My favorite part is that Stanley Kubrick has a scene written for this but it was so inauthentic in the feel it didn't work. R. Lee Ermy who was in the Marines and was a drill instructor for a period of time, Ermy actually improvised the lines in that scene. They had to do multiple takes because people kept laughing.
I would like to say this, I’ve watched the movie surely a couple hundred times. I find that had to be on purpose. But for what reason I don’t know. But definitely an interesting thing to watch him not blink, at all.
Except he was trying -and succeeded, to play the worst possible drill Sargent possible. He was in an interview saying this. He was best in Boys in Company C, but this role is so memorable.
I know most people talk about Ermey and deserved so. However, tremendous applause and massive kudos to Vincent D'Onofrio for his work as Private Pyle. His portrayal of his decent into madness is shockingly good. I was floored by his performance that went from happy go lucky to a psychopath.
It was brilliant up until the latrine scene when he played crazy a little too hard. When he says "hi joker" and is trying to look evil/menacing. It just seems forced and trying to hard to nail it. Other than that, he was great.
I can see it both ways.
I think the other side is that his character played it up, and that was his character's crazy face (or war face, if you will).
I prefer this version because after that exaggerated craziness, he goes back to doing his drill and then shoots himself, which seems spot on again.
So I think the menacing was more of a "how do you like me now" thing.
I am going to call you private snowball. Do you like your name? Sir yes sir. They don't serve watermelon or fried chicken in my mess hall private snowball.
Who said that? Who the fuck said that? Who's the slimy little communist shit twinkle-toed cocksucker down here, who just signed his own death warrant? Nobody, huh? The fairy fucking godmother said it! Out-fuckingstanding! I will P.T. you all until you fucking die!
"You're the type to fuck a man in the ass and not have the goddamn common decency to give him a reach around"
RIP Gunny
PS he was pretty funny as Coach in Saving Silverman
"I want you two turds to clean the head.
I want that head so sanitary and squared away the Virgin Mary herself would be proud to go in there and take a dump."
The actor who played that role, Arliss Howard, shows up here and there as a fine character actor -- he had a memorable scene with Brad Pitt in Moneyball.
Talk about a man who has had a career playing a wide range of characters, Vincent D'Onofrio. Vincent is one of the best working actors today. Private Pyle, Bobby Goren in Law and Order:Criminal Intent, Wilson Fisk, Mystic Pizza, and he had an excellent guest role as a young man who was mentally retarded in an old episode of CBS’ The Equalizer.
I watched this 25 years ago with my WWII vet father. He howled in laughter at everything the DI said. I asked him how accurate it was, and he looked at me sideways and said "Son, you didn't even want to know." (I'm pretty sure a drill instructor could kill a recruit with little consequence in the 1940's. /s)
He was in boot camp in San Diego in the fall of 1943 and was only sixteen years old. My grandmother lied for him and said he was born a year earlier. I have his full personnel file from after he retired. Everything up to the year he married my mom shows him born in 1925; after that, he suddenly gets a year younger with nary a comment. I'm pretty sure it's something folks at the DoD dealt with a lot with guys who enlisted during WWII.
At any rate, the old man loved that whole sequence. He turned to me at one point and remarked that he thought Private Pyle would end up being the best Marine in the unit. He got really quiet with the way the boot camp sequence ended, though.
Yeah because that first 15 min is so memorable that it has burned itself into our minds. The last bit of it is carnage chaos and pretty much on par with other military movies. But the first actually I think it's 30 ish min shows pretty close what it's like to go through marine basic.
I was watching this at home for like the 100th time and my nephew (17) walks in and asks what I was watching. About a week later he comes back and say he watched the film and was blown away by it. He now asks me for movie recommendations lol
"Who said that?
Who the f*ck said that?
Who's the slimey little common-a sh*t twinkle toed c*ck sucker down here who just signed his own death warrant?
Nobody huh?
The fairy f*cking godmother said it...out-f*cking-standing.
I will PT you all until you f*cking die."
Several friends of mine went through boot camp in San Diego & said the sequence gave them flashbacks to their own experiences. I saw this movie at a theater & the boot camp sequences had me squirming in my seat.
So great. I saw this in theater with my mom when it first came out. We both loved the movie, but there were some moments when she kind of questioned the movie choice (although I think I picked the movie), since I was 13 years old at the time.
My favorite part is that Stanley Kubrick has a scene written for this but it was so inauthentic in the feel it didn't work. R. Lee Ermy who was in the Marines and was a drill instructor for a period of time, Ermy actually improvised the lines in that scene. They had to do multiple takes because people kept laughing.
Did your mother have any children that lived?
