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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Tigerland |
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A rebellious soldier, Roland Bozz, goes through life in Tigerland, a training ground that is the last stop before Vietnam. There he makes friends as well as enemies as he becomes platoon leader.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Tigerland |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- Vietnam
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 0 (not a murder mystery)
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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