cutiger83 Posted December 21, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 21, 2009 While Christmas shopping last week, I bought "Full Metal Jacket" for $10 at Target. I have heard lots about it and have been wanting to get it. Nothing says the holiday spirit like a war movie Just kidding!!! I liked the movie but not as much as I thought I would. I have seen better but have also seen worse. I liked the first half better than the second half. How realistic was the basic training compared to being on Parris Island in the 60's? I did not like the ending of the movie where they were singing the Mickey Mouse song. I was wondering what the rest of you thought about the movie. Thanks...Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manchu Warrior Posted December 21, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 21, 2009 "Full Metal Jacket" is one of my all time favorites :thumbsup: and I have watched it way to many times. And although I was not a Marine it did remind me of Army basic training at Ft Benning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmcski Posted December 21, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 21, 2009 Definitely has it's place on the shelf, but I'm also more a fan of the first half than the second. Quite a few inaccuracies, but well done nonetheless. My father (a Marine in the 50's), took me to see it when I was in grammar school, and he laughed almost the entire first half! A few years later, I watched it nightly in preparation for heading off to recruit training (the first half, anyway). Entertaining, to be sure! Semper, Ski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 21, 2009 Share #4 Posted December 21, 2009 And remember, it was filmed on location in London's (then) derelict docklands! Sabrejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted December 22, 2009 Share #5 Posted December 22, 2009 My favorite movie of all times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pathfinder505 Posted December 27, 2009 Share #6 Posted December 27, 2009 I watched it when it came out at the theater. I thought it was good but not good enough to ever watch again or buy the video. Now give me the Longest Day or Kelly's Heroes and some popcorn and I am ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1ashooter Posted December 27, 2009 Share #7 Posted December 27, 2009 I've watched Full Metal Jacket and the DI staring Jack Webb with my dad, a Korea Marine. He said his basic was experience was as shown in these movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19leatherneck68 Posted January 17, 2010 Share #8 Posted January 17, 2010 Enough said :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted January 17, 2010 Share #9 Posted January 17, 2010 I use the movie as a measurement of character. If people think it's a comedy, I know I'll get along with them! :thumbsup: I have met R Lee Ermey twice, he's a really great guy, nice as they come and funny as heck. He told me that he often has people ask for him to pose for pictures with him pretending to choke the other person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted January 19, 2010 Share #10 Posted January 19, 2010 I thought it was excellent movie! I have FMJ in my war movie collection :thumbsup: FULL METAL JACKET PLATOON HAMBURGER HILL APOCALYPSE NOW and all the RAMBO movies and several classic WWII movies as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobza Posted January 23, 2010 Share #11 Posted January 23, 2010 One of best movies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zingo Posted January 24, 2010 Share #12 Posted January 24, 2010 Ermey also plays the DI in The Boys in Company C from 1978: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyxn-T-LoR8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheskett Posted January 24, 2010 Share #13 Posted January 24, 2010 Great flick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 24, 2010 Share #14 Posted January 24, 2010 While Christmas shopping last week, I bought "Full Metal Jacket" for $10 at Target. I have heard lots about it and have been wanting to get it. Nothing says the holiday spirit like a war movie Just kidding!!! I liked the movie but not as much as I thought I would. I have seen better but have also seen worse. I liked the first half better than the second half. How realistic was the basic training compared to being on Parris Island in the 60's? I did not like the ending of the movie where they were singing the Mickey Mouse song. I was wondering what the rest of you thought about the movie. Thanks...Kat That's pretty much the same way I feel about the movie, I didn't like the ending one bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLO Posted January 25, 2010 Share #15 Posted January 25, 2010 I think FULL METAL JACKET would have been a lot better movie if Gunnery Sgt Hartman didnt get killed and was also shipped to Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted February 23, 2010 Share #16 Posted February 23, 2010 Went to Parris Island in the late 80s and the boot camp portion was pretty close to what I experieinced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Barnes Posted March 5, 2010 Share #17 Posted March 5, 2010 DEFINITELY one of my all-time favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhs1970426 Posted March 5, 2010 Share #18 Posted March 5, 2010 I think FULL METAL JACKET would have been a lot better movie if Gunnery Sgt Hartman didnt get killed and was also shipped to Vietnam. +1. i was upset when he was killed. I sometimes stop then and watch something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAT GUY Posted March 6, 2010 Share #19 Posted March 6, 2010 This and my marine 1st sgt NJROTC instructor got me interested in joining the marines. No idea why. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zotig111 Posted March 13, 2010 Share #20 Posted March 13, 2010 I use the movie as a measurement of character. If people think it's a comedy, I know I'll get along with them! :thumbsup: I have met R Lee Ermey twice, he's a really great guy, nice as they come and funny as heck. He told me that he often has people ask for him to pose for pictures with him pretending to choke the other person! R Lee makes this movie, no need to watch the 2nd half of the movie. I had to give the Gunny a hard time about playing an Army dog in Siege of Firebase Gloria. I ran into him at the show of shows a couple years ago and asked him about the "Army" role and his role in Saving Silverman. If you haven't seen Saving Silverman, watch it to see the Gunny's range as an actor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCRECON Posted March 13, 2010 Share #21 Posted March 13, 2010 I saw Full Metal Jacket when it first came out in the theaters. I thought the boot camp part of the movie was so realistic to me that it made the hair stand up on the back of my neck and my hands sweat. When my series was at the rifle range, there was one recruit on another platoon who could not shoot to save his backside. His buddies rode him constantly during pre-qual firing practice and on qual day, he failed miserably. A non-qual was the lowers form of life in the Marine Corps (but it also meant that a combat arms MOS was unlikely). Apparently, he secreted a live round and the night after qualifications (and considerable more verbal abuse) he went into the shower area and shot himself. I don't remember if he lived or died as the scene was quickly secured and no one was allowed in there. From the point the movie shifts to Vietnam, it's no longer worth watching. I have it on an old laser disc and watch it once in a while but always stop it at the point it switches to Vietnam.....just too ludicrous for me to stomach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiendolch Posted April 2, 2010 Share #22 Posted April 2, 2010 One of my all time favorites "This is my Rifle" common that's classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nix284 Posted April 6, 2010 Share #23 Posted April 6, 2010 I love the first half and also agree about Gunny in Saving Silverman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted April 6, 2010 Share #24 Posted April 6, 2010 Ermey also plays the DI in The Boys in Company C from 1978: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyxn-T-LoR8 Now, with that avatar picture, I'd also expect you to know Ermey was a chopper pilot in Apocalypse now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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