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Summary: Strong Comic Performances make this Film, an Underrated Gem.
Review: A Young Man (Matthew Broderick) goes to the Deep South:World War 2, Boot Camp to be Supervised by a Sly Drill Sergent (Great Performance by Oscar-Winner:Christopher Walken) and he also amused with a War-Time Prostitude (Penelope Ann Miller).Directed by Mike Nichols (The Birdcage, Regarding Herny, Wolf) brings a Well Made Film, thanks from the Screenplay by Neil Simon (The Odd Couple), Based on his Expeirences, this is the Second of Simon`s loosely autobiographical Trilogy (After Brighton Beach Memoirs). This film True High-Light is the Witty Comic Performance by Broderick. It was also an Box Office Hit in the Spring of 1988. This is a Charming Fine Coming of Age, Entertaining Dramatic Comedy. Super 35. Grade:A-.
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Summary: bex thots
Review: biloxy blues is a great story i grew up with. it is not only a great comedy, but also has great actors in it...I LOVE THIS MOVIE! total classic!
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Summary: Well its about time :)
Review: everytime I get on Amazon I always check to see if this was available, now I am very pleased that it is soon to be released, thanks to the powers that be,
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Summary: ...It's like Africa hot
Review: I am thrilled to see this DVD is finally going to be made available. In college I my theater troupe pulled off "Biloxi Blues," I went to see Christopher Walken perform in a broadway production of "James Joyce the dead" a few years ago, and low and behold, bumped into Matthew Broderick and his wife. Not only were the two of them in the film production of Biloxi Blues together, but had performed the play together on Broadway as well. This was about 5 years ago, and I was thrilled to see the two of them were still friends. Great movie, fantastic play.
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Summary: ...It's like Africa hot
Review: I am thrilled to see this DVD is finally going to be made available. In college I my theater troupe pulled off "Biloxi Blues," I went to see Christopher Walken perform in a broadway production of "James Joyce the dead" a few years ago, and low and behold, bumped into Matthew Broderick and his wife. Not only were the two of them in the film production of Biloxi Blues together, but had performed the play together on Broadway as well. This was about 5 years ago, and I was thrilled to see the two of them were still friends. Great movie, fantastic play.
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Summary: My memories on the screen
Review: I just saw the movie Biloxi blues on TV and researched the title because I was writing my daughter a letter about my experiences initially in the army. The movie was well done and portrayed a true experience. I can remember my sergeant, a mean but honorable person who was during his job and duty. I remember the commodity of the men and the differences of their personalities. I can also remember the homosexual who was caught and dishonorable removed from the service. Training, hanging around, talking to a group of guys and sharing your thoughts and frustrations gave me a force, a strength, of character. That movie was part of my life. It was very well done, and accurately portrayed by the director and the cast. The movie did its job at entertainment, but also brought back my memories of a time during the Vietnam War. So I would rate this movie excellent.
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Summary: A walk down memory lane for WWII veterans.
Review: I showed this movie to my Dad, who is a WWII veteran, and he found it very amusing and nostalgic, althought he claimed that he NEVER saw a drill Sargeant like Sgt. Toomey. The movie is an adaptation of a play written by Neil Simon about his experiences in the army at the end of WWII. No it is not a war movie, since it takes place in basic training camp in Biloxi Mississippi. It is really a quaint and humorous little movie about the adventures and attitudes of a bunch of boys in their late teens, who have been unfortunate enough to get drafted into the army. This is a fairly common theme in movies, and a fairly timeless subject. Jerome (Neil Simon) is a kid from New York who aspires to be a writter, and enjoys observing the antics of his post-adolescent commrades from a writters point of view. We see an excellent dynamic between the various types of boys who are thrown together into the same platoon, and an excellent dynamic between them and their nutty drill Sargeant (played by Christopher Walken) who has sustained a brain injury in North Africa. There is an excellent scene where the boys go on 48 hour pass, lose their virginity to a local part-time prostitute who works from home, and then go to a USO dance where Jerome falls in love with a girl for the first time. It is a wonderful contrast to see Jerome innocently falling in love with a Catholic school girl that he is having a slow dance with, while awkwardly trying to hide the fact that he has just lost his virginity moments before to a prostitute a few doors away. It's not Neil Simon's greatest work by any means, in fact it's probably one of his worst. But then again it IS Neil Simon we are talking about, and even his worst work is pretty damned amusing. Overall I'd give the humour a six on a scale of ten, and the "aww isn't that cute" factor a nine. Be warned though, it is a cute movie, but it DOES contain a lot of blue language. The sex scenes are handled with discression.
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Summary: Best film I've seen about Basic Training
Review: I'm glad to see this film finally made it to DVD, as my video copy is getting old and worn out. I watched this film a lot in preparation for my own going off to basic training in 1991, and I must say that it worked. I learned a lot about the "tricks" and mindgames that the drill sargeant tries to play on fresh recruits, creating animosities and divisions among the men until they learn to bond together against the common enemy (the drill instructor himself).
Though set in WWII, its still highly relevant today, with an interesting mix of characters and attitudes, who haven't changed much even today. I love the wit and Matthew Broderick is perfect for this role (I didn't like the first installment, "Brighton Beach Memoirs"). One of my favorite scenes is when the guys are comparing their fantasies to see who has the best one. It later turns out that one of the guys' fantasies does come true, to give the drill instructor a taste of his own cruelty.
Some of the funniest bits of dialogue I've ever seen occur at the brothel, when Daisy gives Matthew's character a lesson in love that he's sure to take with him where ever he goes. His nervousness is real and amusing to watch, as he uses his wit to feel more comfortable about what he's doing. The film goes along pretty interesting for the most part, but kind of slopes near the end, where it gets too serious for its own good. Despite that flaw, I still haven't seen any other film specifically about basic training that comes even close to accurate and relevancy as this one. So, anyone going off to boot camp, make sure you watch this one before you go and learn from it. Its a brilliant training film disguised as a witty and entertaining comedy, guaranteed to amuse.
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Summary: A truly natural comic treat
Review: If there has to be a message to this movie, and I don't really believe there's supposed to be, it's that a sense of humor will indeed get you through the worst of situations. Matthew Broderick and Christopher Walken carry this comedy. There is an unassuming quality here. It's funny without trying to be funny, or at least that's the feeling I get from it. There's not much of a chance that this is on anybody's top ten list, not even a top ten comedy list. There's no obvious contrivance here. The whole story just happens, flowing smoothly along without effort. And so it's exceedingly pleasing, immensely enjoyable, quite lifelike. And as another reviewer points out, for all the innocent quality of the movie, there are "blue" scenes here, but nothing graphic.
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Summary: Book or movie, take your pick; both are stellar
Review: Neil Simon's 'Eugene Morris Jerome' plays never fail to make me laugh no matter how many times I see/read them. He's got his finger on the pulse of true comedy, and it's treatment in this film is quite worthy. Although the whole cast is great, Matthew Broderick does a fine job portraying Eugene; just the right amount of incredulousness and irreverence to do the character justice. But he also carries the few bits of drama without many problems, so for any actor to handle comedy and drama with such flair is commendable. Christopher Walken as the sadistic Sgt. Toomey steals the show, however, proving he's not just a bad guy in films... he's also a very FUNNY bad guy, with unerring comedic timing, that unfortunately doesn't get shown often enough.
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