re: Was Full Metal Jacket a great movie or just a great first half of a movie?

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Animal Mother alone makes the second half awesome.

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Animal Mother is the "success" (as would be defined by the USMC) version of Pyle. Baldwin was also the actor that Stanley just pounded on to get right. It's a great compare/contrast if you view it in that light (and I think it was intentional, as Stanley did everything deliberately).