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Full Metal Jacket - What a stupid movie

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Expecting another SPR?

I'd rank Platoon, Glory, and Full Metal Jacket above SPR (which was of course, a great movie).

Maybe you just "don't get it"?
 
Speaking of Glory, that is one of the most under-appreciated war movies ever. Denzel Washington is great.
 
If God wanted you up there he would have miracled your a$$ up there Private Pile!

It's a really deep movie, you gotta watch it a few times.
 
I HATE WAR MOVIES:|:disgust:

EDIT:I HATED WAR MOVIES

UNTIL I WATCHED FULL METAL JACKET😀

THE COMPLETE EXPERIENCE

KUBRICK DOES NOT SELL US SHORT ON ANYTHING
 
MODS!
Merkat was just quoting the movie!! give him a break

even though duckes has no taste in war movies!

I loved the first part brought back great memories (and not so great ones)
my fav line-----"you're bouncing!" so few know what that means 😎
 
'Drop your cocks and grab your socks!'

FMJ is exactly the way I would envision Vietnam: Scary as hell, confusing, adrenaline pumping, insanely stupid (the war not the movie), and awe inspiring. WWII was a pretty straightforward war while VN was everything but. The only way a GI was going to survive this war was to trust his fellow GI's COMPLETELY and work as a TEAM. That is what I believe Kubrick was trying to convey and was more than successful at doing so. Kubrick hit EVERY emotion right on the head....not so much with words but with body language. The first time I watched this movie I thought it was kind of 'funny'. The second and third times I thought it was completely serious. Viewings 4-10+ picked up something more each time and continue to do so.

This is a MUST SEE for anyone who is interested in VN....but...it's kinda like PINK FLOYD's THE WALL...you GOTTA see it MANY times to 'get it'.

SDC
 
I think Full Metal Jacket was the best Vietnam movie ever made.

Oh and Mod, Merkat was just quoting the movie, cut him some slack.
 
Let's make this clear, I did not mean to offend anyone. If you think FMJ is the best war movie ever made, then I respect your opinion.

I think part of the reason I did not like FMJ as much as other movies I have watched is because I don't think it was deep enough. Again, this movie is like 15 years old and I just happened to watch it for the first time a couple of days ago.

In SPR every soldier seemed more human, with more emotions, they were scared. FMJ was different, it is not the kind of movie that will make any difference in the way I view the world, it's the kind of movie I will forget in a couple of months.

And don't get me wrong, I liked FMJ, the first 45 minutes in the bootcamp.

While I don't base my opinions on what the critics say, I would like to mention that Roger Ebert gave SPR 4 stars, while he gave FMJ only 2 1/2.
 


<< Let's make this clear, I did not mean to offend anyone. If you think FMJ is the best war movie ever made, then I respect your opinion. >>


ummm sure - that's why you used the flame bait topic title &quot;FMJ - what a stupid movie&quot;



<< I think part of the reason I did not like FMJ as much as other movies I have watched is because I don't think it was deep enough. Again, this movie is like 15 years old and I just happened to watch it for the first time a couple of days ago. >>


I am dying for you to explain what &quot;deep&quot; means. The movie is great on so many levels



<< In SPR every soldier seemed more human, with more emotions, they were scared. FMJ was different, it is not the kind of movie that will make any difference in the way I view the world, it's the kind of movie I will forget in a couple of months. >>


I like your simplification: &quot;with more emotions, they were scared.&quot; Almost the entire movie takes place in heavy combat, what did you expect? And frankly, that was about the only emotion other than the male version of empathy when they saw another guy cry and left him alone...



<< And don't get me wrong, I liked FMJ, the first 45 minutes in the bootcamp. >>


Me too 🙂



<< While I don't base my opinions on what the critics say, I would like to mention that Roger Ebert gave SPR 4 stars, while he gave FMJ only 2 1/2. >>


Why do you want to mention it then? Roger Ebert is the biggest spielberg whore on the planet. He has less journalistic integrity than the guy Sony invented.
 
