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[August]

I felt bad for the Gunny in FMJ. BTW I thought R. Lee was a bit old for the part. He was far more natural in "The Boys From Company C".

[Sailor Steve]

I saw Full Metal Jacket once. That was once too many.

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by August

I felt bad for the Gunny in FMJ. BTW I thought R. Lee was a bit old for the part. He was far more natural in "The Boys From Company C".

My understanding is that he had been hired originally as an adviser having actually been a USMC drill instructor.Kubrick would give Emery a situation and Emery would verbalize how this situation would be handled in training while Kubrick recorded him.

The plan was for Kubrick to write lines based on the advice/recordings.After hearing only one recording Kubrick was convinced that Emery was ideal for the role.

[August]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

My understanding is that he had been hired originally as an adviser having actually been a USMC drill instructor.Kubrick would give Emery a situation and Emery would verbalize how this situation would be handled in training while Kubrick recorded him.

The plan was for Kubrick to write lines based on the advice/recordings.After hearing only one recording Kubrick was convinced that Emery was ideal for the role.

He certainly is. If you get the chance to see the movie I mentioned you should. I thought Ermy's portrayal of a DI was even better than in FMJ.

[Red October1984]

I need to get a copy of FMJ. I saw it once on IFC and it was really good IMHO. You can get it on DVD for like 4$ here. Born on the Fourth of July is on my list too. Of course, I will have to see Apocalypse Now also.....

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

I need to get a copy of FMJ. I saw it once on IFC and it was really good IMHO. You can get it on DVD for like 4$ here. Born on the Fourth of July is on my list too. Of course, I will have to see Apocalypse Now also.....

You might as well upgrade to blu ray for the extra three or four dollars per disc you get a substantial improvement in video and sound quality.My laptop has a Bluray drive (it came as a free upgrade) I was stunned how much better the quality is with Bluray even on a non HD LCD.Of course on an HD TV or an HD monitor it just blows your mind.

Of course for me Bluray is not very expensive because my movie library is fairly small.I only own movies that I really like.Of course I will only watch a film I really like once every few years.

"Apocalypse Now" is probably my favorite movie and I only viewed it about 5 times in my life time.Another favorite "Seven Samurai" I have viewed even less. I am actually glad that this thread appeared because it made me realize that I have not watched "Apocalypse Now" in some time and that I do not own a bluray copy so I went an ordered a copy from Amazon.I look forward to getting that package because this one is displayed in the original theater ratio.I did get to see Redux when it came out in 2000 in a German Kino which was nice because they serve beer in German movie theaters.I can say without doubt that it was the best film I have ever seen in a proper movie theater and most likely will never be topped.

They just don't make films like that anymore.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

You might as well upgrade to blu ray for the extra three or four dollars per disc you get a substantial improvement in video and sound quality.My laptop has a Bluray drive (it came as a free upgrade) I was stunned how much better the quality is with Bluray even on a non HD LCD.Of course on an HD TV or an HD monitor it just blows your mind.

I've seen Blu-Ray Movies on one of the most high quality TV's before. They are pretty dang nice. I'll give them that...but I just prefer DVD's. I was thinking just the other day if it would be possible for me to upgrade my laptop's disc drive to a Blu-Ray speed drive. I only have one Blu-Ray movie. I got a Blu-Ray/DVD Combo pack of Robin Hood with Russel Crowe. I got it last summer from my Grandma and I haven't even watched it since.... Blu-Ray would probably be good for me since I'm a big movie person.

I'll think about it.

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

I've seen Blu-Ray Movies on one of the most high quality TV's before. They are pretty dang nice. I'll give them that...but I just prefer DVD's. I was thinking just the other day if it would be possible for me to upgrade my laptop's disc drive to a Blu-Ray speed drive. I only have one Blu-Ray movie. I got a Blu-Ray/DVD Combo pack of Robin Hood with Russel Crowe. I got it last summer from my Grandma and I haven't even watched it since.... Blu-Ray would probably be good for me since I'm a big movie person.

I'll think about it.

Well Bluray also allows for a much higher quality transfer even for a long film to be on one disc vs two DVD discs.

If you really like movies Bluray is the way to go.Of course to get the most benefit you really need an HDTV that can handle 1080p or HD capable monitor and a good sound system.

For an HDTV you also must use HDMI connectors which can be expensive.

What you may not realize with DVD titles is that they lower the quality of the transfer in order to jam all those extra features onto the disc if you buy a DVD try to by a "super bit" DVD they will have the maximum possible quality transfer for a DVD.If you cant find super bit DVDs try to buy titles where it is clear that any extras are on a separate DVD for example titles in the Criterion Collection are sold this way.

If you can get "Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier" DVD that set has a high quality transfer.It is spread out over two discs and there are some extra features but they designed them oso that they fit on the disc without lowering the actual films transfer quality.