That Berenger pic that Debby posted in the baseball movie thread reminded me of one of my favorite genre of moves, Vietnam war flicks.
Between the two, would you go with Kubrick's epic 'Full Metal Jacket' or Stone's classic, 'Platoon'?
Full Metal Jacket vs Platoon
Poll closed Jul 8, 2009.
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Full Metal Jacket
16 vote(s)66.7% -
Platoon
8 vote(s)33.3%
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Real tough call here.
Platoon has 3 of my all time favorite actors, but have to go with:
"Private Pyle, what the **** are you doing in my latrine. What is your MAJOR malfunction numb-nuts"
Also love Lee Ermey in the Roll-Call series he did. Took me a few to figure out where I had seen him before -
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bigger surprise. -
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kubrick is kubrick................. yes he is indeed a slow storyteller. Some good quality movies though thats for sure. -
With Stone I watch his movies and just can't help but think he was the least cool or interesting person of his era, and now that no one knows different he pretends like he's so deep, so hip. Like Natural Born Killers. Turned an amazing script into a travesty of a film. -
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I really love the first hour of 'Full Metal Jacket'. The whole boot camp scene is phenomenal.
I prefer Platoon as a more realistic approach to life as a grunt in the field. We had to watch that for Sociology class in high school and do a report. I went to the V.A. and questioned several Vietnam Vets that had seen the movie, and they all said it was very accurate. Specifically the way people got treated, and treated each other. A couple guys said they couldn't watch the whole thing, it was like they were back in the jungle all over again.SICK likes this. -
Doood, you really need to take off the paranoid colored glasses. They are not very becoming on you -
Funny, I don't remember either of us bringing that into the conversation. -
"Five-foot-nine, I didn't know they stacked **** that high!"
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It's true fmj is probably more quotable, but as for a great movie watching experience I have to give the nod to Platoon.
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M I C K E Y M O U S E!!!!!!
Nod to FMJ
But loved them both -
fmj, I've watched both recently and fmj just stands the test of time better.
"Choke yourself!!!"
"A jelly donut SIR!"