For the next 42 days we're going to be counting down to the release of SEAL Team 666. Why 42? Because it's the answer to the universal question.
Here are the usual questions:
Man, I'm torn between Platoon and Apocalypse Now. I loved the
latter's poetry, but the former had a stronger character plot, I think.
Oh shit! Does Hot Shots Part Deux count? Probably not.
Ever since one of my best friends got back from the military (Marine
Corps, two tours in Iraq, one in Afghanistan), I've started to look at
military movies in a different way. As a young(er) man, I used to watch
for explosions, eruptions, blood, gore and the like.
It's only
within the past ten years that I've come to learn the difference
between action and military. What I'm interested now is how the unique
situation of combat life affects a man or woman, how the small, fleeting
instants can make up the majority of their experiences and how
everything can change so suddenly.
Military movies are one of
the few movies where sudden, sweeping plot changes are a crux. For that
reason, I think Platoon is my favorite. It's a much better instance of
things changing so rapidly and meaningfully, which is so far from what I
usually write that it's intensely fascinating.
I'm sure they appreciate it, but the vast
majority of the public doesn't really seem to care about the rest of the
soldier's life: what he goes through when he gets back, when he's
trying to readjust to civilian life, how his interactions with people
have changed forever.
Soldiers, above all else, are people. Humans. I'd like to see films that reinforce that.
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Thanks, Sam!
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