Movie: Annapolis

Colleges and Universities A-Z Naval Academy - Annapolis
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Of all the stuff that goes on in the movie, I'd say maybe 1% of it is true.

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<p>maybe 1%?!?!? why not maybe 0.1%? or maybe 0.000001%?
but on the otherhand, are you sure it's not maybe 2.3% or maybe maybe 1.5%?</p>

<p>LOL.</p>

<p>let's bet something fun and i'll prove that your 1% is wrong. how about that? i guarantee i will because the movie is 108mins long and 1% is 64.8 secs. i'm pretty sure i can show that there is more than 65 seconds of factuality in that movie! ROFL.</p>

<p>(why does everyone have to put down and exagerate to make a point? 1st someone's comment about almost no factuality, and now someone else coming out of thin air with a 1%. you could just leave it with that there is a lot of made up stuff in the movie. well, doh. i haven't gone to the academy and i could guess that! LOL.)</p>

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<p>Because there is more than just "a lot of made up stuff." I'm not going to waste my time, watching the movie and count each error. I decided to take a rough estimate...I didn't want to be too harsh and give the movie no credit. The movie does such a disservice to USNA. In fact, I make it a point to tell candidates how grossly inaccurate the movie is. </p>

<p>Also, you said you haven't gone to the Academy....so tell me how you can prove what is fact or not.</p>

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<p>Yeah, Jordan's right, the movie was hilarious after being here for a year and watching it again. The movie did about 1% right. The uniforms and rooms were spot on. Everything else was a comedy. Don't watch that movie to get a perspective on the Academy.</p>

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<p>are you defending your rough estimate that there is less than 65 seconds of factuality in the movie? ROFL! i'm sure i can prove the facts if i wanted to spend the time. one of the other cadets in my NJROTC has an older brother that graduated from the academy. i'd do the tried and true way of testing and ask those that have been there.</p>

<p>as for your attempt to give the movie some credit, i would say that your estimate of 99% made up stuff doesn't give the movie much credit and is pretty harsh.</p>

<p>i will not argue when you say that the movie is grossly inaccurate. as i said, i haven't gone to the academy. you may or may not be right. but i will say that even having not gone, that 1% estimate sounded pretty outrageous :)</p>

<p>but peace, let's not argue. i promise not to further impose on you that i like the movie, and you can... well you can continue to believe there is less than 65 seconds of factuality in the movie! LOL...</p>

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<p>What is the matter, DSL, you have a friend in the film or something?</p>

<p>"this is not to say other things can't be ridiculous or silly (such as the love affair) but that doesn't mean they are necessarily a "factual error.""</p>

<p>Yes this is a factual error. Such fraternization would not go unseen or allowed. If its ridiculous and silly in a movie about USNA then it is probablly a factual error. Like pushups in the rain during Plebe Year, not Plebe Summer. Mandatory study hours are followed by Taps and upperclassmen can't bother plebes then.</p>

<p>DSL, instead of making stupid bets (with a someone who has actually been there) why don't you just drop it and quit standing up for this movie everytime someone makes an exaggeration (at least according to you). Like jadler said, this movie has done a great disservice to a great institution. And even IF there are exagerrations written on here for effect, who cares? Like you have never used exageration to get a point across. Give me a break</p>

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<p>The sordid sequel of the same plot to "Officer & A Gentleperson" entitled ...</p>

<p>"Blossoming in Bancroft: Blue-Collar Billy Becomes Willie Whiteworks"</p>

<p>This has to be one of the worst. :eek:</p>

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"this is not to say other things can't be ridiculous or silly (such as the love affair) but that doesn't mean they are necessarily a "factual error.""</p>

<p>Yes this is a factual error. Such fraternization would not go unseen or allowed. If its ridiculous and silly in a movie about USNA then it is probablly a factual error.

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<p>really? LOL-</p>

<p>Friday, April 9, 1999</p>

<p>"I want to go back"</p>

<p>Dublin High grad speaks out on expulsion from Naval Academy</p>

<p>By GABRIELLE CRIST</p>

<p>Knight Ridder Newspapers</p>

<p>FORT WORTH - Birk Billingsley's first love was the U.S. Naval Academy, and his second, more recent, love was a freshman in his squad.</p>

<p>Now the 22-year-old Texan's affair with the academy could be nearing an end because he broke the rules by having an "unduly familiar" relationship with Kristina Shiroma, an underclassman, also from Texas.</p>

<p>The two have been expelled from the academy, 25 days before Billingsley was to graduate. Their expulsions are pending approval by the Office of the Secretary of the Navy.</p>

<p>"I made a mistake. There's really no excuse for my actions - I fell in love," said Billingsley, of Dublin. But, he added, "I really don't think what I did warrants my expulsion from the academy."</p>

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why don't you just drop it

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<p>i told jadler i'm dropping this. i obviously have my own USNA dreams, so i don't want to give ppl the wrong idea. i am not defending this movie being right on all points. it obviously has errors. even MANY errors. (see imdb.com) but i just hate to see ppl stick it to a movie (i still like) in ways which are completely unfair and one-sided.</p>

<p>go ahead- pick your favorite movie, and i will make some one-sided comments about it. you see? for me, it had nothing to do with that it was USNA or not.</p>

<p>anyways. peace to you too! :)</p>

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<p>DSL,</p>

<p>I will not further the argument, but I would like to clarify a few things.</p>

<p>One, giving credit to the movie -- I was being sarcastic.</p>

<p>Second, the frat that goes on in the movie would not go unnoticed. In fact, just like the article you posted, Jake and Ali would be kicked out, however the movie doesn't condone this behavior at all or show the realistic side.</p>

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<p>There are so many interesting stories to be shared about life at the SAs, but none were told in this poor excuse for a movie. There is nothing authentic or good about it, and it's a total waste of anyone's time or money to watch it. Just another example that truth really is more interesting than fiction. Maybe in the next drama about Annapolis, they could start with the plebe from Texas who told her roommates during plebe summer that she and her USAFA boyfriend had bludgeoned a high school classmate to death months before I-day. Better yet, they could make a quality documentary about USNA--on the other hand, Navy isn't having recruitment problems...</p>

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<p>This thread delivers.</p>

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<p>America's Academies - aired on the Military Channel and Discovery Times - does a pretty good job of looking at all of the academies (except MMA), although it's from '98, so maybe a tad bit outdated.</p>