Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Whats it about:
A hardcore movie about the marine corps, the way they get trained, their actual indulgence in the Vietnam war, their lighter moments, the various departments in the Marine Corps, all sort of nicknames that the soldiers have. Great research done by the great Stanley Kubrick for this movie.

                                                                            
Hits

• The brutal training scenes are an emotional riot. Be it the initial speech of the commander, the way the privates get caught by him, Private Gomer Pyle's struggles at the training and his final flourish with the gun. Brilliant scenes
• Awesome war scenes like the way a single sniper takes out many marines like Cowboy, Eight Ball, Doc Jay from far range but struggles at close range to shoot Joker. Terrifying realism. Tremendous art work, sets, camera work etc etc. Looks so real. 

Misses

• Quite a slow pace in the middle portions of the movie. The initial training scenes and the climax war scene set too high a standard. The rest of the movie is quite lethargic

VERDICT

A true blue war movie from the master, Stanley Kubrick. But not a must watch ...