Kubrick's Best Film

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2019)

Full Metal Jacket is not only, to me, Kubrick's best film, but it is by far the best war movie I have ever seen.
The movie is about Private "Joker" Davis (played by Matthew Modine) who is going through basic training and is suffering through insults from his foul mouthed drill sarge, Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) and helps a guy named Private "Pyle" Lawrence (Vincent D'Onofrio) get through basic training. Pyle takes a pretty bad detour, and Joker is graduating to the Marine Corps and is sent to Vietnam, where he joins the Battle of Hué.
Full Metal Jacket was a very realistic and well established war film. It had a very clear story, the acting was top notch, the war elements were amazing, and it ran in a fast pace.
R. Lee Ermey, in my opinion, was the best part of the film. Not only does he get to be humorous, but he does a great job at playing a legit drill sergeant. Vincent D'Onofrio was pretty good at playing Private Pyle, as he turned psycho later on, and Modine was great as the lead character.
The war elements were also phenomenal. With all the gun action, explosions, and violence, they really did a solid job giving this film some good war spirit.
Bottom line, I love Full Metal Jacket and it has aged very well for over 30 years.