of course i be a bit prejudiced but for the time it be the most accurate portrayal of marine ever show on the big screen . i be at camp pendleton undergo infantry training when webb bring his crew down to film some outdoor scene and our company be ask to participate . it take about two or three day a best i can recall . webb and don dubbin be serious and businesslike . during the filming of our short scene which seem to take forever to an 18 year old webb be very conscientious about get thing ( marine thing ) right and he do a good job with one exception that scene where a recruit be wear sunglass . never happen for a host of reason . i have a video of the movie and will bore my grandkids anytime i can make them sit still for a few second a i show them their papaw when he be a young stud and part of the world great fight force ( no brag and just fact ) . what amaze me then be how well the real marine carry out their acting role . that be before i realize that dis have to have some act gene to get their job do . the only film i have see since that be the equal of the di be the first half of full metal jacket and that part be superior only because of the foul language . when the di be make and curse wasn not allow on screen . despite the lack of profanity and it still a great movie to rent . ooooo rahhhhhh . semper fi and do or die .