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Major Payne (Widescreen)

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I loved this movie and I love Damon Waynes character and I love when he insults peaple expacially when he cracks peaples fingers when they say something is hurting them and he said want me to take your mind off of that.LOL pure funny, worth watching and buying

I liked it! I am surprised that no one seems to realize this movie is basically a remake of a Charlton Heston film, The Private War of Major Benson (which you really need to see also). This is an excellent updated version with a happy ending for soldiers as well as the Major! Laugh hard, laugh loud and watch for the cameo by the professional wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow in the "Billy Jack" fight sequence.

I didn't like this movie very much. I like the actor Damon Wayans for the most part, but I don't like this character he plays, I don't like his Homie The Clown character he plays because as Homie The Clown He DOES mess around, this movie had a terrible ending, the only part I like about this guy so far on the big screen is him as that ex-football player on 'The Last Boyscout', that's all so far.

I didn't mind how funny he talked and how cool he seemed for most of the movie here, but I REALLY hated the fact that this was the type of movie cadet kids would hate and a sadistic drill sergeant would enjoy.

I just hated seeing those kids CONSTANTLY getting bashed by that Payne and how the kids never fought back. And there wasn't even a happy ending with anyone of those kids as the sergeant being cool to him in the very end. In 'Stripes' with Bill Murray, it had a feel good ending for the soldier and the sergeant, 'Major Payne' is only a feel good ending for the sergeant, NOT the soldiers.

This had one of those endings that would make the kid only madder.

That damn sergeant laughed sadistically as if he hadn't learned a damn thing from that nice woman trying to change him.

I don't mind a movie too much that bashes someone or a group of people through most of the duration of the movie, but when it doesn't turn out good in the end, then I hate it.

I gave it 2 stars because Damon Wayans played a funny star and he had great potential as an actor to go from that guy in 'The Last Boyscout' to this sadistic guy who talks funny.

I wanted to see the boys get more revenge on him, tell him off more, and maybe all gang up on him, at least fight back hard to make him regret his cruel treatment all in the end at least. But no, they never got even with that S.O.B.

(and that's the bottom line 'cause Steveman said so!)

but this movie is awesomely funny. Major Payne is hilariouse and it teaches us valuable leasons about family and other great leasons like how to take your mind off of pain, the little engine that could, how to get someone out of your closet, and also how to get someone to not hit their wife this movie is great and you need to own it

When Major Benson Payne (played by Damon Wayans), a one-man-army in a Marine uniform, is discharged, he needs to find a new life. Given command of the Madison Academy Junior ROTC, he sets out to whip the gang of misfit youths into shape. Used to the toughest discipline and the hardest life, Payne is the children's worst nightmare, and there is nothing they won't do to get rid of him. Along the way, though, Payne and his command all learn a few lessons.

This movie is a laugh-riot! Wayans' Payne is hilarious, being just the right mixture of homicidal maniac and tender father figure, while the ROTC cadets make a perfect foil for the Major. My family have never laughed so hard at a movie as we did at this one, with my son being quite pleased with how the Major deals with a "monster" in a young lad's closet - "If he's still in there, he's not happy!"

This is a great movie, the one caveat being that there are quite a few colorful words tossed around by the Major and the cadets. That said, though, this was a hilarious movie that you and your family will like watching again and again!

This movie is simply excellent. Damon Wayans achieves to transform a serious subject into a comedy which never offends the USMC. He plays so well that he deserves them.

The soundtrack is so good. Sounds are quite exagerated and thus become funny. For instance, during the Universal opening title when the (r) registred mark symbol appears, you hear a DING ! When Major Payne meets the Madison school headmaster, you can hear all these insects and butterflies (the headmaster loves entomology) flying and buzzing around and over the shaved head of Major Payne. This scene is purely hilarious, one of my favorite moment. I was laughing so much I thought I shall died. Maybe another victim of Major Payne (fortunately not the final one).

The music by Craig Safan is particularly successful and sustains any funny actions, the Aretha Franklin's musics too. It seems obvious Craig Safan enjoyed to create a real musical background that depicts a "cartoon" atmosphere. Sometimes very serious, and few seconds later so funny.

The story is not only comedy but extraordinary rich thanks to the work of Damon Wayans and the cast. One best moment is when Major Payne offers a bullet from his heart to his new "girlfriend" or when Major Payne understands that Cadet Alex Stone wants to push him outside Madison school (Do you want to see me gone?). Only Damon Wayans can play like that (heartily).

The texts are outstanding (even for a french viewer). The american vocabulary is so rich and the art of using it (and expanding it) is so irresistible. I laugh from the first to the last second of Major Payne.

The french translation is also a success even if the task was enormous because there is so much american idioms. Nevertheless, the french dub is really funny. I do prefer the original voice of Damon Wayans because he talks so perfectly as a USMC drill instructor. This man is not an actor, he is a human VTR! He can spend two weeks with Marines and then speaks like them. The french voice is very good but the dub actor was unfortunately unable to complete such performance.

The scene with the hidden man into the closet and how Major Payne definitely "kills" the Tiger's nightmare is a masterpiece.

Nick Castle did one of my favourite movie, forever and I just wanted to thank him and all the cast for giving us such good time.

Vive the USMC, Vive Major Payne, Vive Damon Wayans.

When I first saw this on TV, I nearly split my sides laughing and knew I had to get this film! Damon is the funniest military man I have ever seen! You will most likely be hurting from laughing so hard throughout the entire movie. The most funny parts would have to be when the biker dude confronts Major Payne, the peeing-in-the-pants episode concerning the black kid(I gotta go bad! Hod it!), the watering of the cadet's heads and Major Payne telling the black kid his bedtime story (Blood 'n guts everywhere) The acting is surprisingly good for such a ridiculous movie. Definently the best comedy of 1995 and one of the best comedies ever! Check it out. NOW!!!!

This movie made me laugh so hard I almost went to the Marines. This movie is so funny, I laughed my head off at the part when he tried to get the kid to go to sleep by getting rid of the monster in his closet. This movie makes me wish I had a P.E. teacher just like that. BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! "There! If he's still in there, he ain't happy!"

FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY for adults and kids alike I'm 41. I'm ordering my copy now. I could watch it over and over. I might even lend it to my retired Marine Corps Father who I know could appreciate the jokes or my young nephews. It's great to see really funny humour and not the garbage that some hollywood people call funny.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST MOVIE I HAVE SEEN. IT IS FUNNY WHEN THE KIDS TRY TO GET RID OF PAYNE, AND IT BACK FIRES. A MUST SEE!!