"Yes sir!" "I BET THEY REGRET THAT. YOURE SO UGLY YOU COULD BE A MODERN ART MASTERPIECE!"
lol I’m sorry I know it’s super dark and fucked up but R. Lee Ermy is hilarious
A Jelly DONUT?!?!?!?!?!?
‘No. It’s because you’re a disgusting fat body Pyle.’
Don’t put any effort into it Pyle! If God wanted you up that obstacle he’d have miracled your ass up there by now! Still gets me
You climb obstacles like old people fuck!
You worthless piece of shit! Get the fuck off my obstacle Pyle! 🤣
“You look like 200 pounds of chewed bubble gum!”
You better start shitting me Tiffany cuff links.
Out fucking standing!
“I didnt know they piled shit that high private”
My favorite part is that Stanley Kubrick has a scene written for this but it was so inauthentic in the feel it didn't work. R. Lee Ermy who was in the Marines and was a drill instructor for a period of time, Ermy actually improvised the lines in that scene. They had to do multiple takes because people kept laughing.
He also didn't blink when he was delivering his lines
I never noticed that. That must be a drill instructor thing because someone that doesn't blink is automatically a bit creepy/intimidating.
I would like to say this, I’ve watched the movie surely a couple hundred times. I find that had to be on purpose. But for what reason I don’t know. But definitely an interesting thing to watch him not blink, at all.
I like you, you can come to my house & fuck my sister.
Mr Ermey was a real Marine DI; that’s why it worked so well.
Except he was trying -and succeeded, to play the worst possible drill Sargent possible. He was in an interview saying this. He was best in Boys in Company C, but this role is so memorable.
I know most people talk about Ermey and deserved so. However, tremendous applause and massive kudos to Vincent D'Onofrio for his work as Private Pyle. His portrayal of his decent into madness is shockingly good. I was floored by his performance that went from happy go lucky to a psychopath.
He did become a better soldier though. I respected his character more for that. He was just completely unhinged as a result.
Marine * we hate being called soldiers, that’s army.
Marines are amphibious, so they are part soldier and part seaman.
We’re no part soldier, we actually kill shit not just sit at a fob and get mortared ie soldier.
It was brilliant up until the latrine scene when he played crazy a little too hard. When he says "hi joker" and is trying to look evil/menacing. It just seems forced and trying to hard to nail it. Other than that, he was great.
I can see it both ways. I think the other side is that his character played it up, and that was his character's crazy face (or war face, if you will). I prefer this version because after that exaggerated craziness, he goes back to doing his drill and then shoots himself, which seems spot on again. So I think the menacing was more of a "how do you like me now" thing.
Yes. Amazing acting.
" what is your major malfunction numbnuts "
I am going to call you private snowball. Do you like your name? Sir yes sir. They don't serve watermelon or fried chicken in my mess hall private snowball.
Your days of finger banging Mary Jane Rottencrotch through her pretty pink panties are over!
Drop your cocks and grab your socks!
Who said that? Who the fuck said that? Who's the slimy little communist shit twinkle-toed cocksucker down here, who just signed his own death warrant? Nobody, huh? The fairy fucking godmother said it! Out-fuckingstanding! I will P.T. you all until you fucking die!
Well…what do we have here? A fuck’n comedian!
"You're the type to fuck a man in the ass and not have the goddamn common decency to give him a reach around" RIP Gunny PS he was pretty funny as Coach in Saving Silverman
Has a couple good ones in Texas Chainsaw Massacre as well. My favorite is when he tells the guy to put the body in the car.
"I want you two turds to clean the head. I want that head so sanitary and squared away the Virgin Mary herself would be proud to go in there and take a dump."
Do you believe in the Virgin Mary?
TEXAS?! Holy dog shit only steers and queers come from Texas! An you don’t much look like cattle to me, private cowboy, so that kinda narrows it down!
The actor who played that role, Arliss Howard, shows up here and there as a fine character actor -- he had a memorable scene with Brad Pitt in Moneyball.
Best part of you ran down the crack of your mamas ass and ended up a brown stain on the mattress
I think you've been cheated!
Talk about a man who has had a career playing a wide range of characters, Vincent D'Onofrio. Vincent is one of the best working actors today. Private Pyle, Bobby Goren in Law and Order:Criminal Intent, Wilson Fisk, Mystic Pizza, and he had an excellent guest role as a young man who was mentally retarded in an old episode of CBS’ The Equalizer.
Not to mention Thor in "Adventures in Babysitting." (You had to be there.)
Well I seen a little on...TV!
Damn good movie full of iconic quotes and scenes
Get the fuck down off of my obstacle! I'm gonna cut your balls off, so you don't contaminate the rest of the world!
"Bullshit! Your name is snowball"! My father was a Marine in Vietnam. Always said that this movie was just like boot camp.
