One of Kubrick's best

Rating: Null/10 (10 July 1999)

This movie is one of Kubrick's best. When I first watched it, I couldn't stay involved in the second half so I praised only the first. But after watching it again last night, I felt I had to write a comment about the mastery. The first half of the movie is well-done and realistic (not that I've ever been in the corps) as well as easy to understand. It's relatable to many different people, no matter if you were alive during Nam or aren't in the army. It has Kubrick written all over it. The second half is not as widely admired, probably because it isn't a movie in which you can sit back and watch. It's far from self-explanatory, which is more the style of the first half. You must live in the war with Joker and Mother and Cowboy and Rafterman to enjoy it. I myself think this IS the greatest war film made, and certainly one of Kubrick's best.