Full Metal Jacket has a lot to offer the audience

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2017)

Many people may not think of "Full Metal Jacket" and also think "artistic", but the film has many strong Artistic values. The film grabs the audience's attention and gains complete control of our emotion. The first half of the movie tends to focus on Private Pyle. Many of us feel sympathetic toward him as we have all felt as if we are not good enough at some point in our lives. We begin to feel sad and anxious for Pyle up until his breaking point and he takes his own life as well as the life of his commanding officer. Anything that manages to make a viewer or listener feel that sort of emotion, can definitely be considered art.
"Full Metal Jacket" is a very entertaining film, which is proved by how widely popular it is. It is definitely a classic and it is a film that most people can relate to. Almost everyone has seen the effects of war or knows the history behind it. The film manages to remind an older generation of the past, and show a younger generation a possible future. Whether you look at war as an event of the past, or inevitable in the future, it definitely makes us think about our lives.No matter where you come from. The Vietnam war itself may be outdated but "Full Metal Jacket" is a classic that can be watched throughout time.
"Full Metal Jacket" teaches the audience as well. Some may argue that the moral of the story is to be a good person, no matter the circumstances. While I feel that the moral of the film is the question, what does it mean to be human. Throughout the film we see numerous people committing atrocities whether it be, shooting civilians from a helicopter for fun, beating an overweight peer, or posing a man you killed next to you to laugh about him. It becomes hard to see many of the soldiers on either side as human by the end of the movie. And arguably, that is one of the large aspects of being a soldier. They need to see the enemy as no longer human in order to fulfill their duty. The film certainly gets the audience thinking about who they are, and how the would act in a time of war.
It is almost impossible to argue that there is not a strong internal and external conflict within the movie. The first half of the movie tends to focus on the internal struggles and eventual breaking of Private Pyle. The second half of the movie focuses on the experiences "Joker" has in combat. The characters are more than part of a story of combat, the story they tell is one of human nature, overcoming differences, and soldiers as a different breed of man. Although there are strong conflicts throughout the film, most of them are not resolved. The war in Vietnam was lost through lack of conviction by the government, and because of the many of the deaths and scars of the war appear to be in vain. Although the events with Private Pyle and Gunnery Sargent Hartman are over, they constantly haunt the minds of everyone else it affected.
In conclusion "Full Metal Jacket" is an absolutely fantastic film which makes the audience think about themselves, and feel sympathy towards the characters. "Full Metal Jacket" is a classic that has much to offer and is more than just a good military movie. The film is artistic, entertaining, educational, and has strong literary value. It is an incredible film and I would highly suggest it to anybody who is not sure if it is worth their time.