They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Platoon
whocares007 — 10 years ago(August 30, 2015 10:01 PM)
"It's weird, isn't it? They're the bottom of the barrel, and they know it. Maybe that's why they call themselves grunts, 'cause a grunt can take it, can take anything. They're the best I've ever seen, Grandma. The heart and soul. "
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mikeyg24 — 10 years ago(October 24, 2015 07:37 AM)
Well of course he had no practical reference with which make such a definitive observation but I think he said it as a sort of rich guilt thing.
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cdagger275 — 10 years ago(February 26, 2016 11:11 AM)
Maybe it goes to the point that nobody gives a beep about patriotism or love of country when the bullets are flying in some God forsaken place on the other side of the world. Taylor knew they were not rich kids humping the boonies but learned to respect them because of their backgrounds not as educated, broken homes etc. They never quit in what they were doing or quit on each other, Barnes finally went dinkie dau when Sal and Sandy were killed. Taylor got an education from his fellow grunts in how to stay alive as long as you can, you cant get that in a classroom.
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stevekaczynski — 9 years ago(December 10, 2016 05:30 AM)
I thought he was idealising them just a little bit. There are good men there, bad men and probably the majority are somewhere in between. Like most people, probably.
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