When everyone is a terrible person...

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2007)

That is basically the whole idea of "Full Metal Jacket" as far as I could tell. No one in this movie, except for the main character and maybe a few, few others, are good. You go to training camp and you get turned into this inhumane, war monster. That is what this film is about, for the most part. The first half of the film is very entertaining, and I admit I laughed at some of Sgt. Hartman's insults. But that smile is turned upside down with the second half, which descends into madness and climaxes with a brutalizing, bitter ending.
This film is depressing, in every since of the word. It isn't like Saving Private Ryan which has that good ol' flag waving in the sun. There is no symbolism of happiness in this film. It's just men in love with war.\ 10/10, unflinching Kubrick entry.