war/army movie classic.

Rating: 8/10 (26 October 2015)

An awesome movie by Stanley Kubrick, not his best one, but still outstanding. "Full Metal Jacket" shows the ups and downs of army life, i love how the first half of the movie focuses on how it is to be in marine corps. To be honest, the first part was more action packed than the second part, which was about an actual war, not training.
I can't say i was really fascinated about how the war in Vietnam was displayed here, sure, the effects and scenery created was stellar for a movie from 1987, but i didn't feel the intensity i should have felt. They never really directly faced their enemies and didn't show too many fights between them. Yeah there were like 2 small skirmishes and that's about it. In my opinion the ending was kind of lack luster too, i really could not find it enjoyable, this is one of those great movies with a bad ending, unfortunately.
If it was only for the marine corps part of the movie it would have definitely been a 10/10, loved their training, struggles, Sergeant Hartman was just an awesome character. Still people, who really enjoy war movies are going to like this and enjoy it throughout. A Recommended watch!