You absolutely hit the nail on the head with that one. Can't unsee that now.

Animal mother makes me think what would have been of Pvt. Pyle in the battlefield

hehehehehe

I'd do the Patreon thing if I could. but I'm disabled (I had that 'Flesh-Eating Disease' in my spine) and my gosh, I am so incredibly broke as SSDI is nothing (especially since I have to pay for my own Medicare, which is expensive). You should do 'The Neon Demon'. I cannot find anybody who has a reaction to the entire movie (there are reactions only to the trailer). It's a Nicholas Winding Refn film, and the cinematography is by Natasha Brayer and it frggin' amazing. The movie is, to me, a work of genius - and very, very disturbing.

As good as the movie is the book is even better. The second half of the movie is an amalgam of the last 2/3rds of the book. Probably why you thought the first half was put together better. The ending in the book is chilling.

same here!

My old man said this is the most realistic depictions of boot camp he's ever seen on film

Yeah I joined in 83 USMC and my other buddies went into the Army not even close the Marine boot camp was the hardest shit I ever went through until I went to ITS infranty training school

Knew it!

@@JamesVSCinema I think the story is the actor R. Lee Emory (an actual drill instructor) was originally brought in to just coach the actor originally cast as the drill instructor. I guess it because clear to the director that R. Lee Emory was going to be way better than the actor. Love your reactions & perspectives!

He also had a show on the history channel where he blew up watermelons with weapons.

@@dontbstingy3587 also came on Toy Soldiers, i loved that movie growing up

@@dontbstingy3587 Ermey also has a cameo in The Frighteners. Hits a little harder now that he's passed. RIP

Haha I was thinking as well "he don't look nothing like Brandon likes movies"😭

That comment made me legit laugh

You absolute madman.

The only 2 reaction channels I love watching

He also sounds like Brandon lol

He literally took the other actors job. That is how good he was. The other guy was not very happy but did come back to play the gunner in the helicopter scene

That’s so fire!!

Supposedly he also had to explain what a reach around was to Kubrick lol

Ermey had appeared five years earlier as a D.I. in a Vietnam War film, "The Boys in Company C" (1978). Not an A-list war flick but a very compelling and entertaining B+, with outstanding performances from two young actors in particular (no spoilers for the video virgins).

@ James VS Cinema, Do you realize that you talk so much you skipped over crucial segments of the film. You just keep talkin and talkin and talking. Damm Man.

The reactors don't seem to be getting how important The Draft was.

@ James VS Cinema, Do you realize that you talk so much you skipped over crucial segments of the film. You just keep talkin and talkin and talking. Damm Man.

Communism is always horror. Soviet Russia, Communist China, North Korea, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Vietnam...It's all the same wherever it infects.

@@bud389That's a Damm lie what you said about Ethiopia being a Communist African Country. Those other European Countries, Yes. Not Ethiopia.

@@bud389 1. The khmer rouge were supported and installed by the CIA and US. 2. China lifted most of its citizens from poverty and rose to a world power, after it was a crumbling cutting pie for western nations just a 100 years ago. 3. Vietnam is doing all fine, good ass economy too, after it kicked your Nazi ass out. 4. Ethiopia? LmaaaaaaO. 5. North korea, I'm not sure how the Kims creating a borderline monarchy is a communist thing. 6. Half the things you beileve about the Soviet Union are probably cold war propaganda, better than the rows of homeless people in your cities nowadays.

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Ahh mail call, so many vibes

in the USMC, -it's a Drill Instructor- ( before the Semper Fidelis arrive )

Gunny!

Had a small role in Apocalypse Now.

I used to pass it everyday on my way to college and recognise certain buildings from the film.....all gone now.

They planted palm trees randomly to authenticate things, but yes, if you didn't know it, you would say it was a Southeast Asian setting.

And his name is Vincent D'onofrio.

@@lynnie6633 I know.

Boom

@@JamesVSCinema He's also in The Cell with J Lo and Men In Black.

