Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): Nail on the head . I watched this film when it was originally released theatrically. I remember that the response from the audience was much the same as the response I remember when I saw Robocop (had to sneak in) in the theater: A few people clapped enthusiastically and the rest looked around at each other as if to wonder "Is it O.K. to have enjoyed this?...."  I, myself just enjoyed the well assembled action and the perfectly timed humor.  A few years later I joined the Army and a few  years after that...Well you know what happened....  I have to say that I appreciate the satirical component of the film much more than I did at the time. At this point most people can appreciate that war is hell ( that cliché' is for real, 100%  unadulterated ,  bone fide , certified, and not-likely-to-change-in-the-near-future, FACT).  Even if one begins righteously, that is with a proper justification, the physical realities of what happens on the battle field are no less horrific. There are tools on the battle field that are there strictly to turn your average teeny-bopper into softball sized chunks of red stuff (I mean that literally).  Verhoeven understands this and does an excellent job of contrasting that reality with the type of fantasy rationalization that is required to (at least successfully) prosecute large scale violence. For me the most poignant moment in the film is when then main characters confront the Bugs for the first time and witness a fellow soldier being ripped to shreds. The female trooper who "Joined to have babies..." makes an absolutely blood curdling shriek and then turns to run.  The look on the actress's face and the sound of her voice, completely captures the feeling one gets when one is being fired at in anger. Whether one admits it or not. I highly recommend this film. I think it should be required viewing.
Output (English): POS