Full Metal Jacket: Review By MovieWiz001

I really like stories about the war at Vietnam. Which made me watch Platoon (1986), which I thought was one of the best war movies, I have ever seen. Afterwards, my uncle told me about Full Metal Jacket, and I was impressed. first I watched the trailer, for interests, and then I watched the movie and it was a very well-made movie about the war at Vietnam, not as good as Platoon, but very well-made.

Full Metal Jacket begins by following the trials and tribulations of a platoon of fresh Marine Corps recruits focusing on the relationship between Gunnery Sergeant Hartman and Privates Pyle and Joker. We see Pyle grow into an instrument of death as Hartman has forseen of all of his recruits. Through Pyle's torment and Joker's unwillingness to stand up against it the climax of part one is achieved with all three main characters deciding their fates by their action or inaction. The second chapter of Full Metal Jacket delves into Joker's psyche and the repeated referal to the fact that he joined the Corps to become a killer. When his mostly behind the scenes job as a combat correspondant is interfered with by the Tet offensive he is thrust into real combat and ultimately must choose if he really is a killer. A full metal jacket is a bullet consisting of a soft core (usually made of lead) encased in a shell of harder metal, such as gilding metal, cupronickel or less commonly a steel alloy.

Even though I hate to see Private Pyle suffer, but Gunnery Sergeant Hartman insults are pretty hurtful and funny to me. The first part of the story is pretty cruel, but I was enjoying the second half. On their last day on Paris Island, when everyone graduates, the psychological time-bomb explodes. Only intellectual Joker isn't assigned to jungle duty but as military war correspondent. He's unwilling to play the deceptive propaganda game and violence catches up even in the 'safe' city Hue. There some pretty nice settings of the battle scenes and that is what it shows to make the war realistic. + When the lady showed up when the second segment started, it looked like she was trying to walk sexy-like. It was a bit weird looking.

What I want to watch next is Apocalypse Now, tell your opinion of it below, if you have seen it. And I'm nearly about to read The 'Nam comic from Marvel, without The Punisher. Tell me if there is any more Vietnam war movies that I should know about, that are really good. But if you say it's better than Platoon, then it must be amazing. But yes, this was a very well-made Vietnam war movie and I recommend watching. But, it is your choice. Nomination - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (R. Lee Ermey) was the best part of the movie, I enjoyed. he is a retired U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor so of course he did an awesome job on his role. Ermey also served as the technical advisor on the film. Initially, he was only intended to be the technical advisor, but Kubrick changed his mind after Ermey put together an instructional tape to convince Kubrick he was the right person for the role, in which Ermey went on an extended hair-raising drill instructor tirade towards several Royal Marines cast as extras.

So yes the acting was great and so were the visuals. It's a movie I recommend watching and thanks for reading.

The Tet Offensive:

The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that began on January 31, 1968. Regular and irregular forces of the People's Army of Vietnam fought against the forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), the United States, and their allies. The purpose of the offensive was to strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam and to spark a general uprising among the population that would then topple the Saigon government, thus ending the war in a single blow.

The NLF launched a wave of attacks on the morning of 31 January in the I and II Corps Tactical Zones of South Vietnam. This early attack did not, however, cause undue alarm or lead to widespread defensive measures. When the main NLF operation began the next morning, the offensive was countrywide in scope and well coordinated, with more than 80,000 communist troops striking more than 100 towns and cities, including 36 of 44 provincial capitals, five of the six autonomous cities, 72 of 245 district towns, and the southern capital. The offensive was the largest military operation yet conducted by either side up to that point in the war.