Plays are made by great and interesting dialog. At one extreme is of course Shakespeare who generally wrote dialog that no one (including Elizabethan era people) would use, but which sum up an idea exactly (which is why Shakespeare is so often quoted and misquoted.
On the other hand there is Neil Simon. It just sounds like people having ordinary every day conversations, but in his own way he achieves exactly what Shakespeare is trying to do (only the result is not worth quoting).
Biloxi Blues is based on his own experiences in Basic training during WWII. What makes this movie unique amongst war training movies is that he doesn't go to war. So the experience is taken out of context and seen in a true brutal light (a soldier feels a lot less differently about their drill Sargent when the bullets start flying and the training kicks in).
An interesting, insightful, tragic, amusing movie which is a little bit slow and probably best only for people who like a dialog driven movie.
To give you an example a dialog describing the way one soldier masturbates and ejaculates like he is launching a torpedo is followed by the statement that this is person he would most trust going into battle.
On the other hand there is Neil Simon. It just sounds like people having ordinary every day conversations, but in his own way he achieves exactly what Shakespeare is trying to do (only the result is not worth quoting).
Biloxi Blues is based on his own experiences in Basic training during WWII. What makes this movie unique amongst war training movies is that he doesn't go to war. So the experience is taken out of context and seen in a true brutal light (a soldier feels a lot less differently about their drill Sargent when the bullets start flying and the training kicks in).
An interesting, insightful, tragic, amusing movie which is a little bit slow and probably best only for people who like a dialog driven movie.
To give you an example a dialog describing the way one soldier masturbates and ejaculates like he is launching a torpedo is followed by the statement that this is person he would most trust going into battle.