Watch this movie if only for the first half !!!

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2011)

My ratings table: stars can be deciphered as:-
1/2 * = you might have to kill yourself after watching this.
* = utilize your time watching paint dry instead
* 1/2 = bad/boring run-of-the-mill movie, avoid if possible couple
** = just your ordinary run-of-the-mill movie with a couple of decent moments....
** 1/2 = decent movie, watch if time permits
*** = overall good package, could improve though
*** 1/2 = good movie with stand-out talking points.
**** = must see, excellent movie!
**** 1/2 = cinema par excellence, one of the all time greats
***** = the perfect movie/ as close to perfect as a movie can get
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Rating: **** 1/2
The movie completely blew me away. I'd recommend this to one and all. as the subject matter is one that every person should think about. This is an amazing movie, that shows what war really is: nothing but a waste of life. "The dead know only one thing - it is better to be alive." But what makes this movie more special is the first half or perhaps the first 40 minutes of the movie: it's possibly right up there with the best starts ever seen in a movie, all time... perhaps THE best. Yes, I think the film did lose some steam thereafter but the ending more than made up for it. If you haven't watched this yet... go and do so... and acquaint yourself with seemingly heartless Captain Hartley and the agony, amusement and laughs only he can dish out simultaneously to the audiences.. Also at the risk of repeating myself , I'd like to echo in with the other thousands of sentiments raised by people here: Kubrick really is a genius and this movie tells us why.