@@JamesVSCinema If you want to see D'onofrio get really weird, check out Tarsem Singh's The Cell. It's a mindtrip.

I’ll be getting to a lot more of his films!

@@JamesVSCinema Don’t forget his sci-fi masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Dr Strangelove was so accurate that the army asked Kubrick how he knew all these details. If you want another war movie directed by Stanley Kubrick : Paths of Glory

If you watch Dr Strangelove you should also check out Fail Safe, 1964, dir. Sidney Lumet.

@@roberttaylor5997 Agreed!

Lmfao

I wonder which movie it would be?

@@RemixedVoice "24" The Movie

Oh snap I had no idea!

@ James VS Cinema, Do you realize that you talk so much you skipped over crucial segments of the film. You just keep talkin and talkin and talking. Damm Man.

...and he kept that weight ever since 😅

and the bad guy in Cell.

@@HABO2210 kind of went up and down. When he was in The Cell he was some what smaller.

He also was the Alien cockroach in Men in Black and Kingpin in Netflix' Daredevil Show.

he played kingpin in daredevil too

Which is the other one?

Happy to hear!!

I agree. Vietnam was still fresh in people's minds

@@docbearmb that shits boring

Kubrick himself said, when asked if this was an anti-war film "I already made an anti-war film, this is a war film"

Kubrick was always about the tension between institutions and individual morality.

Great outlook!

​@@Nulli_DiHe was born again hard.

My group quote this line all the time lol

He was also one of the helicopter pilots in Apocalypse Now.

I keep forgetting that he's the boss in Se7en, he's so much more chill over there than his usual roles.

George C Scott is so good in that one. The height of cold war satire.

My second favorite, behind “A Clockwork Orange”

Such an amazing cast in that movie.

Agreed!! Dr. Strangelove is fantastic. Can’t wait until my favorite reactors discover that one!!

This movie is absolutely the reason I enlisted.

We had to watch this film 1st or 2nd week on army and everyone was talking about sock'n'soap (sukkasaippua :D) treatment if they fuck it up in basic training. So no one would fuck up in training.

Now it’s trans people holding hands.. what a difference 30 years makes

@@adamski6312 last I checked a trans person can bomb weddings from a military control room just like anybody else

He was also in Chuck.

@@dirus3142 Yes I enjoyed that, also.

He names his rifle in Firefly too....

@@andrewcharles459 Serenity and Vera are the tenth and eleventh regular cast members.

I like to think Jayne Cobb is a descendant of Animal Mother.

😭

As @BrandonLovesMovies had stated in his FMJ reaction "I'm interested in seeing Pyle's character arc" just moments before he becomes a full section 8

Thanks my man!

@@JamesVSCinema I second his recommendation. Jacob's Ladder is a fantastic movie and from an artistic/film stand point will give you a lot to analyze and think about

So badass!

And, if ya notice, he doesn't blink while breakin them down, doesn't spit, his focus is real deal USMC stuff !

Casualties of War is also great

@@m84uch3r Casualties of war was good but not great. The plot was a bit uninteresting and the whole meaning of the film was predictable.

@@LoL-lx6jm Well, the plot is an actual true story and the acting was great. But I agree that it's not up there with FMJ, Deer Hunter, and Apocalypse Now

@@m84uch3r It was interesting seeing Michael j fox acting in a serious role. Iv only seen him in back to the future and i was surprised seeing him act!

I think the Deer Hunter is actually more depressing. A great movie. That roulette scene (actually both) is one of the most intense ever made.

Most of it in the London Docklands, I believe. Kubrick didn't like to travel too much.

@@Richard_Jones if you look at the road markings, when the troops are marching round the training base, they are all on the left

Filmed in the disused Bekton gas works.

Yes,and filmed in the winter.

He was also the voice of the green army man in Toy Story movies. Also the army jeep in Cars.

Dr. House's Father

I also just noticed that he is in "The Salton Sea". That is another Vincent D'Onofrio film.

Especially 'Barry Lyndon.'