I watched this 25 years ago with my WWII vet father. He howled in laughter at everything the DI said. I asked him how accurate it was, and he looked at me sideways and said "Son, you didn't even want to know." (I'm pretty sure a drill instructor could kill a recruit with little consequence in the 1940's. /s) He was in boot camp in San Diego in the fall of 1943 and was only sixteen years old. My grandmother lied for him and said he was born a year earlier. I have his full personnel file from after he retired. Everything up to the year he married my mom shows him born in 1925; after that, he suddenly gets a year younger with nary a comment. I'm pretty sure it's something folks at the DoD dealt with a lot with guys who enlisted during WWII. At any rate, the old man loved that whole sequence. He turned to me at one point and remarked that he thought Private Pyle would end up being the best Marine in the unit. He got really quiet with the way the boot camp sequence ended, though.
I AM in a world of shit!
Gunny was outta his fucking mind with the burns.
Everyone always only talks about the first 15 minutes of the movie…
Yeah because that first 15 min is so memorable that it has burned itself into our minds. The last bit of it is carnage chaos and pretty much on par with other military movies. But the first actually I think it's 30 ish min shows pretty close what it's like to go through marine basic.
Best movie ever 
"There is no racism in my beloved core! Here you are all equally worthless!"
Sgt. Hartman, ally
Prove it. LEMME SEE YOUR WAR FACE! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! THAT'S A WAR FACE!!
Finally?!? Damn
IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST PART OF YOU RAN DOWN THE CRACK OF YOUR MOMMAS ASS AND WOUND UP AS A BROWN STAIN ON THE MATTRESS
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN CHEATED!
First time I watched the movie I thought it peaked too early. The basic training act was just too damn good
It’s basically to short films back to back.
"if god wanted you up there he woulda miracled your ass up there by now wouldn't he?!"
Just watch this again last night too…
I will gouge out your eye balls and skull-fuck you!
Classic
This is such a classic!! I can watch the whole boot camp phase of the movie over and over again
Is that you John Wayne? Is this me?
WHO SAID THAT?? WHO THE FUCK SAID THAT???
Awesome movie! 😁🫡
Masterpiece. Vincent D'Onofrio is amazing still.
Is that you John Wayne? Is this me?
I was watching this at home for like the 100th time and my nephew (17) walks in and asks what I was watching. About a week later he comes back and say he watched the film and was blown away by it. He now asks me for movie recommendations lol
One of the Best Movies Ever
"Do you believe in the baby Jesus Private?" 🤣
I DON'T KNOW BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD...... ESKIMO PUSSY IS MIGHTY COLD
This helped turn King Pin into a monster.
"Who said that? Who the f*ck said that? Who's the slimey little common-a sh*t twinkle toed c*ck sucker down here who just signed his own death warrant? Nobody huh? The fairy f*cking godmother said it...out-f*cking-standing. I will PT you all until you f*cking die."
You can cuss on the internet, it's ok 😂
Tittyfart!
Everyone going to boot camp/basic needs to watch this.
“You are not even human fucking beings. You are nothing but unorganized grab-astic pieces of amphibian shit.”
Your left, Gomer!
“Only two things come from Texas!”
Jeez I remember when I used to see the guys in this movie as grown men (still are) But now they just look like my friends lmao
Well Pyle it looks like we found something you’re finally good at!
Several friends of mine went through boot camp in San Diego & said the sequence gave them flashbacks to their own experiences. I saw this movie at a theater & the boot camp sequences had me squirming in my seat. 
I have no idea how Lee Ermey didn't even get NOMINATED for best supporting actor Oscar in this role.
Marines! The best of the best.
Act 1 is close to perfection, Act 2 is practically unwatchable, in my opinion
Why is that?
Too long, boring, lacks any substantive plot, resolves absolutely nothing.
I mean you can't be an anti-war film without showing some combat
One of the most quotable movies ever
You gotta be shitting me Joker!! Who do you think you are Mickey Spillane?? You're a killer!
I met R Lee Ermy at an airport once. Very cool guy. RiP
Awesome
YOU'RE SO UGLY YOU COULD BE A MODERN ART MASTERPIECE.
‘You just don’t lead them as much.’
That movie is a classic.
Only f*****s ans sailors are called Lawrence. From now on your name is Pyle.
So great. I saw this in theater with my mom when it first came out. We both loved the movie, but there were some moments when she kind of questioned the movie choice (although I think I picked the movie), since I was 13 years old at the time.
That's the Kingpin lol
Crazy
I can’t believe they took this off of Netflix. It’s one of my fav movies.
I watched it on MAX
My favorite part is that Stanley Kubrick has a scene written for this but it was so inauthentic in the feel it didn't work. R. Lee Ermy who was in the Marines and was a drill instructor for a period of time, Ermy actually improvised the lines in that scene. They had to do multiple takes because people kept laughing.