"Did your parents have any children that lived?" "Sir, yes, sir." "I bet they regret that. You're so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece!" Fun Fact: The movie was #2 on Gene Siskel's list of the Best Films of 1987. Hot Take Fact: The bathroom mop scene between Joker (Matthew Modine) and Cowboy (Arliss Howard) took 62 takes to complete. Director Stanley Kubrick's trademark perfectionist multiple takes. Insane Commitment Fact: According to an interview with Vincent D'Onofrio, the production schedule for the film was so drawn-out that lead actor Matthew Modine got married, conceived a child with his wife, the child was born, and then turned 1 year old ...all during the course of filming. Method Director Fact: To make Gunnery Sgt. Hartmann's performance and the recruits' reactions as convincingly as possible, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, and the other actors playing recruits never met R. Lee Ermey prior to filming. Stanley Kubrick also saw to it that Ermey didn't fraternize with the actors between takes. What Script Fact: Director Stanley Kubrick had nothing but praise for R. Lee Ermey's skills as a performer. Kubrick originally was going to write dialogue for Ermey's character himself, but he became so impressed with what Ermey improvised, he decided it was not necessary. He simply let him ad-lib, an act practically unheard of for a Stanley Kubrick film.
You can always tell when a veteran watches this film, because every veteran flips out at one particular scene: the unlocked foot locker with the stolen contraband inside
R Lee Ermey was a real marine drill instructor. From the movie facts that I have read, they had about 150 *pages* of insults and material that R Lee Ermey had come up with. He could spit stuff on-the-fly so easily that it was impressive. He was originally just going to be a consult for the movie to help give another actor lines, but he was so good that they gave Ermey the part, instead.
Private Ferguson was overweight and had a speech impediment but one day the Marine DIs found packets of peanut butter in his footlocker. We paid for it…while he ate it.
We don't call Marines soldiers in the US...Marines are a different branch of the military. They are separate from each other. Training in the Marines is a lot more intense.
USMC Master Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee "Gunny" Ermey is Drill Instructor in this, & irl, & was a 'Nam Vet' as a Marine Infantry "Grunt" before he was D.I. RIP "Err" Gunny
During the war in Vietnam many soldiers were drafted. They did not want volunteer for military service. I figure someone like Pvt. Pyle never considered that being in the military was in his future. I feel bad for the character. My father and 2 of his brothers volunteered for service during the War. My father and one of his brothers with the Marines, the third one with the army. One of his brothers (the youngest) was drafted. The three who volunteered all survived. The one who was drafted was Killed in action (KIA). Of course there were many, many Americans against the war in Vietnam. It was a very unpopular war. Currently I think overall support for Ukraine is much higher. And if we were to send soldiers to help, I don't think the anti-war protests would be close to the size of the anti war movement seen during the Vietnam War. Most of us see the war in Ukraine as an invasion of a sovereign nation by a dictator who is trying to reestablish control of territory one belonging to the Soviet Union. Vietnam was more of a civil war between the Vietnamese.
You're delusional. Most Americans don't want war, period. Most Americans don't care about Ukraine or can even find it on a map. American troops fighting the Russians in Ukraine is WW3. American's can't/won't tolerate the casualties of such a war.
Cool film. I remember when it was first in theaters. Liking you two guys style a lot. Big shoutout from the mountains of East Tennessee. U.S.A. See you on the next. Bless you. Peace and love. Go with God. Later, y'all.
Lee Ermey was hired as a consultant on the film. When he showed up in uniform, and demonstrated the way a real Marine Instructor behaved, he gave him the part. Ermey wrote most of the lines he used.
It was a period of discovery...Sarge discovered a doughnut in Pvt Pyle's footlooker....Days later,, Pvt Pyle's M-14 discovered Sarge in the men's room....
