Love it, one of my top 10 films of all time. 1st part carries some of the best dialogue i've seen in a film, let alone a war film (up there with Pulp Fiction). The sniper scene in the 2nd part is electric. Modine is immense.
Films covering the Viet Nam war really do it for me (having been there last year and had a good look around the war museum, in addition to speaking to some of the mutilated victims of the horrific Agent Orange onslaught) - such an obvious fuck up on the U.S Govts. part which makes any realistic coverage of "on the front line" stuff compelling viewing.
2nd WW stuff is just too depressing and difficult to quantify in film to really make a good watch imo.
Love it, one of my top 10 films of all time. 1st part carries some of the best dialogue i've seen in a film, let alone a war film (up there with Pulp Fiction). The sniper scene in the 2nd part is electric. Modine is immense.
Films covering the Viet Nam war really do it for me (having been there last year and had a good look around the war museum, in addition to speaking to some of the mutilated victims of the horrific Agent Orange onslaught) - such an obvious fuck up on the U.S Govts. part which makes any realistic coverage of "on the front line" stuff compelling viewing.
2nd WW stuff is just too depressing and difficult to quantify in film to really make a good watch imo.
it seems that a good chunk of the good war films around are based on vietnam, world war movies are almsot exclusively boring... actually can't name one i've actually enjoyed, except death watch
He was actually originally bought in to train the actors how to speak like a drill sergeant. Then they realised he kicks massive amounts of ass and just cast him.
I can't quote the source on this, I may have dreamt it.