Blah blah war films.

Rating: 6/10 (21 November 2012)

It's risky to say anything about about Stanley Kubrick because he's such a well-respected director, so I won't say that much. As a movie, it's really boring and hard to sympathize or care about the Marines (but maybe Kubrick wanted that). R. Lee Ermey was fantastic and completely in form, while none of the recruits were interesting enough to pay attention to. (Including Pyle, who was not cut out for the Marines anyway.) The movie had two halves which seemed connected like the bread of a PB&J, but without the enjoyability of a sandwich. But I was a huge fan of the opening scene. I feel like I could be a Army "barber" if I needed to. The low-budget aspects were refreshing, but I just didn't like it much.