in joel schumacher and you have one of the most inconsistent film maker of all time . but this be common knowledge while i think his main problem be the array of genre that he cover whilst at the same time and fail to develop any sort of certain style that might label him an auteur . hitchcock like his suspense and his horror or thriller while chaplin like his comedy while scorsese like his crime driven mafia story amongst others and spielberg like his large scale and big budget adventure film that combine just enough violence for the adult and fun for the kid . other more obscure example include kubrick and welles who cover too much to write about here . but schumacher be the sort of guy who make a flawed film revolve around a great idea or a really quite enjoyable film revolve around a seemingly dull premise . fall down have a great idea behind it but i find it flaw and anticlimactic with too many scene seemingly rely on comedy . batman be a superhero while superhero film have be big hit recently so how he manage to make not one but two appalling superhero film be beyond me . then come 8mm while a film with a basic premise that be execute in an impressive manner before tigerland which be schumacher best film from what i have so far see and in my opinion . with the war genre and laughter isn not something you would associate with it for most of the time . i can remember scoff at the absurdity of the d day landing during save private ryan represent at the time when i first saw the film and i have not much knowledge of the second world war bar when it begin and finish . my eyebrow be up and my mouth slightly open with a weak i can not believe it smile on my face . needless to say and it be because of that film i search out learn a bit more on what that event be all about and the war a a whole . in tigerland and you be invite to laugh at the absurdity of war through bozz ( farrell ) and a tough and egotistical soldier training for the vietnam war . but what clever here be that there be no jaw drop war scene of fight and death and destruction while just one man and his battle with the system for most of the time . the thing he say and the audacity at which he deal with his predicament be reminiscent of a school child wind up a series of teacher at an extremely strict board school . tigerland may borrow from full metal jacket in the sense it be a training routine for the vietnam war but ego and superegos play more of a part here and i think . the superego that be the drill sergeant go up against bozz whose ego be extremely large . there be also the third part of freud triangle that sneak into bozz represent the id . compare to all the other soldier who all have rather large ego and bozz be the only one brave enough to show it in front of the sergeant thus suggest he be allow what he shouldn not do to float to the surface and express itself represent you be all dead in this situation . bark a sergeant . any question . yeah and if i be dead how come i can ask a question . reply bozz whose punishment such a push ups and dirt eat seem to un faze him in true id style while that be he enjoy the punishment . also regard the superego and bozz at one point try to command a group of soldier in field training . this be something the exist captain of the squad can not do thus suggest he be lack in both the superego require for the job and the confidence to tell bozz he be in charge . what follow be an actual conversation between bozz and an exist drill sergeant who give him his christian name . this be where private wilson ( whigham ) character step in represent his uncontrollable rage and anger at bozz explodes at certain time all culminating in the film only real scene of a shootout which be in the form of a training exercise in a river . wilson can not control his impulse and dislike toward bozz and act out . what i also like about tigerland be that it shoot in such a way that be brave . while lack in innovation and tigerland seem to use low grade film stock or less camera to get across it gritty look . make no mistake that this could have be a pretty look film with lot of colour and attractiveness . but and we get a documentary approach in the final piece make everything look like it be shoot on a typical everyday camera for tv while the emphasis on the hand hold be also apparent but schumacher be clever represent he never allow the film to become too much like a mockumentry whilst at the same time suggest the film budget could have be half of what it be . it worth say here that spielberg say he want save private ryan to look like actual reel footage or something along those line and a if it be record from the war scene . while be very funny and entertaining and tigerland be still a great study of what make people tick while not necessarily in war but in the close possible substitute . it study on one man and how much he hat the system that he can not even take it seriously be fascinate as be the drive of each soldier . there be several memorable scene and situation culminate in a happy and if not unhappy end that will open your mind and make you think about what it perhaps really like in the military .