excellent film for its time

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2015)

this is an excellent film for its time depicting the Vietnam War . i have friends who was part of and in this film ( you know who you are ...lol) who enjoyed taking part on this well known project working along side some well know and up and coming actors
the film has a good story line, even though it is is fictional,
most of uniforms /costumes are ( or appear to be ) historically correct ,it starts off with marine boot camp where conscripts are stripped of all sense of individuality to be turned into soldiers, and shows the training /stress that the soldiers of the time had to deal just to be accepted as a soldier and to become a marine , , it has some light humour,excellent visual effects,it shows the horrors of war in such a way that the viewer can get an insight of the hard work ,the horror and the feelings that soldiers have to deal with
Full Metal Jacket is easily one of the best war movies of the 80's.
all in all It's a great piece of filmmaking,