I have never seen it specifically stated by Kubrick anywhere, but Private Pyle is a clear representation of a real program that the Defense Department ran in the 1960s. It was called "Project 100,000" and it was a test to see whether the mental and physical parameters for serving in the US military could be widened to make the pool of potential service people larger. Between escalation in Vietnam and all the other military commitments of the Cold War in those days, the military was concerned about a shortage of people to serve. So they started testing whether recruits who were normally just a bit below the normal standard for IQ, or emotional stability, or physical fitness could be turned into effective military personnel. The same program probably would have led to Forrest Gump being recruited and serving in Vietnam. One of the nicknames that was used for the program was "McNamara's Morons".
The name Gomer Pyle is from Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.. A Marines theme comedy show that ran from 1964 to 1969. The show itself was a spin off of the Andy Griffith Show.
Pull your head out your rear new guy. You’re right about the ground level. But guess who funds the other side? And then laughs about it at cocktail parties.
Btw, 'full-metal jackets' are the copper- wrapped (jacketed;) lead bullets so they penetrate thr'u' uniforms, etc, so the lead "mushrooms" inside bodies, spinning like rotary saw blades for maximum internal destruction: "Hoorah!" = Marine's cheer! (versus: hooray!;)
I would love to see you do a military reaction video with your father...I was in the US army, more modern army I guess...its pretty soft. I would love to hear your fathers stories. I had family that was in ww1, ww2, and Vietnam, but I was just a kid when they died. I never got to hear their stories, and foreign stories aren't ever told here.
What a good film. Thanks, guys, for choosing to react to this movie. What a great storyline. Great cast with super acting throughout. Liking your style a lot. Thanks for this little reminder from yesterday. I remember when this first hit theaters. Everyone loved this one, guys.. Liked it then. Still here for it today. Big shoutout from the the mountains of East Tennessee. .U.S.A. See ya on the next. Peace. Later, y'all.
You are correct. Sadly, sometimes war is the only option, especially if you are fighting for the sovereignty and self-determination of your country, ss the Ukrainians are now doing. Freedom is preferable to an unjust peace. Thanks guys. I always appreciate your reactions.
Huh, I've already managed to forget you, but you reminded me of yourself in one of the videos with a selection of reactions. Interestingly, the mention of Mr. Dickinson is like Voldemort to you now?
Of all the reactions I've seen to this film, your take at the end was the absolute best. This film is anti-war, but it's also anti-military. I was in the Marine Corps when this came out and while R. Lee Ermey played a great Drill Instructor (he was an actual Marine Drill Instructor) the entire second half of the film was dedicated to making Marines look stupid. The tactics were abysmal; extremely unrealistic. Almost as though they had no training whatsoever. And that's not how it was. The manner of speaking, the euphemisms, overuse of Vietnamese mixed into English - all a joke. A colonel saluting a corporal; JFC, I wonder who advised the director. Clearly no one with any actual Marine Corps experience. Overall, Kubrick seemingly displayed his - and you called it right - America-hating bias in this film. R. Lee carried it, and without him, this would've been a bottom-tier film.
Is the movie anti American? I think it is more anti war in general. It shows some of the worst qualities of people in war. It shows what reality was for the soldiers in that war specifically. The opinion of the people back home was very negative towards soldiers and the war in general...and the soldiers were very aware of that. Also there were many enemy Vietnamese (Viet Cong) living in the southern part of Vietnam, fighting against the South Vietnamese and American soldiers. It was difficult for an American soldier to be in a war where they lacked support from home and where some of the people they thought they were fighting for could commit acts of sabotage against them. It made it difficult to tell who was a friend and who was an enemy. Living in constant fear and not knowing who to trust led some soldiers to become remorseless killers, unaffected by the violence they were forced to confront everyday.
Vietnam was a war in which it was hard to tell who actually was the enemy. The rules of war change so much that the mental warfare became a big problem. Besides all the rest of the bad things having to do with war and previous wars, Vietnam is full of stories that people do not want to believe are true, but they are! War will unfortunately bring out the worst in anyone when it's life or death!
