Al-O-Meter
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If you wanted some insight on one of your prized movies, you could do worse than listening to what Stanley Kubrick's daughter said her father was going for.
GQP attacks on the military
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Sardines
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I'll just watch my Lee Ermey signed FMJ DVD one more time and make my own opinion.
Bonus:
When I saw Lee Ermey it was later than scheduled and it was clear he had endured an arduous travel day provided by the U.S. military. I think that in some ways, standing in the galley of an aircraft carrier at 9pm on weekday in the Persian Gulf was the last place he wanted to be right then. In other ways, he proved that he really did care about why he was there and the sailors and marines who had showed up to see him.
He reenacted his entire opening monologue from full metal jacket. It wasn't high energy, but it was100% of what he had to give.
Al-O-Meter
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I can't tell you how jealous I am. I would have watched that guy read the phone book. I'd heard that he wasn't even supposed to be the drill sergeant. Kubrick brought him is as a consultant to coach the actor playing the drill sergeant, but he was so much better in the role that he made the movie.
I even loved his stint as the dead version of the sergeant in The Frighteners.
Sardines
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He was tired AF. I have no doubt he was in actual pain. There were maybe 80 to 120 people there partially because it was significantly delayed and it was 9pm (I typically slept around 10 hours a night while at sea, best sleep I've ever had in my life). But they did it in the aft galley, which isn't small, but it's not the hanger bay. He talked for a bit, mentioned his travel, then he went into it. I'm sure he's done it more than 1000 times. It felt like he dug deep and tried to channel all that experience to get through this performance. it really wasn't easy for him, but he ****ing did it.