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Posted: 5/4/2018 2:59:55 PM EDT
I watched it again last night for the first time since the first time in the theater.  The first time through I didn’t pick-up on the brief interjections of Evil Dead like campiness in the graphic battle scenes.

Like the producers or editors left little “eggs” in there for their own entertainment.

For example, in the scene when Adam Goldberg is involved in the knife fight with the German soldier, they repeatedly roll over the Airborne guy on the floor who was shot in the neck and he dramatically goes “ahhhhhh!!” each time.
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For example, in the scene when Adam Goldberg is involved in the knife fight with the German soldier, they repeatedly roll over the Airborne guy on the floor who was shot in the neck and he dramatically goes “ahhhhhh!!” each time.
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Yeah the SPR knife fight scene has me laughing hysterically every time.  
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That movie made me say “holy fuck” more times than any previous war movie.
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How about during the D-Day landing when the guy with the leg blown off thought one of the guys was going to help him but he just grabbed the ammo belt from around his neck and took off?

That was campy as hell.
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When they are in GEN Marshall's office and he says, "..and bring him the HELL home."
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How about during the D-Day landing when the guy with the leg blown off thought one of the guys was going to help him but he just grabbed the ammo belt from around his neck and took off?

That was campy as hell.
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Really? And you know this how? Ever hear of shock? People can do some pretty odd shit when having a traumatic event like that happen to them?
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For REAL comedy, watch Schindler's List.
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OP you just reminded me I should start drinking early today too.
Link Posted: 5/4/2018 3:13:07 PM EDT
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FFS OP
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Really? And you know this how? Ever hear of shock? People can do some pretty odd shit when having a traumatic event like that happen to them?
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I agree.  But the scene is campy.  It’s a Hollywood movie not real footage.
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FFS OP
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Technically it was campy.  I'll see myself out.
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Is the OP a retarde?
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How about during the D-Day landing when the guy with the leg blown off thought one of the guys was going to help him but he just grabbed the ammo belt from around his neck and took off?

That was campy as hell.
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Makes me bust a nu-- I mean, bust out laughing everytime..
Link Posted: 5/4/2018 3:14:58 PM EDT
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No more internet for me today.  I'm out.
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Oh yes.
Funniest movie this side of Stalag something or other.

RU Serious Clark?
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You laugh or cry.

I got a chuckle out of the guy looking for his arm on the beach. IIRC that was a true event that they decided to put in the script. People do weird things under stress.
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Technically it was campy.  I'll see myself out.
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Technically it was campy.  I'll see myself out.
I see what you did there...
Link Posted: 5/4/2018 3:26:14 PM EDT
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the whole movie is hollywood nonsense
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Really? I must have missed those parts of it because I was making out with my date.
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The whole “Earn this” thing ruined it for me. It instantly turned a great movie into a Hollywood cheeseball.
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How about the scene when the soldier’s helmet deflects a round.  Then he takes it off to remark at his fortune “whew that was close” and then predictably he immediately takes a round between the eyes.

That is campiness.
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Oh yes.
Funniest movie this side of Stalag something or other.

RU Serious Clark?
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Oh yes.
Funniest movie this side of Stalag something or other.

RU Serious Clark?
Why so serious? Jeez, its just the internet, dude.
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How about during the D-Day landing when the guy with the leg blown off thought one of the guys was going to help him but he just grabbed the ammo belt from around his neck and took off?

That was campy as hell.
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You trollin or zerious???

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Serious.  I think it was actually a bit disrespectful to those who actually served.
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If you think any soldier wouldn't take ammo/supplies from a fallen soldier you'd be wrong.

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Any film where they kill off Vin Diesel's character is instantly a classic.
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If you think any soldier wouldn't take ammo/supplies from a fallen soldier you'd be wrong.

