The 2nd half is even better than the 1st

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2003)

Full Metal Jacket is one of the most brilliant and intelligent anti-war movies ever - as already states by many other users before. Trust them.
Many people consider the first half of the film to be very interesting, but they don´t seem to appreciate the second half. This must be due to the fact that both parts are very different from each other. The first part is more comical, the story and its message are quite plain. The drill seargant is a character everybody likes to quote, and the pace of the 1st half is quite high.
Nevertheless one shouldn´t underestimate the second half of the movie. Do not be disappointed about the slower pace or the missing "radical" characters. Listen closely to the dialogues instad. Each of those little scences and episodes told conveys the madness of war better than most fighting scences could ever do.