And by the way, why is it that when someone doesn't like a movie, someone else claims that it is because s/he didn't understand it?
 
Enjoy
1)&quot;Were you born a fat, slimy scumbag, puke, piece of * or did you have to work on it?&quot;

2)&quot;I wanted to be the first kid on my block to get a confirmed kill.&quot;

3)&quot;You had best square your arse away and start * me Tiffany cufflinks or I will definitely * you up.&quot;

4)&quot;What ever you do don't fall down. That would break my * heart.&quot;

5)&quot;God has a hard-on for Marines, because we kill everything we see.&quot;

6)&quot;You best * yourself or else I will unscrew your head and * down your neck!&quot;

7)&quot;I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior Drill Instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of our filthy sewers will be 'sir'. Do you maggots understand that?&quot; &quot;Sir, yes sir.&quot; &quot;bull* I can't hear you.
Sound off like you got a pair.&quot; &quot;Sir, yes sir!&quot;

8)&quot;I wanted to see exotic Vietnam, the jewel of South East Asia. I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an
ancient culture and, kill them.&quot;

9)&quot;Oh that's right Private Pyle, don't make any *ing effort to get up to the top of the *ing obstacle. If God wanted you up there he would have miracled your arse up there by now, wouldn't he?&quot;

10)&quot;What is your major malfunction numnuts?&quot;

11)&quot;Get the * off of my obstacle!&quot;

12)&quot;You climb obstacles like old people *. Do you know that Private Pyle?&quot;

13)&quot;If I'm gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word is 'poontang&quot;

14)&quot;I bet you if there was some pussy up there on top of that obstacle you could get up there. Couldn't you?&quot;

15)&quot;I'm gonna rip your balls off, so you can not contaminate the rest of the world!&quot;

16)&quot;Anyone who runs is a VC. Anyone who stands still is a well-disciplined VC.&quot;

17)&quot;Aint war hell.&quot;
 


<< And by the way, why is it that when someone doesn't like a movie, someone else claims that it is because s/he didn't understand it? >>


In this case, you subject topic was begging for comments...
 
My nephew went to the Marines a couple of weeks ago, he is also in Parris Island, SC.

I wonder what it is like. I'll rent FMJ when he comes back 🙂
 
FMJ was definetely one of the best war movies of all time. It was actually funny(we love you long time)-yet disturbing at the same time(when soldier shoots the sarge).


I think you should watch it again and pay attention. Maybe you will understand the forces behind great movies...

sig.
 
FMJ is one of my favorites. The closest depiction Ive ever seen of Basic Training although I never saw a TI or DI hit a recruit. I was only in the AF though so what do I know? Well, at least the language in boot was the same. I was always in trouble for laughing at the TI. Best part of boot.

Nobody mentioned the &quot;Alabama Black Snake&quot; though. 😀

Someone mentioned &quot;Glory&quot; That was a great flick also.
 
FMJ is one of the best movies out there. Anyone who says otherwise is a Rat Fink 🙂 It was the second movie I got on DVD (the first was Ronin😉).

And another vote for Glory (must get on DVD).
 
FMJ was the movie that got me into liking war movies in the first place. such emotion , ferocity, intensity. god thats good stuff.
 
Check out this trivia about R. Lee Ermey (the drill instructor) from the internet movie database:

Former US Marines Drill Instructor R. Lee Ermey was hired as a consultant on how to drill USMC style. He performed a demonstration on videotape in which he yelled obscene insults and abuse non-stop for fifteen minutes without stopping, repeating himself, or even flinching - despite being continuously pelted with tennis balls and oranges. Director Stanley Kubrick was so impressed that he cast Ermey as Sgt. Hartmann.


R. Lee Ermey hardly blinks at all in any scene.


Ermey was involved in a jeep accident during the making of the movie. At 1am he skidded off the road, breaking all of his ribs on one side. He refused to pass out, and kept flashing his car lights until a motorist stopped. In some scenes, he does not move one of his arms at all.


Man! Talk about tough!!!
 
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