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Hassie 2022-03-21 09:01:44

The first time I saw it, I thought it was normal. When I watched it again, it really was a super bad film, and it was bad on the propaganda tongue. It's unbelievable. How can Americans appreciate this kind of government-funded propaganda film after all-metal, Apocalypse Now, and other top-notch movies. It seems that 911 really blew everyone's heads up. No wonder George W. Bush came to power.

And Mr. Mel Gibson is completely Andy Lau's American version: he's playing himself. Ah's deep, sad eyes shot straight from Scotland into Southeast Asia...

By the way, Jackson, a popular 1st class sniper in Saving Private Ryan's Ass, was caught playing a military reporter this time. Pepper, you're Canadian, and you're okay in Normandy. What are you doing in Vietnam to come to the murky waters of the United Front Work Department?

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We Were Soldiers quotes

  • Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: - Sent us another bunch of officers.

    Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: - Uh-huh

    Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Real green.

    Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Gotta train 'em up. Makes me think I'm starting a new unit.

    Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: They sent new rifles too

    Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: The M-16. That's supposed to be a pretty good weapon.

    Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Lots of plastic. Feels like a BB gun to me. Believe I'll stick with my pistol.

    Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: You think we're gonna get close enough to the enemy to use that?

    Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: What do you think, sir?

  • Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: A leader must remain cool and calm. And second, he must learn to ignore explosions... the heat and dust, the screams of the wounded. This is normal on a battlefield. Normal!