A Superb , Sick and Deranged Masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (8 August 2007)

"I am in a world of sh*t" A quote that summarises the films theme and style and how the Vietnam war is presented in the film.
Stanley Kubrick presents Joker's story through the Vietnam war perfectly. Joker is a marine who reports for a magazine. The fact that he is looking to find information and pictures of the Vietnam war is a clear representation of the film performing reflexivity.
This is a film of two halves and two stories almost. One of them the story of Private Piles or Leonard in which Joker helps him through the gruelling process of marine training. The second is when Joker is actually in Vietnam and with a platoon.
The film also has a very vivid and upbeat sound score which has juxtapositions towards the actions that are happening on screen. This ultimately works very Well.
This is definitely one of the best war films I've ever seen. In my opinion a must see