not as i remember it.

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2004)

I got this movie out awhile back to have a family showing of a film that i enjoyed when first released. That was a mistake. I remembered it as a comedy, what i saw on the screen was a very graphic war adventure a la Peckinpah. Sure it was still humorous, but it was also violent,especially the railway scene,even with the soundtrack. It just goes to show what sticks in your mind and what doesn't. All said and done though it's a very good film. The anachronism of Oddball is no different to that of Shakespeare in some of his plays - such things are included to shed light. The American army may have been stiff but I'm sure the Aussies and the Kiwis would have had such characters, and as someone else said 'the tankers were a breed apart' as were the submariners. It's a great movie, but not for all the family.