One of my favourite films, hopefully coming to UHD soon (rumoured Criterion going to start providing 4K discs so hoping The Thin Red Line gets a release).

My favourite war film and in my All Time Top 10. Wish there were more reactions to it, even though it wouldn't be most people's cup of tea.

And it’s almost a pure visual narrative. Best war movie I’ve ever seen

Came to the comments to recommend The Thin Red Line as a beautifully shot war film. It's overripe for a reaction from anybody.

yeah seeing him review THE THIN RED LINE would be fantastic.... and I would love to see him review THE TREE OF LIFE or THE KNIGHT OF CUPS by Malick as well at some point....

He also kicked ass in the first men in black movie as the alien bug farmer guy.

and in Se7en

*R. Lee Ermey. Autocorrect is nobody's friend.

Damn!

Jarhead doesn't hold back. It is a fairly accurate portrayal. Met R. L. Ermy (RIP) at a trade show. Dude was real and personable.

Being in the military means long stretches of boredom with periods of absolute craziness

I saw The Deer Hunter in the theater. I believe that multiple Oscars were awarded for it.

@@jeffthompson9622 yes, the tension in that film was off the charts. A true classic

Noted!

The film focuses upon Lee Ermy but as you can see at 10:37, there are more than one DI on premises during training, especially during the first couple of weeks. As the recruits in the flight come together, it is often the lead DI who is there 24/7. During my AF BMT in '76, there were two TI's one lead, and another to step in to further his experience and take over when the lead TI had other commitments. The lead TI was the hard ass and the junior TI was less harsh. When I was in BMT, the cursing, physical abuse and racial insults were no longer allowed. That didn't mean we didn't get intimidated, screamed at and handed out PT or night watch, latrine duty, laundry, mess hall, policing the squad area chores etc for fucking up. We definitely had a Gomer Pyle in our flight.

@@sanseiryu I can only speak for the RTC in San Diego 1981, and every company had three CCs. One in charge and two junior CCs. 24/7 for one would be too much for just one person.

@@williamjones6031 As I stated, the junior would step in when the lead needed time for other duties etc. The lead TI would be in the barracks day and night with his own bunk in the office. After the initial weeks of training, usually discipline, tasks, behavior, military bearing, marching and drill have become second nature, the dorm chief, squad leaders are assigned by the TI to instill order and behavior as well. With the BMT training we got in the 70s, very little 'combat' training, just two days dry and live fire M-16 qualifications were all we saw. Marching the fight to and from classes, to the training field for drill, to the mess hall did not require more than one TI. By week five, no cadence needed to counted out since the flight would march to our heel beat on the pavement in unison. Sometimes to the TI would have to actually tell us to slow down, we were so focused on marching like a machine.

@@sanseiryu The other CCs would have reported his behavior.

@@williamjones6031 You can't compare boot camp with draftees during the Vietnam era to post war in the all-volunteer 70s-80s like us. It was a different time and the need to pound recruits into fighting men being sent out to die mere weeks after graduating from boot camp, meant no white glove treatment. What they experienced in boot camp had nothing on the battlefield action with death all around. Reported behavior? Not likely. Navy and Air Force did not need combat/infantry type of training, also, the AF and Navy recruiters were known for requiring higher standards for their recruits. Higher AFQT test scores, educational (HS diploma)and background (no criminal or drug use) requirements than the Army and Marines. In other words a higher standard of recruits with less disciplinary problems. Of course we would have those recruits who could not adapt to military life, and those unable to conform would exit basic pretty quickly.

That Highway of Death scene in that movie though.

@@paulallenscard3932 📠

Highly underrated

We called it a field counseling session because you would slam someone backwards into a tree to get their head straight. The scene where they hold him down with a blanket and hit him with the soap in a sock is called a blanket party as a warning to get someone to get their s**t together.

Beautiful description!

