![]() ![]() Wisely, Reitman did not listen to them and the latrine scene is one of the best in the film. It was so dramatic that nervous Columbia studio execs asked director Ivan Reitman to cut it. This is the only dramatic scene in Stripes. When Winger does it, Hulka floors him with one punch. Hulka tells Winger that he’s concerned with “discipline and duty and honor and courage” and that Winger “ain’t got none of it!” Hulka dares Winger to take a swing at him. After spending almost all of basic training dealing with John Winger (Bill Murray) and his bad attitude, Hulka confronts Winger in the latrine. Hulka accomplishes something that few other film characters have done. Originally, Hulka was supposed to be killed halfway through Stripes but both Warren Oates and his performance proved to be so popular with the film’s cast and crew that Hulka was given a reprieve. Hulka understands and has come to accept the lunacy of army life. Watch the way he grins as he barks out his tough drill sergeant dialogue, hinting that Sgt. Watch him as he does a stone-faced double take at the latest bit of insubordination from Murray and Ramis. ![]() Hulka is the best remembered.Īnd why not? His performance in Stripes is a master class of good film acting. (Oates actually had experience, having served in the Marines before becoming an actor.) Of all the army roles that Warren Oates played, Sgt. Ironically, considering that he was famous for being a pot-smoking wild man who hung out with fellow anti-establishment rebels like Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Sam Peckinpah, Warren Oates played his share of no-nonsense military men. But, for me, the best thing about Stripes is Sgt. Soles make for two of the sexiest MPs in military history. (“Lighten up, Francis.”) Not only does it star Bill Murray and Harold Ramis at their anarchistic best but it also features everyone from John Candy to Judge Reinhold to John Larroquette. It’s one of my favorite comedies, a movie that can be quoted in almost every situation. I have lost track of how many times I have watched Stripes. When he tells you to jump, you’re going to ask, “How high!?” And make no mistake. He don’t care where you come from, he don’t care what color you are, he don’t care how smart you are, he don’t care how dumb you are, ’cause he’s gonna teach every last one of you how to eat, sleep, walk, talk, shoot, shit like a United States soldier. When he tells you to move, you’ll move fast. Lee Ermey and he’s going to turn this latest raw batch of recruits into a worthy collection of soldiers. He’s the toughest drill sergeant this side of R. Hulka’s first name but we do learn to never call him “sir.” As Hulka himself puts it, “You don’t say sir to me, I’m a sergeant, I work for a living!” ![]() And maybe someday you'll understand what the hell I'm talking about.In the army comedy Stripes, we never learn Sgt. And I want you to think real hard about it. I'm willing to forget this little incident. I don't think I want to go to the stockade. Well, go ahead and give it your best shot. I 'd like to take a BIG swing at you, sarge. Look, if you don't want me in your Army, kick me out, but get off my back. Those words mean so much to a man who scrubs garbage cans. I'm talking about something important, like discipline and duty and honor and courage. Or, Sgt Hulka with the big toe is going to see how far he can stick it up your ass! Rain or shine! So, you better hit them bunks my little babies. We're going to fall out with locker boxes and we're going to have a locker box inspection. We're gonna see what kind of soldier you are. I think that we owe a big round of applause to our newest, bestest buddy, and big toe. And Sergeant Hulka isn't always gonna be here to be that big toe for us. An army without leaders is like a foot without a big toe. ![]() I'm gonna volunteer my leadership to this platoon. When you stole that cow, and your friend tried to make it with the cow. But now I know why I have always lost women to guys like you. Push-ups, let's hear your story.Ĭhicks dig me, because I rarely wear underwear and when I do it's usually something unusual. ![]()
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