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Originally Posted by Furry
Just a silly question: When it comes to blowing stuff up/shooting people, has Hollywood ever got anything right?
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That is an excellent question...
Worthy of its own thread really. I think, off of the top of my head:
1. Full Metal Jacket, by Stanley Kubrick: The first part with Drill Instructor Hartman (played wonderfully by F. Lee Raimey(sp?)) was pretty close to my first day.
2. Heartbreak ridge (Clint Eastwood): That showed what the team atmosphere is really like. You get so that you trust each other completely.
That's all I can think of right now.
The effects of small arms fire is really bad in hollywood. It just is nothing like that. The sound is like *pop* instead of this huge KABOOM, and the cracking of the bullets can't really be described, except by thinking of it like someone cracking a whip by your ear, but steady and repetitive, never waivering.
Noone flies through the air when they are shot. They just slump over. There is never a big huge fireball with explosions. It looks like a big dust cloud, that instantly appears like magic. When a concussion hits you, it is like a football player hits every square inch of your body, and pushes you over.
And the noise you hear is like the ring tone off of a really expensive golf club driver, and then a steady humming, like you were humming a high note under water.
"Ping-mmmmmmmmmmm..."
When someone is hurt bad, they never say something heroic. They either ask "What happened" "Where am I" or the worst "Am I okay". And I have heard my fair share of "Oh shit".
I remember the time that a guy dropped his glove on the grenade range. He cursed "Oh, shit..." and then reached down to pick it up. He didn't have any grenades, he wasn't in any danger, he didn't do anything wrong. Everybody on that range shit their pants. I know I did. The Warrant came over (after shutting down the range for a minute) and screamed at us for about 2 minutes. "NEVER SAY THOSE WORDS ON A GRENADE RANGE!!!"
And in Hollywood, there is always a 'bad guy' in the group. Someone always acting selfishly, blaming others, not pulling their weight. In real life, noone is like that. We work together, we play together, we drink, smoke, sleep, shit, shower and shave together. I have met smart guys who quit, and dumb guys who last forever, but one thing is the same: We work together, and help each other.