15 dollars was never like.. 200 dollars.. it was never like 100 dollars, or 50 dollars.. or 20 dollars.. it was just like 15 dollars.. about what youd pay for a mexican dinner for yourself.. smh
@longfootbuddy ...don't be a willful idiot, try to learn something...depending on when during the conflict, minimum wage was between one to two dollars an hour, I would say do the math, but you probably failed that too ..that means 15 dollars was one to two days pay in 1970..maybe that is all you earn, but not the rest of us, not understanding this concept shows how low of a functioning human you are...don't stay stupid, exorcise that brain...
This guy does not know the meaning of concision. Make a quick point and move on. Instead, he fumbles his way through a speech until he figures out what he's trying to say. And it's not much to speak of to begin with. Literally. Meanwhile, she's mastered the "cool speech, bro" facial expression.
Yes he was a real Drill instructor named R. Lee Ermey sadly passed 2018
As a U.S. Marine Veteran…I can positively say that the most accurate portrayal of real life…in movies…is the first part of this movie.
"Did your parents have any children that lived?"
"Sir, yes, sir."
"I bet they regret that. You're so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece!"
Fun Fact: The movie was #2 on Gene Siskel's list of the Best Films of 1987.
Hot Take Fact: The bathroom mop scene between Joker (Matthew Modine) and Cowboy (Arliss Howard) took 62 takes to complete. Director Stanley Kubrick's trademark perfectionist multiple takes.
Insane Commitment Fact: According to an interview with Vincent D'Onofrio, the production schedule for the film was so drawn-out that lead actor Matthew Modine got married, conceived a child with his wife, the child was born, and then turned 1 year old ...all during the course of filming.
Method Director Fact: To make Gunnery Sgt. Hartmann's performance and the recruits' reactions as convincingly as possible, Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, and the other actors playing recruits never met R. Lee Ermey prior to filming. Stanley Kubrick also saw to it that Ermey didn't fraternize with the actors between takes.
What Script Fact: Director Stanley Kubrick had nothing but praise for R. Lee Ermey's skills as a performer. Kubrick originally was going to write dialogue for Ermey's character himself, but he became so impressed with what Ermey improvised, he decided it was not necessary. He simply let him ad-lib, an act practically unheard of for a Stanley Kubrick film.
You can always tell when a veteran watches this film, because every veteran flips out at one particular scene: the unlocked foot locker with the stolen contraband inside
I really liked your take of the movie. It was very anti-war .
R Lee Ermey was a real marine drill instructor. From the movie facts that I have read, they had about 150 *pages* of insults and material that R Lee Ermey had come up with. He could spit stuff on-the-fly so easily that it was impressive. He was originally just going to be a consult for the movie to help give another actor lines, but he was so good that they gave Ermey the part, instead.
Private Ferguson was overweight and had a speech impediment but one day the Marine DIs found packets of peanut butter in his footlocker. We paid for it…while he ate it.
The same director of the movie The Shining (1980).
We don't call Marines soldiers in the US...Marines are a different branch of the military. They are separate from each other. Training in the Marines is a lot more intense.
Platoon is a great war movie.
Very inciteful, on point review...I always enjoy your reactions. Keep on keepin' on.
USMC Master Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee "Gunny" Ermey is Drill Instructor in this, & irl, & was a 'Nam Vet' as a Marine Infantry "Grunt" before he was D.I. RIP "Err" Gunny
He came up with all of his lines himself, and that's why he was cast in the movie as what he was in real life.
1997??? Dude the movie is decades older than that.
The sergeant was a real drill instructor.
NiCE w0rk!
He was a real drill seargent in the marines
In the Marine Corp they are called drill instructors
Did yall know the drill Sargent in this movie was a real drill Sargent that's how he's so good for this movie.
Drill Instructor. Drill sergeants are in the Army.
Lee Ermey was a Drill Sgt 1965-67. He also served *edit-one tour(14 months) in VietNam.
Drill Instructor (Marines)
Drill Sgt (Army)
Hazardous to one's health to refer to a Marine D.I. as a Drill Sgt.
Semper-Fi
During the war in Vietnam many soldiers were drafted. They did not want volunteer for military service.
I figure someone like Pvt. Pyle never considered that being in the military was in his future. I feel bad for the character.
