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Hey guys! ! Here is the winner of the Memorial Day Poll I want to thank all of you who are serving or have served in some capacity from the bottom of my heart. I've learned a lot about war over the course of watching movies and shows and accompanying books on this channel and and I could never do what you do, you are truly heroes so thank you from the bottom of my heart! I know we all have heavy hearts today so if you need to save this one for another time, you should do that.

As for the movie... I know this wasn't meant to be a "feel good" story, but instead it showed the harsh and crude realities of what the military/war can be like. It made me feel pretty icky, even though don't really like that word. I think that’s what Kubrick wanted you to feel about war though? I hope you guys appreciate the reaction.

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Darreld Studie

War is an ugly business and no one who goes ever comes back clean, if they come back at all. Bless those who just survived the insanity. "If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind." Major Michael Davis O'Donnell, 1 January 1970, Dak To, Vietnam.

SmooothE

I will give her a passs since she is Canadian and a modern women not living during post cold war times that my parents and many older people remember. I would dare say 99 percent of anyone born after 1975 would not have been able to live in these times. I love the reaction and this movie regardless and think this movie and The Crow Cas will never watch again on her own.

Brent Fugett

Speaking as one who voted for this one (regrettably) it was just the one that was most memorable for me, the performances are out of bounds great but I didn't spend the time to think it through. Heck the last 6 times I've seen it was just to skip around and admire the best bits, but as a film to commemorate Memorial day absolutely not. It's a spotlight on the seedy underbelly of the vietnam era military through the eyes of an antiwar lens. Cassie if you're watching this comment I really recommend NOT publishing to Youtube. I got nauseous watching what we put you through with this one. I hope we put more thought into future recommendations (starting with me).

Julian San

Cassie’s reaction to this movie is I think similar to most people’s reaction to A Serbian Film 🤣 I didn’t vote but I’m glad to hear The Great Escape came in second. She’ll undoubtedly like that one with nowhere near the same regrets. It’s a great movie.

Jamie van Brewen

Wow! I should pay more attention to your polls. I would 𝙣𝙤𝙩 have had you watch 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 as your introduction to the Vietnam War. I hope you won't eschew the genre entirely because of it.

Anonymous

Never been a fan of Kubrick's movies, and this one is his worst. I tried to watch it along with Cassie, but couldn't get through it. I was pushing for the Great Escape. Who in their right mind would have thought she would enjoy this movie.? and entirely inappropriate for Memorial Day. .

Powers209

I really like the movie but I know not every movie is for everybody. This movie is a must-see, but I wouldn't have had Cassie watch it for Memorial Day because of the dark reality it shows about war. From the way, the Corp made warriors to how some of those men acted as American Soldiers. In some cases, Vietnam had men following orders only to be treated as monsters when they returned home. I have family that served in that war and told me Kubrick got a lot right in the movie . I also learned that Kubrick treated the actors hard to get the look and feel of men pushed to the limits of their humanity. I also learned that in the big battle, it was winter when they filmed and everyone was freezing, They needed to betray the Hot and sticky Jungle Summer while they melted snow with flamethrowers to get the shots.

Powers209

1:09:55 'He has a scary look on his face.' Cassie... That's Jayne Cobb. From Firefly. 1:37:27:00 "It's Jayne! It's Jayne from Firefly." The look on your face when you see it's Jayne is you finding a tiny bit of comfort while watching a movie you clearly dislike. I'm wondering at this point how you're going to feel in just a few minutes' time. I've seen this movie about a dozen times and this is the first time I feel discomfort watching it because you are squirming around like a 5 year old not wanting to eat her veggies.

ExploreWinnipeg

I watched this with my older brother when i was 12 years old and had a 1000 mile stare at the end. i was too young. I have nt watch your YT reaction because i needed to seee your full reaction first. At least you know what a CODE RED is (wrapped up bar soap beating) from a few good men.

Joe M

When Cassie said, she didn’t enjoy this movie, I thought was totally understandable. But it was NEVER meant to be enjoyable. That was the whole point. Kubrick never intended this to be a family movie. It was about the horror about going into war and on to the battlefields. Good reaction nevertheless.

M&M

I get that the boot camp scenes are hard to watch, but when I was in boot camp, it was explained to me that the reason for the yelling and the weird customs you see them doing is because they need to quickly put you in a state of panic and culture shock because part of the training is breaking you down from the person you were and then building you back up as a solider/ sailer/ etc. And the reason Hartman was so rough on Pyle was because he wasn't advancing as fast as he should have like people like Joker were, so he needed to have special attention to see if he could hack it. When I went there were a lot of guys like Pyle. Also, the scene where they beat him up with soap is called a blanket party which was an old hazing custom done to recruits that got others in trouble with there mistakes, but it's been forbidden to do anymore and there are serious consequences to doing it.

Mark James

I remember in boot camp we had a blanket party for an individual that was always screwing up (I didn't participate in it). This was in 1977.

Carlos Stevens

FYI, the link to this reaction appears to be broken

Cassie Tremblay

Hey Carlos! It should be working now. We are switching everything over from Vimeo to YouTube, so some links might not be working yet. Thanks for your patience!

SmooothE

bless you, and yes you have to especially then. Now the military is more tech and drones so there is minimal chance of hand-to-hand infantry fighting. This was the marines not patty cake class so it may be hard to stomach for those who didn't live in error but this treatment depiction wasn't out of order.