Favourite War Film/Tv series

[Ace Oliveira]

Originally Posted by predator20

Most likely Ace wasn't suppose to say anything. Ace says Sergeant before he fell. Barnes didn't push him, he was walking behind him and tripped by accident. They left it in the film. Just like when Lt. Wolfe gave the wrong coordinates and Barnes is tearing his ass up, Wolfe puts his helmet on backwards.

The commentaries make it worth buying again. Both of them are very informative. Even Stone says it melodramatic at times.

A lot of the experience Sheen goes through, Stone went through.

So in other words, Ace waltz right into scenes where he isn't supposed to appear and instead of keeping his mouth shut he appears in front of the camera and says a bunch of ad-libed bullshit? That's beautiful.

It seems to me the Lieuty stays with his M1 backwards through the entire scene in the church. You can see how his helmet is still backwards in the scene where Barnes is tells him to "haul ass too".

I really like the scenes where they deal with the dead bodies and wounded in the church ambush. You never really see soldiers or marines in movies dealing with the dead bodies and all that.

I also like the Grunt's names. Stone choosed some very unusual names for them. Moorehouse and Fu sheng for example.

I hate how after the Village scene every one has a Flak Jacket. I can understand the platoon leader and the platoon sergeants having flak jackets, but even the privates and specialists have flak jackets.
Does Oliver Stone or Dye say anything about the bandanas? I've never seen any regular army soldiers wearing bandanas in Vietnam. Only Green Berets, SEALs and Force Recon. The only regular i have seen with an Bandana is the black guy in Stone's picture in the trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPi8EQzJ2Bg