My father and 2 of his brothers volunteered for service during the War. My father and one of his brothers with the Marines, the third one with the army. One of his brothers (the youngest) was drafted. The three who volunteered all survived. The one who was drafted was Killed in action (KIA).
Of course there were many, many Americans against the war in Vietnam. It was a very unpopular war. Currently I think overall support for Ukraine is much higher. And if we were to send soldiers to help, I don't think the anti-war protests would be close to the size of the anti war movement seen during the Vietnam War.
Most of us see the war in Ukraine as an invasion of a sovereign nation by a dictator who is trying to reestablish control of territory one belonging to the Soviet Union. Vietnam was more of a civil war between the Vietnamese.
You're delusional. Most Americans don't want war, period. Most Americans don't care about Ukraine or can even find it on a map. American troops fighting the Russians in Ukraine is WW3. American's can't/won't tolerate the casualties of such a war.
Cool film. I remember when it was first in theaters. Liking you two guys style a lot. Big shoutout from the mountains of East Tennessee. U.S.A. See you on the next. Bless you. Peace and love. Go with God. Later, y'all.
Kubrick has said it's not anti-war. He wasn't political like that. He was more interested in the psychology of the transformation from kid to killer.
I graduated from Paris Island in 1986 and drill instructors never run out of material. Marine Corps boot camp is known for being the toughest.
Lee Ermey was hired as a consultant on the film. When he showed up in uniform, and demonstrated the way a real Marine Instructor behaved, he gave him the part.
Ermey wrote most of the lines he used.
It was a period of discovery...Sarge discovered a doughnut in Pvt Pyle's footlooker....Days later,, Pvt Pyle's M-14 discovered Sarge in the men's room....
This is THE MARINES NOT THE ARMY!!!!
RIP R Lee Ermey. 😢
I have never seen it specifically stated by Kubrick anywhere, but Private Pyle is a clear representation of a real program that the Defense Department ran in the 1960s. It was called "Project 100,000" and it was a test to see whether the mental and physical parameters for serving in the US military could be widened to make the pool of potential service people larger. Between escalation in Vietnam and all the other military commitments of the Cold War in those days, the military was concerned about a shortage of people to serve. So they started testing whether recruits who were normally just a bit below the normal standard for IQ, or emotional stability, or physical fitness could be turned into effective military personnel. The same program probably would have led to Forrest Gump being recruited and serving in Vietnam.
One of the nicknames that was used for the program was "McNamara's Morons".
The name Gomer Pyle is from Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.. A Marines theme comedy show that ran from 1964 to 1969. The show itself was a spin off of the Andy Griffith Show.
you picked a good one.
Pull your head out your rear new guy. You’re right about the ground level. But guess who funds the other side? And then laughs about it at cocktail parties.
Btw, 'full-metal jackets' are the copper- wrapped (jacketed;) lead bullets so they penetrate thr'u' uniforms, etc, so the lead "mushrooms" inside bodies, spinning like rotary saw blades for maximum internal destruction: "Hoorah!" = Marine's cheer! (versus: hooray!;)
Well, thats just not correct.
@NoneYaBidness762 Your whiney opinion's NoneMyBidnezz: 🥱🫵
@@maggedo-x1s maybe try doing some research before posting stupid shit? Then you don’t have to worry about people “whining” so much. 🤡
I would love to see you do a military reaction video with your father...I was in the US army, more modern army I guess...its pretty soft. I would love to hear your fathers stories. I had family that was in ww1, ww2, and Vietnam, but I was just a kid when they died. I never got to hear their stories, and foreign stories aren't ever told here.
What a good film. Thanks, guys, for choosing to react to this movie. What a great storyline. Great cast with super acting throughout. Liking your style a lot. Thanks for this little reminder from yesterday. I remember when this first hit theaters. Everyone loved this one, guys.. Liked it then. Still here for it today. Big shoutout from the the mountains of East Tennessee. .U.S.A. See ya on the next. Peace. Later, y'all.
