Brilliant.

Rating: 10/10 (26 August 1999)

I just saw this movie a few minutes ago and I am still in shock. Full Metal Jacket is, to be conservative, an extraordinary work of art. The critics who complained about the letdown after the 1st hour do not truly understand the film. Full Metal Jacket is about how the military corrupted and dehumanized a number of innocent men. Boot camp showed how the men were trained into killers. Vietnam showed how the boot camp affected the men. Also, like many Kubrick films, there are a few truely haunting scenes, such as the bathroom scene and the sniper scene (more like a sequence, actually). The 1st hour was excelent, the 2nd was pretty good, and the ending was a masterpiece. I loved how the men wandered off into the woods, singing the "Mickey Mouse" song, an innocent yet disturbing scene. I also loved the credits music. Kubrick has really outdone himself. 10/10