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I don’t doubt that but the way the scene was depicted seemed very campy to me.  Like it was done as a subtle inside joke for those involved in the movie.
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Ummm, what does campy mean?
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Definition of campy
campier; campiest
: in the style of camp : absurdly exaggerated, artificial, or affected in a usually humorous way campy horror movies campy humor
Link Posted: 5/4/2018 3:56:28 PM EDT
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Also, Matt Damon with his Good Will Hunting character and perfectly straightened, Crest whitened teeth was awful in the role.
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Really? I must have missed those parts of it because I was making out with my date.
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Really? I must have missed those parts of it because I was making out with my date.
"I understood that reference"
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Definition of campy
campier; campiest
: in the style of camp : absurdly exaggerated, artificial, or affected in a usually humorous way campy horror movies campy humor
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Definition of campy
campier; campiest
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Thanks.
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I agree.  But the scene is campy.  It’s a Hollywood movie not real footage.
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Really? And you know this how? Ever hear of shock? People can do some pretty odd shit when having a traumatic event like that happen to them?
I agree.  But the scene is campy.  It’s a Hollywood movie not real footage.
No. Shit.
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How about the scene when the soldier’s helmet deflects a round.  Then he takes it off to remark at his fortune “whew that was close” and then predictably he immediately takes a round between the eyes.

That is campiness.
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That word. I don't think you know what it means...
Link Posted: 5/4/2018 3:59:38 PM EDT
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James Doohan lost a finger on D Day

Beam me up Scotty
Link Posted: 5/4/2018 4:00:18 PM EDT
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Fuck corporal Upham..

Fuck his character, Fuck the person who played him..

Now I’m pissed off.. every time I hear of this movie I watch that scene in my head and get totally pissed off.

Thank you OP for pissing me off.
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Why so serious? Jeez, its just the internet, dude.
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For REAL comedy, watch Schindler's List.
Oh yes.
Funniest movie this side of Stalag something or other.

RU Serious Clark?
Why so serious? Jeez, its just the internet, dude.
Wildebeest gots to wildebeest!
Link Posted: 5/4/2018 4:01:16 PM EDT
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The whole "Earn this" thing ruined it for me. It instantly turned a great movie into a Hollywood cheeseball.
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This! Sets the guy up to live up to a standard he could never possibly achieve. Poor old guy has to get validation from his wife at the end; doesn't even know decades after the war if he's been a good enough boy to "earn" being spared.

As a Christian it flies in the face of my personal outlook on life. It's totally stupid.
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Really? I must have missed those parts of it because I was making out with my date.
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Link Posted: 5/4/2018 4:02:00 PM EDT
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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Technically it was campy.  I'll see myself out.
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ROFL
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That word. I don't think you know what it means...
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Yes I do.  I'm not talking about sitting around a fire in the woods with your pals playing Kumbaya.
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How about the scene when the soldier’s helmet deflects a round.  Then he takes it off to remark at his fortune “whew that was close” and then predictably he immediately takes a round between the eyes.

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They did it better in ‘Band if Brothers’, when Nixon takes a round to the helmet somewhere in Holland, knocking him to the ground.

“I’m alright, I’m alright!!”

“Am I alright?”

“Yeah...”

“THEN QUIT LOOKIN’ AT ME LIKE THAT!!”
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Also, Matt Damon with his Good Will Hunting character and perfectly straightened, Crest whitened teeth was awful in the role.
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Just about every WW2 movie I watch, eventually I notice the actors' perfect teeth.  In the 1940s, I'd bet most guys had never been to a dentist before they enlisted.
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They did it better in 'Band if Brothers', when Nixon takes a round to the helmet somewhere in Holland, knocking him to the ground.

"I'm alright, I'm alright!!"

"Am I alright?"

"Yeah..."

"THEN QUIT LOOKIN' AT ME LIKE THAT!!"
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Yep, but then again "Band of Brothers" was superior in pretty much every way possible.
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Yes I do.  I'm not talking about sitting around a fire in the woods with your pals playing Kumbaya.
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Yes I do.  I'm not talking about sitting around a fire in the woods with your pals playing Kumbaya.
Farscape is campy. Stargate is campy. SPR is not campy.
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Farscape is campy. Stargate is campy. SPR is not campy.
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Watch it more closely then, especially the scenes I mentioned.  I didn't say the movie was campy.  I said it has campiness in it.

There are also some really poignant scenes in it.
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Oh yeah, I broke a rib laughing at the party scenes. And all the Nazi soldiers herding around the Jews when their rifles and pistols were clearly not chambered - I mean, c'mon, who falls for that?
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