Wow people. It is the end of April and no one has been posting. I am a little disappointed but I realized that the last time I updated was February so I have no room to talk. We are all busy with school but I felt like posting a review on an older film to lighten everyones mood and help them procrastinate even longer.
I watched Full Metal Jacket this weekend and fell in love. It was brilliant and I love Kubrick. Everyone knows my stance on Clockwork but I love every other Kubrick that I have seen: 2001 Space Odyssey, Eyes Wide Shut, and Full Metal Jacket.
As a viewer you can definitely tell that this was a two part film. The first having to deal with the life of incoming soldiers and how they build as family. The tolls that the army dishes out everyone of them. The disgusting, vulgar things that the captain says to each person. These are people and we train them like animals. We want them to be animals or maybe even a robot. Humans are not humans anymore but instead they are killing machines.
We see the how Pyle, the overweight, slower character is influenced by the people around him. He wants to be like them but everyone else doesn't see him as a person. Joker has to take care of him but in the end all of the soldiers get fed up with him and give him a good beating. Pyle turns the tables when he becomes a great fireman. He can use a gun and he has a great shot. We later see how both the beating and his talent effect the story.
In the second part of the film is the Vietnam war. It is brutal and disgusting. My favorite part is when each marine is getting interviewed and giving their opinions on the war. Joker is a very complicated character. He wears a helmet that says, "Born to Kill" but on his jacket he wears a peace pin. In his interview he said that he came to Vietnam so that he could be the first on his block to have a confirmed kill. But when he is faced with shooting someone he can't do it. This is pushed when Animal Mother looks him in the eye and tells him to kill... I don't want to spoil it for you.
Anyways, the cinematography is brilliant and we all know what is in store for us when we want to watch a Kubrick film.