No, they're not turned into "unfeeling tools of war," they're taught the team comes first, individuals battle die very fast on the battlefield but working as a team you can overcome a superior enemy. Yes they tear you down but build outstanding teams. It's the same as any job really for you 20 people in you work center and everyone is doing their own thing nothing gets done, but if all 20 are working toward the same goal things happen faster. The difference is in basic training you don't have a choice, support the team or your gone.

​@@briangulley6027 Pretty sure Kubrick would disagree with you. If you think this movie shows the Marine Corps in a positive light, then I'm sorry, you're watching movies wrong. And if you actually think that hazing is a great teambuilding excercise, you scare me a bit.

@@mikkosimonen Assumed you never served in the military. Didn't say I agreed with that level of "tearing down" I went through Air Force basic training in 1977, I assure you it wasn't no where that level. That being said they make sure you know the team / mission comes first. If you don't understand that then you scare me.

@@briangulley6027 "I went through Air Force basic training in 1977" So, in other words, you went to summer camp and served in peacetime and never went to war. Got it. Well, I'm an Iraq War veteran (not Air Force) and the OP's description of this film is absurdly accurate.

Except for the ending. I'll never understand why they did that.

And General Kramer, the toy , in Toy Soliders! Didnt even know this till I read your comment and thought "hmm I wonder.."

Wut? How did Toms death correlate with him refusing to be a monster? He still did his job in the war and killed enemy soldiers. And he died attempting to kill enemy soldiers.

@@johnLennon255 he was shot by the German soldier that he let go earlier in the film. If he had fully embraced the war as a zero sum situation he would have executed him.

@@jonnyyen7169 oh wow good point actually. I apologize

@@johnLennon255 no problem. I am anti war. I don't want anyone to have to make those choices.

@@jonnyyen7169 well in the case of saving private Ryan, war was necessary. The axis powers were to evil to control their respective countries

Agree, 2 completely different movies wrapped together.

Right!? Like this community rocks!

I like to imagine that he actually plays characters from the same family tree in all his movies. Like Col Casey in Chuck is the son or grandson of Animal Mother, and way down the line Jayne Cobb comes from the same line.

WILD! But I can “see” it now hahaha

@@JamesVSCinema Yeah, they imported a bunch of palm trees from Spain and other foliage (mostly plastic) to dress things up and if you didn't know any better, you'd have no idea. From an old Playboy article: "When Full Metal Jacket was being filmed in England a whole plastic replica Vietnamese jungle was air-freighted in from California, so I was assured. Next morning Stanley walked on set, took one look at it, and said, "I don't like it. Get rid of it." The technicians shared out the trees, giving a new look to gardens in North London, and a real jungle was delivered instead, palm trees uprooted from Spain." Along those lines, ff you ever get the chance, check out the documentary Filmworker; it's about a promising actor who was so enthralled with Kubrick after starring in Barry Lyndon (not one of his most popular films, but in my opinion perhaps the most beautiful) that he abandoned his own career to become his full-time assistant. It goes into real detail into just how brilliant but also obsessed and insanely demanding Kubrick was. You don't make movies like he did without psychotic attention to detail. www.imdb.com/title/tt6851066/

The Deer Hunter is complete shit. Boring, overhyped, overrated.

Would like to see what James thinks about the cell

Enjoy!!

I think James would enjoy the filmmaking on that one. Spike Jonze has a great style.

I think that is because of the tonal shift half way through. It goes from gung ho satire to serious critique which makes for an uneven experience. Nevertheless it is a surprisingly good movie, specially the first part.

@@sntxrrr its fucking hilarious and serious at the same time like Forrest Gump.

"ya just don't lead them as much !" S A V A G E !!

yes.

AGREE!

Absolutely

Noted!!

@@JamesVSCinema ❤❤

Here you go, a fantastic "Clockwork Orange" reaction was just posted tonight, I just got finished watching it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r7ikp8ykm6-ok2w.html&pp=sAQA (They also do a fantastic "2001")

​@@TTM9691 just watched it, thank youuu

Had no idea, that's actually cool, but why isn't she credited in the movie? It says music by John Debney.

That is so awesome!