"But sir that's Charlie's point " "Charlie don't surf !!" Just watched this and remembered the slew of timeless quotes. You can either fight or you can surf. That simple. My heart goes out the young surfers who died in that hell hole of a war. Remember that tab of acid I told you about. Well I dropped it.
"Lance, on the forward 50s, was a famous surfer from the beaches south of L.A. To look at him, you wouldn't believe he'd ever fired a weapon in his life."
I saw it the first day at the theater. Got the last 2 seats, front row center. When the credits started rolling, everyone jumped up to leave. I always stay to see who was involved and catch all the soundtrack. Everyone. but my friend and me, missed the air strike against the compound, which came at the very end.
Great flick ! But my fav is Big wednesday . As the one guys eating a watermelon gets punched right threw it . Gary Busey trying to shove himself in the oven . The one guy trying to hang ten on the dinning room table and eats S@#$ as bear walks by .
One of the best movies ever made. I use this line at work all the time, just sub Vietnam with my company name. "the bull$h1t piled up so fast in Vietnam, you needed wings to stay above it."
