movie review

So this is kind of fun, I will continue to publicly review all the movies I watch. What the heck, All a movie reviewer does is offer his opinion, which I have no shortage of. Last night there was nothing worth watching on TV, so Jeannie rummaged through the video pile and came up with a movie called "Tigerland", a Vietnam era flick starring Colin Farrell. I think Wyatt gave me this video for Christmas and it got lost in the shuffle and I never got to see it. It was a guy flick, lots of pushing, shoving, name-calling, swearing, shooting and being shot at. There were also the requisite ass shots of Farrell in the shower, which I can only imagine was included to get the women to sit through this. All in all, it did have a story line which was fairly interesting. Colin is the rebellious bad boy his whole life, in and out of trouble, jail and school. When he drops out of college, he's immediately drafted. He goes to basic, but doesn't much give a rip for the Army or anything they do. When the movie opens, he's being released from the stockade for another infraction. Of course, he ends up as the de-facto platoon leader against his will. But he has a big advantage over all the others, he somehow knows military law. So he ends up getting at least 2 and in the end, 3 men in his platoon out of the army, due to loop-holes in the system that seemingly only he and the top brass know about. It's pretty much "Rebel without a Cause" circa 1971. It did have some funny lines as he is the smart mouth with a ready reply to any order. All told, I was pleasantly entertained for 90 minutes. A testosterone fueled film that you may enjoy too.