Full Metal Jacket

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W m No wonder America lost Vietnam if this is how they behaved, because Kubric really showed the Americans to be pretty stupid Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/06/25 Full Review Jackson T The most I can describe it as is an absolute masterpiece. I understand where some of the negativity comes from, and the movie is definitely not perfect but I genuinely could not look away from the screen when watching. The portrayal of war in this movie genuinely shocks me in the same way Saving Private Ryan did, both of them being great movies. If you ever get the chance to, please go watch this movie. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/30/25 Full Review Fritz G Although one could see were the negative comments about this come from I think this movie shows very intensive how the war changes each psyche. And with a wonderful image quality. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/29/25 Full Review Sto C Full metal jacket well encapsulates the mental state of the soldiers and depicts the horrors of the war that they have to go through. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/21/25 Full Review Kai K Probably my favorite Kubrick film and definitely my favorite war film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/20/25 Full Review Isa B This is a great, great Stanley Kubrick film. I first act of the film is the strongest, which some might consider a flaw. Vincent D'Onofrio really knocked it out of the park as Private Pile in what is quite possibly his career best performance. Before he got this role, he had gotten himself in the best shape of his life only to be offered a part in a Stanley Kubrick film, which was a dream for any actor in the world while Mr. Kubrick was still making films. He gained some 40 pounds only for Stanley to tell him that he just looks "like he could kick everybody's ass here". That meant he had to gain another 30 pounds to look like the pathetic Private Pile that Kubrick had in mind. He gained the weight, got the part, and the rest is history! Lee Ermey was born to play Gunnery Sergeant L. Hartman. He, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Matthew Modine absolutely owned the opening scene. Modine was exceptional in his role as Private Joker. Full Metal Jacket being a 1980s Vietnam War film, the comparisons to Platoon are inevitable. Oliver Stone's Platoon came out in 1986, and I consider it to be a masterpiece. Personally, I think it is the better film of the two, but Full Metal Jacket is certainly the more well-made, more professionally crafted film. Any critic can see the master at work in the finer details of the picture. Of course, Oliver Stone is a great filmmaker in his own right, but I'm sure even he would admit that Stanley Kubrick was the best or one of the top 2 or 3 in the history of cinema. I love Joker's thousand yards stare at the end of the movie. The film ends on an analytical note, appropriate for a combat correspondent. I most definitely recommend it. 94/100 Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/17/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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