Great movie...but

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 2007)

This movie to me is one of the all time great ones. Being in the military I loved the basic training part...especially now that I'm an instructor I love it even more....but that is where it should have stayed. It should have been all about basic training and a little more about the characters. The Vietnam part was OK it just turned too political (liberal) and to me it just took away from the initial shock value of basic training. There were parts that I feel were rushed just to be able to get them to the Vietnam scenes...if anything they should have just made like 10 minutes of Vietnam. If you saw this as a civilian then you were really in shock...watching it as a military person brings a huge smile to your face.