#77 Full Metal Jacket
In Summary Stanley Kubrick takes on the Vietnam war in his typical, visual-centric style in Full Metal Jacket . As a film-goer, you get good value-for-money with Full Metal Jacket , with it being effectively two films for the price of one. While each half of the film complements the other, Full Metal Jacket is most certainly a bifurcated experience. The most memorable half of the film is undoubtedly the first, as the Marine recruits are put through their paces by the drill instructor, Sergeant Hartman. It is a visceral experience as the audience feels under instruction as much as the trainee soldiers are, as their personalities are slowly subsumed into the singular, Marine identity. It is through this rigour that the audience feels the recruits' frustration with the black sheep - nicknamed 'Pyle' by Sgt. Hartman - who is slow, overweight and seemingly incapable of meeting the standards required to pass training. Hope comes from the other trainee given an identit...
