Christopher Walken at his best
Added 11/15/2009
Although not the intended star of this movie, Christopher Walken gives what I think is his best performance in this film. He plays a disturbed drill sergeant. Well worth viewing.
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WWII bullies in basic
Added 8/25/2009
Movies about Army or Marine basic training always
talk about how hard it is.
Young men with no military training are put together
with a sergeant who has the task of making them able
march, obey orders and fire a weapon.
For some people obeying orders is not a task they want.
In this movie there are three sorts of bullies:
1) big private next to you
2) the sergeant
3) the Jewish intellectual
The problem of homosexuality in the services during
WWII as being a crime is also touched on.
From my own experience in the Army the picture didn't seen too
realistic. I like some of the humor, but that wasn't
enough to revive the result for me.
The crazy sergeant with the metal plate in his head
just didn't ring true.
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Not my fvorite movie
Added 6/21/2009
Biloxi Blues had its good points, had some great funny parts, but it is not a movie I would watch over and over again. Just doesn't have the appeal to me. Should you see it, by all means, watch all the movies you can, you might like it more then I did.
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As expected
Added 5/25/2009
Great fast service - the dvd was sent and arrived within days of my order - will use again
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Nostalgic Movie.
Added 3/19/2009
This moves seems to be a very nostalgic piece for Neil Simon. It's about the characters, not so much the environment they find themselves in. It offers good character study, and by the end, someone's almost saying in a whisper "Ahhh, the good old days." Though, at the time, they didn't seem so grand.
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Christopher Walken at his best
Added 11/15/2009
Although not the intended star of this movie, Christopher Walken gives what I think is his best performance in this film. He plays a disturbed drill sergeant. Well worth viewing.
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WWII bullies in basic
Added 8/25/2009
Movies about Army or Marine basic training always
talk about how hard it is.
Young men with no military training are put together
with a sergeant who has the task of making them able
march, obey orders and fire a weapon.
For some people obeying orders is not a task they want.
In this movie there are three sorts of bullies:
1) big private next to you
2) the sergeant
3) the Jewish intellectual
The problem of homosexuality in the services during
WWII as being a crime is also touched on.
From my own experience in the Army the picture didn't seen too
realistic. I like some of the humor, but that wasn't
enough to revive the result for me.
The crazy sergeant with the metal plate in his head
just didn't ring true.
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Not my fvorite movie
Added 6/21/2009
Biloxi Blues had its good points, had some great funny parts, but it is not a movie I would watch over and over again. Just doesn't have the appeal to me. Should you see it, by all means, watch all the movies you can, you might like it more then I did.
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