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Full Metal Jacket
Posted on 8/24/10 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 8/24/10 at 2:05 pm
where does this rank on your Kubrick list?
Posted on 8/24/10 at 2:11 pm to Babalugats
Definitely first.
One of my all time favorite movies. R. Lee Ermey is the man!
Posted on 8/24/10 at 2:12 pm to bayoudude
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU COULD SUCK A GOLF BALL THROUGH A GARDEN HOSE!
Posted on 8/24/10 at 2:12 pm to bayoudude
The training portion of the movie is perfect.
It drags a bit in the 2nd half but I think that is because it is hard to match the intensity and dialogue of the 1st half.
It drags a bit in the 2nd half but I think that is because it is hard to match the intensity and dialogue of the 1st half.
Posted on 8/24/10 at 2:16 pm to Babalugats
Clockwork
2001
strangelove
Shining
Jacket
2001
strangelove
Shining
Jacket
Posted on 8/24/10 at 2:25 pm to Babalugats
2nd behind the shining for me
Posted on 8/24/10 at 2:27 pm to SDTiger15
quote:
It drags a bit in the 2nd half but I think that is because it is hard to match the intensity and dialogue of the 1st half.
I agree and every other basic training portion of a movie has paled in comparison to FMJ.
So many quotable moments from that movie
Posted on 8/24/10 at 2:28 pm to CTexTiger
The Shining
Spartacus
Full Metal Jacket
Dr. Strangelove
A Clockwork Orange/2001 A Space Odyssey
Spartacus
Full Metal Jacket
Dr. Strangelove
A Clockwork Orange/2001 A Space Odyssey
Posted on 8/24/10 at 2:59 pm to Babalugats
Middle of the pack. Behind movies like 2001, Paths of Glory, Lolita, Spartacus, The Killing & Barry Lyndon. Would be higher if the second half was as good as the first. But higher than Eye's Wide Shut, The Shiniing, Clockwork, Dr. Strangelove, & Killer's Kiss.
This post was edited on 8/24/10 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 8/24/10 at 3:07 pm to constant cough
Barry Lyndon is the only one I've yet to see, but I think FMJ is probably tied or just edges out The Shining for first.
Posted on 8/24/10 at 3:13 pm to Leauxgan
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY STACKED shite THAT HIGH!
Posted on 8/24/10 at 3:17 pm to constant cough
quote:
Paths of Glory
great movie.
I was going to say FMJ is not even his best (anti) war movie
Posted on 8/24/10 at 3:22 pm to H-Town Tiger
quote:
I was going to say FMJ is not even his best (anti) war movie
PoG has more subdued elements and better performances (kirk douglas, notably), and even an un-kubrickian sentimental streak at the end. but FMJ definitely has an eerie coolness about it, a tone that's so dark, funny, and then dark again, that I can't think of many movies that can best its command over its unique 'voice'
Posted on 8/24/10 at 3:27 pm to Babalugats
Behind everything except Paths of Glory and Eyes Wide Shut.
Posted on 8/24/10 at 3:28 pm to CTexTiger
Strangelove, 2001, Clockwork, Shining, Jacket
Posted on 8/24/10 at 3:38 pm to Leauxgan
For me the Ellis Island part of FMJ was fantastic, but the 2nd half was not as good, plus it looks like it was filmed in England and not SE Asia 
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