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Message: [QUOTE="Husky25, post: 5355648, member: 2839"] Kubrick was famous to doing 700 takes for each scene, so I can understand where the sense of overacting may creep in. OTOH, R. Lee Ermey was the technical advisor and a former Drill Instructor IRL. He wasn't happy with the original actor's performance and drew on his own experience when given the opportunity. I tend to think he knew exactly how a DI should behave and wasn't really acting. The first half is entertaining and I think that was the point, because I don't think the movie works without the second half, when playtime becomes real. Hartman tore the fear out of the company, so I don't think Pyle was scared necessarily. He was smart enough to know he wasn't smart or skilled enough to be an engineer or writer and maybe avoid harms way (Ironic that Joker was not spared the harshness of war and Rafterman was supposed to only shoot a camera. Not a weapon.). OTOH, He was awakened to the the reality that he was basically already dead. It was only a matter of time. So Pyle took control of his own fate. [/QUOTE]