>to me it was a typical Hollywood overly exaggerated and
>inaccurate portrayal of the Marine Corps and the military in
>general.

That's funny, considering the source material was a book written by a former Marine, and from what I understand, adheres pretty close to the book. But you go 'head.


>The opening scene is a blatent poorly done ripoff of Full
>Metal Jacket. Even though this is supposed to be based on a
>"true story" there are a lot things going on that aren't quite
>believable.

Yeah, again, the movie's based on the book by a former Marine, who wrote about his thoughts and feelings about being in the corps, and about getting ready to fight a "war"... mostly inner-head stuff. You can't blame "Hollywood" for this one, as the source material was inherently tough to begin with. It's always hard to use movies to tell stories about a person's inner thoughts.
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