Research

I decided to do some research on army films, to see what type of army films there were.
On the IMDb wedbsite i found the top 10 films were;

-Platoon                           (1986)

-Apocalypse Now            (1979)

-Tigerland                        (2000)

-Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

-Saving Private Ryan        (1998)

-Buffalo Soldiers              (2001)

-Enemy at the Gates         (2001)

-Full Metal Jacket            (1987)

-Jarhead                          (2005)

-The Great Escape          (1963)

The film that they rated no.1 on there to be the best was 'Platoon' which was made in 1986 and the description said the film was about;

'A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.'

This film was quite a lot different to our idea, the newest film that was on that list was 'Jarhead' so i had a look at what that one was about because it is more modern, this was the description;

'Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.'

So both of these films were different to my idea, so i thought that the idea was still good to go on.