What's the point?

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tyrexden — 9 years ago(September 29, 2016 11:34 AM)

The main point is to lock up your stuff, and particularly, don't bring jelly donuts into the barracks, especially if your a fatbody.

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Blueghost — 9 years ago(November 02, 2016 08:52 PM)

It's a journalist's telling of a fictional war story set against the Vietnam War background. There's been a lot of attempts to interpret the film, but the truth of the matter is that it's just the story of one young man's fictional journey through boot camp and into the war itself.
The film looks at some of the scenes of everyday life in the Vietnam War, but doesn't take a side on the war itself. You hear some of the reasons for the war told from the soldiers' perspectives, and their emotions on the war and reasons for it, but the film doesn't present a pro or con view of the conflict.
So in a sense there is no point to this film other than to show a story of it. What you take away and interpret is all from the audience, and not the film maker.