Originally posted by PlatoSVT:

Just got back from it as well. I "enjoyed" it, but it certainly is not the gung-ho movie that many thought (including myself) it might be. Not that I thought it was going to be some up beat warlike movie, but it really does just seem to focus solely on this one man's experience, and it wasn't a great one at that. On the other hand, I did think that it was certainly worth watching, and should be seen. But as I thought, it does appear to focus on what I assume to be the dark side of Marine enlisted life, especially with the Desert Storm scenario. But I think if you look hard enough, you'll find a relatively positive message come out of the movie in the whole and glimmer in certain scenes. All in all, I'm satisfied with it and recommend it, despite that it didn't cater to my "Go America, kick some @SS!" palet.



It was exactly what I expected it to be. I didn't find it to be a 'darkside' of enlisted life. Its a very good account IMO of it.

But then again, I did read the majority of book and knew what I was walking in it...

Originally posted by Goonz SVT:
I want my money back

Why? Because you expected some ask kicking depiction of the Marine Corps? It was an AWESOME representation of the book.

Ryan Trollin!