Twisted irony, acid mockery, and "in-your-face" performance

Rating: 9/10 (12 November 2009)

Finally I see a movie by Mr Stanley Kubrick that is up to my expectations. A solid war film full of twisted irony, acid mockery, and "in-your-face" performance of all the actors involved. Though I wish I did not read the trivia, because reading that the movie was filmed in the UK with the plastic palm trees does not add any respect to the production (I think I should quit the trivia for certain great films – it simply ruins the whole impression sometimes). Still, even without that kind of authenticity the movie walks along quite well. Its ridiculous amount of fowl language is justified (just think how many movies nowadays are crammed with bad language which is there just because the director thinks it's cool no matter if it fits the film itself or not). You don't expect the military guys saying something like "Would you be so kind to run faster, Private Vincent D'Onofrio", do you? The performance of Mr R. Lee Ermey deserves an Oscar without any doubt. However offensive his character is, you feel that he is making his job the best he can. His one-liners are something to hear. Sometimes you don't know: to laugh or cry.
I cannot help pointing out that remarkable music during the tense psychological scenes (beating of Pvt Pyle and Pvt Pyle 's pay-back). Those scenes stand out and overshadow the war scenes.
A great movie worth viewing. Definitely not for children. It's an example of film-making when any remake will not be up to the original. And I don't understand when spoof-productions of such war classics appear. I don't think that certain subjects can be made fun of.
It's a 9 out of 10 from me. Thank you for attention.