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enrikmolina
08-12-10, 09:03 PM
Okay I think I may have cheated this... But I watched this movie.. Well.. Documentary that followed a recruit class from week one to the day after graduating from San Diego. It doesnt show the good stuff of boot camp but more so the stresses in it. I believe it was a good watch. So check it out, "Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click". <---- thats the name of the movie
Rough Hands
08-12-10, 09:11 PM
I own it, and "EOEC, Chapter 1: Receiving". Both are great, but definitely a very real, fly-on-the-wall type of documentary. When Drill Instructors are in front of cameras, they hold back a bit (especially in the "Making Marines" documentary, but it's still good) but for the most-part, it's a no-holds-barred account of Marine Corps boot camp at San Diego.
Might as well watch it if you haven't so that you have some idea of what you're in for. It may make it just a little bit less of a shock to some people, but not much.
enrikmolina
08-12-10, 11:42 PM
Agreed. It was kinda funny that some of the instructors would like say the first half of a curse word & flip it into another word. "WHAT THE FUU-REEEEEEEAK IS THIS?!" LoL
Nate2004
08-13-10, 02:51 AM
Very motivational movie....Just the beginning really gets you excited to be on that bus one day...Also when that guide kept failing at the monkey bars, screaming, and retrying over and over again, priceless. I really liked how it didn't focus on the physical parts of bootcamp, but the mental parts.
enrikmolina
08-13-10, 11:57 AM
Very motivational movie....Just the beginning really gets you excited to be on that bus one day...Also when that guide kept failing at the monkey bars, screaming, and retrying over and over again, priceless. I really liked how it didn't focus on the physical parts of bootcamp, but the mental parts.
I agree with you too! Most people before boot camp from what I see is that they full pay attention to the physical aspects of not knowing the mind games. You have to prepare your self mental, not only physically.
On a side note if you want more try this youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/SDISSGTNICHOLS?blend=2&ob=1 it is the youtube channel of the Senior Drill Instructor in the EOEC Documentary. He has some good videos especially his 2 Black Friday videos.
Black Friday vid 1 : http://www.youtube.com/user/SDISSGTNICHOLS?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/4/f-ukDT4X-7k
Black Friday vid 2 : http://www.youtube.com/user/SDISSGTNICHOLS?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/2/0XKqg7MWnhM
Also check out the rest of his stuff as well.
On a side note if you want more try this youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/SDISSGTNICHOLS?blend=2&ob=1 it is the youtube channel of the Senior Drill Instructor in the EOEC Documentary. He has some good videos especially his 2 Black Friday videos.
Black Friday vid 1 : http://www.youtube.com/user/SDISSGTNICHOLS?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/4/f-ukDT4X-7k
Black Friday vid 2 : http://www.youtube.com/user/SDISSGTNICHOLS?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/2/0XKqg7MWnhM
Also check out the rest of his stuff as well.
I love how they keep destroying the rack in the first video lol.
I love how they keep destroying the rack in the first video lol.
Ya love that too, plus the first time they do it if you pay attention the one Drill Instructor is teaching them how to do it, then they finish and the other Drill Instructor runs out of the office and flips it. Haha
Steve018
08-13-10, 07:00 PM
Thats a great documentary, my parents watched it to see what boot camp was going to be like. The entire first part is my favorite, especially the flipped over rack part haha
enrikmolina
08-13-10, 08:07 PM
Thats a great documentary, my parents watched it to see what boot camp was going to be like. The entire first part is my favorite, especially the flipped over rack part haha
Lol, i think that if parents want to know what its like in boot camp... it would be best to show them that.. watered down a lot so they dont freak!
enrikmolina
08-13-10, 08:09 PM
I own it, and "EOEC, Chapter 1: Receiving".
Whats this EOEC Docu. that your talking about? Where can I get it at?
Rough Hands
08-14-10, 04:29 AM
Whats this EOEC Docu. that your talking about? Where can I get it at?
The producers of Ears Open Eyeballs Click had planned to break down the phases into "chapters", but the only one that they've released so far is "Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click. Chapter 1: Receiving". The entire doc is just about the first week, and exactly what it's like.
I sent an email out to SDI Nichols but he said that he's still waiting to hear from the director of the film as to whether or not Chapter 2 will actually be released. It was supposed to be released this past spring. I bought it off the website, if you're interested. I think you can find it on SDI Nichols', Canaan Brumley's, and United Independent Media's website.
Cellinheim
08-14-10, 04:18 PM
http://unitedindependentmedia.com/eoec/index.html
This should be the site for the video series itself.
Cellinheim
08-14-10, 05:53 PM
Yeah just watched this on Megavideo... "STAND UP! YOU DON'T HAVE A BROKEN SHIN! I KNOW WHAT A BROKEN LEG LOOKS LIKE!" Something of that nature anyhow LOL!