UK TV viewers heads up! 100 Greatest War films of all time.

Chock · 07-02-07, 04:19 PM

The problem I have with Full Metal Jacket is that Kubrick insisted on directing the Vietnam location scenes in London of all places on the docklands, thinking that ramming a few Palm trees in the ground would make it look like a convincing version of the Tet Offensive. Offensive it certainly was, but convincing it was not!

I think Hamburger Hill is a much better attempt at that kind of movie and apart from the chopper pilots wearing (bullet magnet) white bonedomes on the helicopter assault, Hamburger Hill is pretty convincing.

Chock

Sailor Steve · 07-02-07, 04:21 PM

Well, I tend to overreact, mainly because I blew chunks when they got to the part in boot camp where the fat kid kills R. Lee Ermey. I had a hard time enjoying any of it after that.

Heibges · 07-02-07, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Well, I tend to overreact, mainly because I blew chunks when they got to the part in boot camp where the fat kid kills R. Lee Ermey. I had a hard time enjoying any of it after that.

It's funny that R. Lee Ermey has the same role in both movies. But Boys was made for TV and PG, and FMJ is definitly rated R.

Ermey has ended up in some great movies not counting FMJ and BiCC.
Mississippi Burning, Seven, The Salton Sea, Toy Story I/II, Leaving Las Vegas, Dead Man Walking

Give me R. Lee Ermey over Dale Dye any old day of the week!

07-02-07, 04:19 PM	#1
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The problem I have with Full Metal Jacket is that Kubrick insisted on directing the Vietnam location scenes in London of all places on the docklands, thinking that ramming a few Palm trees in the ground would make it look like a convincing version of the Tet Offensive. Offensive it certainly was, but convincing it was not! I think Hamburger Hill is a much better attempt at that kind of movie and apart from the chopper pilots wearing (bullet magnet) white bonedomes on the helicopter assault, Hamburger Hill is pretty convincing. Chock __________________

07-02-07, 04:21 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Well, I tend to overreact, mainly because I blew chunks when they got to the part in boot camp where the fat kid kills R. Lee Ermey. I had a hard time enjoying any of it after that. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo