The Cadet Looking For Grenades
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SoloMan1989 — 10 years ago(February 07, 2016 03:54 PM)
What was the purpose of this scene? At first, I originally thought that the cadet looking for grenades was going to start a battle by using the grenades against the police and national guard without authority.
But then, nothing ever came of it, and he ended up lying down his weapons during the large exodus and walking out. -
SoloMan1989 — 10 years ago(March 10, 2016 05:26 AM)
My only disagreement here is that I didn't see any sort of casual or dangerous attitude displayed by any of the cadets regarding their firearms throughout the film. All were rather professional and cautious, and appeared to have good trigger discipline throughout the film.
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vosges1945 — 10 years ago(March 11, 2016 05:33 AM)
I'm assuming you mean other than things like the one cadet reclining in bed, reaching up and grabbing a grenade and tossing it to the requestor? It's been a long time since I was in the Army, but still lol
Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order -
SoloMan1989 — 10 years ago(March 11, 2016 06:15 AM)
Yes, that would be the scene. Besides the tossing of the grenade, I can't think of any other time the cadets weren't treating the firearms with respect.
Regardless, I thought that this scene was forewarning the viewer to something much worse. Perhaps it was, although the particular cadet who asked for grenades wasn't involved. -
snelling — 9 years ago(April 27, 2016 06:50 AM)
I thought the opposite. I first saw this this in the theatre when it was released and the audience laughed at that scene. I think it was meant to be a lighter moment before things started going very badly. "And Shovel? Don't eat it!"
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