ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

airborne60 A Vietnam movie made just a few years after the war ended has it't merit not the least because it captures the time spirit much more closely than anything made decades after. There are some goofs as in all "old" movies, for example the M-16 shots not sounding anywhere near the real. Modern movies have more realistic effects (explosion effects and bullets hitting) but the lack of perfection in this really does make this movie any less good.The acting is good and in many was better than in Full Metal Jacket which clearly was inspired by The Boys.For those being into Vietnamn war movies, this is worthwhile seeing as it was one of the very first, made close in time and was an inspiration to later movies.It also touches topics which were exploited more heavily in later movies; incompetent officers just going for body count, corruption and drug abuse. It avoids deeper digging and only very lightly touches the relations to the ARVN or racial issues. There are no explanations at all why the time (shortly before the Tet offensive)is important and why going to Khe San at that time would be fatal. But knowing your Vietnamn war history, you will know.

merklekranz "The Boys in Company C" is like two movies in one. The first part is a structured boot camp, run by Drill Seargent R. Lee Ermey. It's all about preparing a nice assortment of somewhat stereotyped raw recruits for battle in Vietnam. The second part of the film is a tale of almost total chaos, with special emphasis on inept officers. Body bag counts seem to somehow have value, and that specter follows the privates throughout the remainder of the film. The acting is good, the action sparse, and we are certainly presented a unique, though unsatisfying view of the War. For what it is, "The Boys in Company C" is entertaining, but an uneasiness prevails throughout, as this seems to be a movie on a collision course with itself. - MERK

evolbaby I saw this movie on HBO when I was about to enlist back in the late 70s. In those days not too many guys were willing to enlist due to the Vietnam conflict but I was raised to do your part for your country so enlisting was more than just an option.My older brother was already in the Marines at the time and he loved it. A bunch of my friends and older classmates went into the Marines too so I had an almost front row seat to what it took to being a Marine and what they did for recruits. No cakewalk and they turned guys into responsible citizens that was an amazing thing to see.My grandpa who was a Marine in WWII made sure that I saw "The Boys In Company C" and soon I realized why.It's not an anti-military movie but it's an anti-bureaucracy movie. It shows how a long term historical institution can be corrupted by politics and pencil pushers who have no clue as to what it takes to defend the innocent and save lives. It shows how we citizens when under the government's control can be easily turned into sacrificial lambs for the purposes of greed and ego. We see the brutality and injustice of war, the lawlessness and the corruption. We see young men from varying backgrounds thrust together and how seasoned military drill instructors stay on them day and night to give them the skills they'l need to survive in war and in life. We see how it's about teamwork and thinking on your feet and how selfishness can undermine the group.We see characters like Stan Shaw's Washington, who should have gotten an Oscar nod for his role, we see Michael Lembecks Fazio who also should have gotten an Oscar nod as well as Ermey, Wasson, Canning, and Andrew Stevens' best role yet. I will never forget Santos Morales screaming at Washington in boot camp for not being a team member.The story is great. It's tragic, comedic, socially vibrant to this day. It's one of the best movies and best military movies ever and I don't say this lightly.It's a movie that says that life and death are often our choices and that there are forces about us that we drop our guard to agree with that endangers that responsibility.This is a story about young people having to grow up fast in a hard way.Sometimes during the movie Noble Willingham was like a menace one moment and the best friend the next. Everyone did a stand up job in this movie and I would recommend it for every classroom in every school so that young people can see some the varying viewpoints and harsh realities of war. It's not a grisly movie but the horrors of war are sometimes far more horrifying than if you saw blood splattered gore all over the screen.So again, this is a great movie. It shows how our military isn't the villain but the minds that interfere with it and our irresponsibility as citizens to not get involved in supporting our troops can lead to disaster.If you want suspense, comedy, romance, tragedy, gut wrenching horror, and some awesome performances along with great screenplay and direction then fight to get this movie.It's not so much a comment on Vietnam but on war in general and is applicable to every military campaign throughout history that was engaged in over political and greedy incentives.I just found out the movie has been out on DVD since September 2008!!!Joy!Go get it and show it to your kids.

hardybuilt-1 This is one of the most realistic Vietnam movies I've seen over the years having grown up after World War II and during the Korean war. i loved war movies and tried to watch them all on the big screen. I'm a four cruise Vietnam Navy Veteran myself now retired and I still love war movies and the old ones that aren't on DVD needs to be so my collection can grow even bigger with these greats Apocalypse Now, The Green Beret, Full Metal Jacket, Coming Home, Dead Presidents and Patoon to name a few. When those guys get to Boot Camp and the Marines jump out the building yelling at them when they get off the bus is classic. Movies like these should be great recruitment tools to get the men and women to join whatever brand they like to join just like I did when I joined the Navy before Nam!!!!