First half of the film and Kubrick`s greatness!

Rating: 10/10 (17 September 1999)

"Full Metal Jacket". The greatest war movie ever, infront of "Saving Private Ryan", "Platoon" and "The Thin Red Line" This movie starts when the innocent boys enter the US military with long hair and waiting the unexpectable. The great thing by this movie, is that it has two parts. The first part is when they have the drill instructor Hartman. A genious start which Kubrick has directed with the feeling that you are a part of the men. You, Joker, Snowball, Cowboy and the rest! You really get the feeling and the reality of being in the US Marines! I have even heard that the man playing Srg.Hartman has really been a seargent in the US military!!?!?!?!? I really felt sorry for Gomer Pyle when he got hitten by the handtowels with the soap inside! There Kubrick also showed how the psychic stress can change a man and drive him crazy! Kubrick has really drawn out the real military realness that is the symbol of the movie! Too bad he has deceased!