Not the best, ain't the worst

Rating: 6/10 (26 April 2004)

Personally I think that Vietnam films fall into three categories:
1)Emotional sufferings due to war: Deer Hunter 2)Off it's head no direction war films: Apocalypse Now 3)Out 'n out guns and girls: Full Metal Jacket
Now don't get me wrong I thought it was ok, but never the less this is a rather predictable, "kill anything that moves" kinda film.
The "actors" were basically caricatures of what you'd expect soldiers to be like:
Pvt. Pyle- Token fat-guy Animal Mother- Mr. Macho Cowboy- all round nice guy just waiting to be shot.
People these days are still complaining about Mr. Tarantino's use of the "N" word, yet Kubrick was offending audiences long before that, not one of the Vietnamese (Northern or Southern) has a name and all the Vietnamese women are portrayed as cheap w****s.
This may seem quite negative, but on the other hand it was quite a light-weight fun semi-enjoyable