September 21, 2005

Full Metal Jacket

I watched Full Metal Jacket tonight, the movie by Stanley Kubrick about becoming a soldier and the Vietnam War. It's has a very strong anti-war message, which is of course not unexpected coming from Kubrick. But it also has a very strong tongue-in-cheek criticism of military indoctrination and how things were thought of during that time period. It's a very good film and everyone should see it at least once. Unlike other war films that try to have a lot of depth and meaning, Full Metal Jacket achieves that without becoming too emotional or boring.

Posted by josuah at September 21, 2005 4:04 AM UTC+00:00