The war movie

Rating: 8/10 (27 August 2002)

2001: A Space Odyssey didn't do it. A Clockwork Orange wasn't enough. Eyes Wide Shut nearly convinced me otherwise, but finally Full Metal Jacket was enough to prove to me that Stanley Kubrick is a genius. When I saw the movie as a kid, I was attracted to it by the war action. Now, as an adult I love the movie for it's deeper message (which I leave for everyone to find by themself). Matthew Modine does a fine job as Private Joker, but the true heroes of this film are R. Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman and Vincent D'Onofrio as Leonard Lawrence.
A truly amazing movie, to which all the war movies that have come since owe a lot.