You are correct. Sadly, sometimes war is the only option, especially if you are fighting for the sovereignty and self-determination of your country, ss the Ukrainians are now doing. Freedom is preferable to an unjust peace.
Thanks guys. I always appreciate your reactions.
Ah, the memories from Boot Camp... Semper Fi Marines
There are Americans fighting in Ukraine, unofficially of course.
Great reaction.
It was like this in 1979 I dont know about now
Huh, I've already managed to forget you, but you reminded me of yourself in one of the videos with a selection of reactions. Interestingly, the mention of Mr. Dickinson is like Voldemort to you now?
Of all the reactions I've seen to this film, your take at the end was the absolute best. This film is anti-war, but it's also anti-military. I was in the Marine Corps when this came out and while R. Lee Ermey played a great Drill Instructor (he was an actual Marine Drill Instructor) the entire second half of the film was dedicated to making Marines look stupid. The tactics were abysmal; extremely unrealistic. Almost as though they had no training whatsoever. And that's not how it was. The manner of speaking, the euphemisms, overuse of Vietnamese mixed into English - all a joke. A colonel saluting a corporal; JFC, I wonder who advised the director. Clearly no one with any actual Marine Corps experience. Overall, Kubrick seemingly displayed his - and you called it right - America-hating bias in this film. R. Lee carried it, and without him, this would've been a bottom-tier film.
Refreshing to see a Pro-War reaction to this film.
what lol
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Bunny trap
Is the movie anti American? I think it is more anti war in general. It shows some of the worst qualities of people in war. It shows what reality was for the soldiers in that war specifically. The opinion of the people back home was very negative towards soldiers and the war in general...and the soldiers were very aware of that. Also there were many enemy Vietnamese (Viet Cong) living in the southern part of Vietnam, fighting against the South Vietnamese and American soldiers.
It was difficult for an American soldier to be in a war where they lacked support from home and where some of the people they thought they were fighting for could commit acts of sabotage against them. It made it difficult to tell who was a friend and who was an enemy. Living in constant fear and not knowing who to trust led some soldiers to become remorseless killers, unaffected by the violence they were forced to confront everyday.
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Vietnam was a war in which it was hard to tell who actually was the enemy. The rules of war change so much that the mental warfare became a big problem. Besides all the rest of the bad things having to do with war and previous wars, Vietnam is full of stories that people do not want to believe are true, but they are! War will unfortunately bring out the worst in anyone when it's life or death!
SEMPER FIDELIS, The Few The Proud................'nuff said.
You cut so much out go away .
So the character gets slapped on the face and this guy is chuckling ? I don’t get it. Some sort of idiot or something?
What are you crying about, Karen? 🤡
15 dollars was never like.. 200 dollars.. it was never like 100 dollars, or 50 dollars.. or 20 dollars.. it was just like 15 dollars.. about what youd pay for a mexican dinner for yourself.. smh
15 dollars now is equivalent to about 120 dollars in 1970...smh..🤦
@@lizardkingof1968 only hipsters believe that
@longfootbuddy ...faileld economics, did we? Wafi...🤦
@@lizardkingof1968 what strange lords command you that 15 bucks is 120 bucks? cleanse yourself of these demons
@longfootbuddy ...don't be a willful idiot, try to learn something...depending on when during the conflict, minimum wage was between one to two dollars an hour, I would say do the math, but you probably failed that too ..that means 15 dollars was one to two days pay in 1970..maybe that is all you earn, but not the rest of us, not understanding this concept shows how low of a functioning human you are...don't stay stupid, exorcise that brain...
This guy does not know the meaning of concision. Make a quick point and move on. Instead, he fumbles his way through a speech until he figures out what he's trying to say. And it's not much to speak of to begin with. Literally. Meanwhile, she's mastered the "cool speech, bro" facial expression.
Nobody forced you to watch their video bro 😭
You must be slow if you don't understand his points
@@kumiwanakilya00 You must be slow if you don't understand mine.
@@oliski7019 Nobody forced you to read my comment, bro 😭
It takes years to get any good at English as a non-native speaker.