Full Metal Jacket= LEE ERMY!!!!!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (7 March 2012)

Full Metal Jacket is honestly Kubrick's best film since 2001: A Space Odyssey. Now, I am very new to Kubrick's work and have never gotten the style (same to Quenten Tarentino). When directors have very distinct styles, its either very compelling to watch or fall apart into disaster. But, thank god Kubrick is not the latter since his style was very creative and innovative and just unique. But, enough of the director how about the movie itself? All I have to say is one word: LEE ERMY!!! Lee Ermy simply played the perfect drill instructor I have ever seen in a movie!! He had the perfect dialouge in this movie and heres the thing: HE IMPROVED ALL HIS LINES!!! Now, if thats not perfect acting. I don't know what is! But, the rest of the cast are fantastic with Pvt. Pyle as a fat blob turned into a psychopath later in the film. In fact, in the first half Pvt. Pyle is focused on more than anybody! Actually, its pretty much the entire part of boot camp thats focused on! This movie depicts boot camp perfectly as privates are given inspections, they run through basic training to become stone cold killers. Im sure many Marines will feel at home when they see this movie. This film had pretty much the greatest dialogue I have ever heard in a war movie! Especially from Sgt. Hartman!!! I could remember all the sinister but true quotes he says!!! "Pvt. Pyle, Why is your foot locker unlocked?!" The best part of this movie is that its not your ordinary movie since it pretty much has dark humor all over the place! Now, some people say that the first part starts with a bang while the second part starts to fizzle out. I don't think it killed the movie as I think the second part was as good as the first since it delved into the war. This movie doesn't really have much of a story rather it is conceptual than story-driven. It talks about the de-humanizing effects of war. How humans change from innocent citizens to loyal mean machine killers in the military. "It was mostly propaganda!" many people say. I would kinda have to agree on that statement since it does have some anti-war messages in it but the best thing is it is never held in front of your face. It merely implies anti-war scene after scene. Now, the cinematography. WOW! Kubrick has some sense of style when it comes to setting the mood. The color palette he uses to depict a war zone is genius! So do yourself a favor and go see Kubrick's masterpiece maggot!!! P.S. LEE ERMY IS AWESOME!!!!!