Mind Blowing

Rating: 9/10 (27 March 2013)

Stanley Kubrick outdoes himself once again. The military factory that turns out killing machines aka the Marines is projected in great detail, with snappy dialogue, instantly lovable characters, great plot and background score. This movie is a classic. The drill sergeant immediately grabs the attention of the viewer by his testicles and doesn't let go until his death. the easy and carefree joker is exotic and astonishing in his natural portrayal of a mischievous marine recruit. Gomer Pyle arouses our sympathy and compassion and his transformation from a happy go lucky slightly idiotic kid to a homicidal lunatic is a testament to all the wrong things done in the Marine Corps.
The style is classic Kubrick and the way he snap cuts into characters that portray exactly the stereotypes of soldiers in the Vietnam War better than any other movie except maybe Platoon. Blood, violence, action, destruction, reunion, jubilation, submission are expertly synchronized in the movie. It cannot be praised enough and no can view it too many times.