Full Metal Jacket (1987)

the audience applauded

good back-story, and good acting

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Vietnam war as depicted by the master itself: Stanley Kubrick. Funny moments, sad moments and everything in between. This movie shows the many aspects of war and it's effect on human condition. Many people seem to think it gets weaker after the boot camp and the second part isn't as good, I like the whole movie, the second half has at least the same amount of memorable scenes if not more!

A hard movie to watch, of course, given the first 45 minutes alone makes 2014's Whiplash look like Barney the Dinosaur. But there is more to this movie than just a hard-to-stomach war film, I assure you. Believe me, this film is fantastic.The film is based on a Novel called The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford, which unfortunately I have not read. The first 45 minutes follows a few Marines in training for the Vietnam War under the guise of the extremely hard Senior Drill Instructor Hartmann, played by the late R. Lee Ermey (may he rest in peace). This performance from this character alone makes the first 45 minutes of the movie the best first act of any film that I never want to see again. After this hard-to-stomach first act, we transition to Matthew Modine's character, nicknamed "Joker," and his team going through the hardships of war. As simple as this plot is, the execution is beyond brilliant.The only problem I have with the film is that the second and third act, while very well done, did not keep my attention as much as the phenomenal first act.The characters are all memorable, for better or for worse, even if you know they are gonna bite the dust. Stanley Kubrick really knows how to direct actors and characters, and he knows how to get even the most squeamish of people emotionally invested.Just about everything else in terms of the aspects of filmmaking is done from good to exceptionally.I cannot say for sure this is one of Kubrick's best films, or even in the top five. However, I definitely think everyone should see this movie at least once in their lives.RATING:9/10

The director's intention was to provide an image of a Marine's daily life. The scenes that helped the director's intentions was a specific scene in which the marines were sitting around talking and bidding on a girl while the rest of them were fighting and another scene where the soldiers are lounging around while the tanks are blasting. Also, when the general pushes them to their limits leading to mental breakdowns. This scene supports my claim because the movie illustrates the marine's life of how they fight and protect our lives while risking theirs and suffering at the same time. The plot of the movie is how all the privates graduated to be marines except one that killed himself and when they became marines they fought in the Battle of Hue in Vietnam. The main plot in the movie fails because someone kills himself and at the end three marines die. The acting felt forced but also authentic. The actors did not show their full potential but authentic because you would always hear a general screaming. Cinematography is an important aspect of this movie. The cinematography helps the director's intention of a marine's daily life, but the particular shots that made it worse were the shooting animated blood and fake props. I rate this movie 7/10 because I really like how the director made a movie based on a marine's life and made it interesting and fun. I also believe that the acting and plot was not executed perfectly and needed more potential and the action is more waiting and not enough suspense or thrill. All in all the movie is great and I encourage you to take some of your time to watch this.

One of Stanley Kubrick's latest films, Gustav Hasford's Short Film adaptation of Novels, has received many awards for being an Oscar, while he received heavy criticism from the Full Metal Jacket, American army and American nationalists. The legal dimension of the war in Kubirck's "The Power of the Path" Strangelove examines the political dimension of the war in the film, examining the psychology of the soldiers and the background of the war in this film. Kubrick's anti militarist stance Kubrick's battle scenes in this film Unlike other Vietnam films, the background of the battle during the training of newly joined soldiers in the city, not in the forests of Vietnam, but also in the battlefield of Full Metal Jacket is to be remembered as a cult film provide.