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Post by jeffan on Apr 13, 2009 11:51:21 GMT -5
Movie deaths are an integral part of the filmmaker's arsenal. Can you imagine how dull flicks would be without the occasional fatality, assassination or cheeky moider? 10. PISSING OFF PRIVATE PYLE FULL METAL JACKET (1987) We're sure he's a lovely fella, but we would not like to meet Vincent D'Onofrio. He's probably kind to children and maybe even donates a large part of his Law and Order paycheque to charities involved in rescuing damp kittens. Nevertheless, his Private Pyle creeps us out. Driven crazy by the intense training and the other recruits' tormenting, Pyle is found in the barracks bathroom by Matthew Modine's Joker and R. Lee Ermey's Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. Two retorts from Charlene later, and only Modine is left standing. Full list celebnews9.blogspot.com/2009/04/top-50-best-movie-deaths.html |
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Post by outerbankschick on Apr 13, 2009 18:10:13 GMT -5
Moral of the story:
DO NOT piss off a guy who strokes his rifle like a woman and talks to it. You will not win.
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Post by jeffan on Apr 13, 2009 18:13:53 GMT -5
or eat any of his jelly donuts!
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Post by caitlen on Apr 14, 2009 2:53:52 GMT -5
Great find, great film. Who doesnt like donuts, Homer lurves them, mmmm donuts  |
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Post by ZackNicholsgirl on Apr 14, 2009 3:18:24 GMT -5
I love Donuts! Alas I have to keep myself away from them LOL
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Post by tjara on Apr 14, 2009 3:34:04 GMT -5
He's absolutely creepy in that movie/scene...
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Post by caitlen on Apr 14, 2009 7:22:58 GMT -5
Excellent performance though tjara, one of the five questions on Kilborn were.... "smiling with your mouth but not with your eyes". He nailed it, and the audience loved it  |
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Post by tjara on Apr 14, 2009 7:34:30 GMT -5
Oh, I think his performance in FMJ is good. But it really chilled me to the bone and I havn't been able to watch it more than once. When he snaps it's just so creepy...
Oh - and you're right, the face he gave on Killborn does look like the FMJ stare. OBC and me recently agreed on that in the "Promoting Season 8" thread, too ;D
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Post by jeffan on Apr 14, 2009 7:44:10 GMT -5
He did capture the essence of Tom Lea's famous WW2 painting, The Two Thousand Yard Stare.
I know FMJ is an anti-war film, but I found the death scene especially symbolic. A life, wasted, down the toilet pan.
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Post by caitlen on Apr 14, 2009 11:05:49 GMT -5
I didnt see that comparison myself, his was different i thought.
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Post by DonnaJo on Apr 14, 2009 13:52:21 GMT -5
Hmmm....the symbolism of death in the bathroom/head/toilet is very interesting. I like it, Jeffan. Knowing Stanley Kubrick, the location was selected for such a specific reason. I must say that some of the other deaths in this article are better than Pyle's. The huge shark is hilarious. The one with the guy trying to "save" the baby...so very sick. I can't get it out of my mind...... |
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Post by outerbankschick on Apr 15, 2009 17:26:14 GMT -5
I haven't watched FMJ since I was 19 or 20. I'd like to buy that one, along with Platoon and Casualities of War. Though I do absolutely hate watching Pyle get attacked by his fellow marines. That scene is horribly heartwrenching to me. I was picked on quite a bit when I was a kid in middle school and am well versed on what it's like to be a misfit. I think that beating scene would really make me cry now (I'm even more emotional than I used to be). And given the kind of actor that Vincent is, I wouldn't doubt those were real tears for him, so that's a double whammy for me.  |
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