"Full Metal Jacket" is a Kubrick film that doesn't quite compare to the others I love like "2001" or "Dr. Strangelove". I think it's because the first half of the film the boot camp story is totally engrossing while the second half with the freshly trained Marines fighting in Vietnam though gripping can't stand up to it's previous half. This is due of two things. One of course the Kubrick direction and the other being the performance of R. Lee Ermey. His character Sgt. Hartman is one of movie legend. The ending of the boot camp segment is certainly shocking. If you've never seen it it really hammers you.
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"Full Metal Jacket" is a Kubrick film that doesn't quite compare to the others I love like "2001" or "Dr. Strangelove". I think it's because the first half of the film the boot camp story is totally engrossing while the second half with the freshly trained Marines fighting in Vietnam though gripping can't stand up to it's previous half.
This is due of two things. One of course the Kubrick direction and the other being the performance of R. Lee Ermey. His character Sgt. Hartman is one of movie legend. The ending of the boot camp segment is certainly shocking. If you've never seen it it really hammers you.