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User Comments for: Full Metal Jacket

nmahoney416 says...
6 years ago
The first half of this movie is perfect. The second half turns into a great war movie but can't quite live up to the first half. R. Lee Ermey (RIP) steals the show. He plays one hell of a drill sergeant. Vincent D'Onofrio is fantastic too. The war half feels gritty and real. I love the music but they are a little cliche.
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simonynwa says...
10 years ago
Although ostensibly following Modine's character, Kubrick's detached style makes it difficult to care about him or any of the principal characters. Instead, the characters exist to serve a series of vignettes detailing the nature of war and the cost to the soldiers that are trained. This could be any war - substitute the jungle for the desert and you could also have the Iraq war. There are some memorable moments in this film which also feel disturbingly horrific and beautiful at the same time - the reveal of an enemy sniper, D'Onofrio's greeting in the bathroom, and the final shots of soldiers walking through a burning city - but then Kubrick certainly knows how to frame a shot. The occasional voiceover from Modine, however, feels completely unnecessary.
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Reply by Zillah
7 years ago
@simonynwa it's like it's two different movies spliced together after the final boot camp scene.
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WitWolfy says...
11 years ago
After the bootcamp training it felt like the movie was just another war movie... I hate this Joker, a real forgetable character he turned out to be
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Samekas says...
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5 years ago
The first half of movie feels like a completely different movie, would rate a 10 if it wasn't the other half part of it, the other half its just a typical war movie. This is a 8 and half star movie, would watch again if they realese the 4K version.
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devotedtodisney says...
13 years ago
D'Onofrio is such a fantastic "villian" in this film. Chills every time I think of that look he gives in the bathroom.

One of Kubrick's best.
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manicure says...
3 years ago
I must confess I have trouble digesting war films, as they tend to be either tedious propaganda, patriotic boredom, or just brainless action. It was not the case at all with "Full Metal Jacket".

Stanley Kubrick uses sarcasm and pitch-black humor to document the war in an uncomfortably cold, uncinematic way. As the whole training camp section suggested, soldiers are entirely dehumanized: they don't feel anything, don't know what they are fighting for, their deaths do not even matter at all. Joker seems to be the only character to still retain some kind of humanity, his sarcasm as a way to detach from the system and protect his individuality. However, it's not clear if he managed to go through the last scene intact or if he just became the "minister of death, praying for war" he was trained into being.

It's a highly atypical but masterfully written and directed film, with some of the most iconic prologues ever.
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Horror future #7 says...
5 years ago
I am afraid i have to agree with most people..Training first part of movie is just brilliant but war part isn't that good we have seen way better things..Anyway this movie is a brilliant movie with great atmosphere and directing..7.9/10
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Jaitower says...
5 years ago
If you are looking for fun, it is not your movie, but, on the other hand, if you want to do an examination of conscience, yes. Not suitable for sensitive.
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DatBabyAintMine says...
6 years ago
My Top 10 favorite movie.

I laugh so fucking hard during the bootcamp scenes.
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Mr. Sackamano says...
6 years ago
These are great days we're living, bros. We are jolly green giants..walking the Earth..with guns. These people we wasted here today are the finest human beings we will ever know... After we rotate back to the world, we're gonna miss not having anyone around that's worth shooting.
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