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It on time to come
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Full metal jacket is a thought provoking anti war Vietnam war movie split into 2 parts. The 1st part introduces us to the main character "joker" and the training camp for the US marine corp. The 2nd part follows him out in "Nam" working as a correspondant for "Stars and Stripes", The US Armies propaganda paper to help with morale amongst the troops and for the folks back home. The Film pulls no punches and the language especially in the training camp is strong to say the least. The insight that comes through the way the main character relates to his training buddies and then to unit he hooks up with in the field is really well written.
One of the greatest war movies ever, a statement very few will dispute. I will therefore not illustrate this point : thousands have done it before me, often brilliantly.I'd rather lay the stress on Kubrick's modernity in "Full Metal Jacket". Indeed the USA being once again at war, it is interesting to compare the way they wage war these days with the way they did back in the sixties. And the comparison is edifying. Just apply the following statements to Iraq and you will realize NOTHING HAS CHANGED : - the marines are trained to become killing machines without being taught minimum knowledge about the people they come to defend. - the boys know nothing about the Vietnamese and reason according to American standards : for instance "Cow-Boy" complains half-jokingly half-seriously that there are no horses in Vietnam. Another example is the soldiers singing the Mickey Mouse Club hymn after fighting, which strikes as particularly out of place. - they try in vain to impose democracy through gruesome violence and destruction. Such similarities abound and testify to the film's absolute - and unfortunate - modernity. I wish Kubrick was still with us. I also wish George Bush and his advisers had seen this masterpiece and - most of all - understood its message. They would have avoided another bloody war doomed to fail. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Read full review
A GREAT STORY AND CAST
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