Pointless

Abigale 2022-03-20 09:01:09

When I was very young, I watched it with my dad on the channel of Six Princesses. I thought at the time, "If there is no enemy, we will create an enemy, and if there is no fear, we will create fear." This is the only war movie that doesn't feel "cool" after I watch it, perhaps because it contains a lot of things outside the war, or it contains a lot of real things in the war. My dad watched a lot of movies. He pointed to everyone in the protagonist group, said their names, and said what movies they played next.

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Extended Reading
  • Mazie 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    The regret of 1986, the regret of OliverStone, was so suppressed that no gap could be found!

  • Stuart 2022-03-21 09:01:10

    We are most able to see humanity during wars. Perhaps in a certain war, what we advertised was freedom for human beings, but behind it was the fascism we fantasized about, whether it was after World War I, World War II or our own civil war.

Platoon quotes

  • [Chris has just gotten to Vietnam. Some passing veterans shout at him]

    Soldier 1: New meat! You dudes gonna love the Nam.

    Soldier 2: For fucking ever.

  • Sgt. Barnes: Y'all take a good look at this lump of shit. Remember what it looks like. You fuck up in a firefight and I goddamn guarantee you a trip out of the bush in a body bag! Out here, assholes, you keep your shit wired tight at all times!

    [to Taylor]

    Sgt. Barnes: And that goes for you, shit-for-brains. You don't sleep on no fucking ambush!

    [to Junior]

    Sgt. Barnes: And the next son of a bitch I catch copping "Z"s in the bush, I'm personally gonna take an interest in seeing him suffer. I shit you not. Doc, tag him and bag him.