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This is the best vietnam movie out there. The Bootcamp is the best ever done. Too this day you dont see another bootcamp scene like this.
June 29, 2008After seeing what the new technology can do to the visual quality of another Vietnam film 30+ years old (The Deer Hunter), I was disappointed in how this presentation of FMJ looked in hi-def. It almost looks like the SD (standard def) disc was "dubbed" and simply relabeled "HD"; much of the first half of the film looks over-exposed & washed out, esp. scenes in the barracks. In addition there is NOTHING extra included in the HD disc vs. the disc! No commentaries, no deleted scenes, nothing! As large & diverse as this ensemble cast was, surely Warner Brothers could have found at least ONE of the actors to provide some much-needed insight on how this film was made & the feelings of the cast on-set.
I hope the "deluxe" HD-DVD package brings more to the table than this one...it wouldn't be difficult at all.
June 28, 2008I have always enjoyed this great movie and now that I am starting to use my Blue Ray player more often, I am glad to see a classic like this one on Blue Ray.
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June 4, 2008Having gone through at least SOME of what the movie portrays, I can tell you, that this is the closest I've seen to date on what Marine Corps boot camp was like in the 60s. The DI as played by Ermey is so dead-on it's scary. The only major gaffe was Joker and others calling the DI "you". That would not be allowed. He would have been "the Drill Instructor, Sir" and Joker would have referred to himself as "the Private". Boot camp was so traumatic for just about everyone that everything after that WAS like throwing a switch. There was a disconnect. The sudden jump to VietNam in the movie was perfect, I thought. Joker's desire to get out in the bush and leave the relative comfort of the "rear" was true to the experience too. Being "in country" was surreal on it's own. Teenagers with loaded weapons... far from home and scared... and you would suddenly, in the middle of nowhere, run into guys you had known in boot or another duty station. The only two films I've ever seen that had truly great USMC advisors were this one and "Coming Home". So many subtle nuances and Corps tidbits. I love this movie. It isn't perfect, but it occupies a place in a time that I share... it reminds me of young men who became my best friends and bizarre situations that I can never really explain to anyone who didn't go through them.
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