urban war on recognized battlefields" vs "gorilla warfare". Long stretches of boredom and waiting for something to happen vs intense moments of fear. Psychological issues of confusion, acceptance, mental breakdowns, fear, hate, anger. Politics vs reality. Overconfidence vs uncertainty. Pride vs shame. And several other aspects that are normally ignored by "war movies" or come across as "hitting you over the head with a message". And it is summed up in the closing scene that so many people don't quite fully understand. They aren't singing because they are "happy" about the sniper being killed. They are singing because they are mostly 18-21 year old young men with nothing to do at the moment but yet another "long hike" from one location to the next. So, because EVERYONE is feeling tired, mentally worn down, wanting to go back home, just get through the day in general.... they start to sing a song that they all learned in childhood of "a better time" to take their minds off the fact that they are all of the above, on another long walk, having to go through it all over again the next day. And in that moment of "unity", they are able to adapt to their situation and get through it because they know that the soldier next to them is in the same situation, singing the same song, sharing the same memories of an old "childhood TV show". It places their bodies in one spot (the war) and their minds in another (free of any concern)... allowing them to "get through" a situation that would normally destroy their mental state for decades if not for life.

A great Reaction Ellie! It was really heartwarming.

I remember wet towels without soap...they hurt as well. I watched FMJ with my partner, I laughed at some stuff at the beginning and she looked at me petrified.

I can sympathize with the Leonard "Private Pyle" character, because due to circumstances beyond my control before and after my birth, I was sort of slow like him

“They’re fucking assholes”… let me just shed some light on the situation. That’s what we call a blanket party. If you fuck up bad enough that your squad gets punished multiple times… because of you, you’re gonna on the receiving end of it. Had a guy during recruit training that fucked is one-too-many times cause he didn’t know how to make his rack… we didn’t do it because we hated the guy, but after that he stopped screwing up🤣