the GREATEST opener to a film EVER? FULL METAL JACKET (1987) MOVIE REACTION

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@gavinbetts4546 11 ай бұрын

R Lee Ermey was a real-life sergeant and a tech advisor, but once Stanley Kubric saw him in action during rehearsals he had to give him the part, believe alot of it was improv too...something like that anyway.

@goathair33 11 ай бұрын

The door gunner in the helicopter was going to play the part originally but R Lee Ermey was just too good.

@benmoore1097 11 ай бұрын

MOSTLY right. Kubrick didn't just change his mind. Ermy TOLD HIM, he was taking over the role. Kubrick resisted for a bit, but Ermy wore him down. Lol

@ProHero86 11 ай бұрын

Met him at Ft Sill in 09

@GaParanormal 11 ай бұрын

💯 best improv of all time....

@AngeloBarovierSD 11 ай бұрын

*Workshop and improv. Improv is generally done on the spot, during the takes, and is an unexpected deviation from the script. Workshopping is done before the takes. Sometimes well in advance during rehearsals, sometimes literally between the takes. While it’s generally meant to tweak performance, sometimes helpful alterations to the script are discovered and agreed upon. Ergo those are planned deviations from the script but not truly improv. (And sometimes they’re both, but that explanation is a little too “inside baseball” for a comment section.)

@bkbentley 11 ай бұрын

As a Marine, This Boot Camp sequence is really accurate. I tell people that words don't bother me, I have been talked bad to by professionals. BTW, USMC doesn't have Drill Sergeants, we had Drill Instructors.

@bustedupgrunt1177 11 ай бұрын

I just can't recall the countless DI's ever, ever repeating themselves with words and phrases. Every butt-chewing, every day, for like 3 months ... it was always new, original, ad-libbed, improv insults, analogies, etc. I was amazed at the creativity and non-stop variety - flavored with varying accents, pitch and deliveries. One thing I remember that was soothing, reassuring, and so comforting in boot camp was the sound of SOMEONE ELSE getting thrashed, screamed at, and worked over - since it wasn't me - at least for a number of seconds or minutes - almost like a mini-nap. And I can still clearly and precisely hear my own "heavy" DI's voice echoing in my head, from 1976.

@knoahbody69 11 ай бұрын

@@bustedupgrunt1177 Drill instructors are highly intelligent. The top ten percent of all Marines in all MOS go to DI School. One of the meanest drill instructors we had was a computer guy. I met him after his tour and he picked up Gunny out of it. He was hard corps and ran faster even though he was a shorter guy, and he had a Boston "Southie" accent. I was surprised to see he was a computer guy because I was a computer guy. It was weird seeing him at a barbecue with his wife and kids talking about sports. I suppose it's an act, no one can be that crazy 24/7.

@Rickenbacker4001C64 11 ай бұрын

Lock it up, Boot.

@kennethsmith6367 11 ай бұрын

As former army, after basic there’s nothing anyone can say to hurt my feelings, but still watch your mouth because it’s still possible to get my attention!🫵🏾

@jimangela4589 11 ай бұрын

@@bustedupgrunt1177 Ooh-Rah Plt 176 Aug-Oct of '76

@anthonykelly1368 11 ай бұрын

Regarding Pyle: as an experimental initiative, they dropped the IQ requirement for the draft during VN war. The program was nicknamed “McNamara’s Morons” after the Secretary of Defense.

@Athrun82 10 ай бұрын

Fitting considering they called the commander in Vietman (General Westmoreland) "General Wastemoremen"

@mikehoskins56 10 ай бұрын

I'd never heard that one before. Makes sense though.

@billkaldem5099 10 ай бұрын

Like hiring for law enforcement

@rawkmode6315 11 ай бұрын

My favorite part of Ermey's introduction is where he asked Pyle, "Did your parents have any children that lived?"

@bustedupgrunt1177 11 ай бұрын

I'm partial to "and you best square yourself away and start shitting me Tiffany Cuff Links ....".

@benn454 11 ай бұрын

"I bet they regret that." Absolutely savage.

@tomjackson7755 10 ай бұрын

I still use that line to this day. It is best when they look at you all confused.

@stevesilva2780 10 ай бұрын

"You're so ugly, you could be a modern art masterpiece".

@ThePartisan13 9 ай бұрын

"Only sailors and f*ggots are called Lawrence"

@Fict10n 11 ай бұрын

"Don't fall down! That would break my fucking heart!" One of my favorite lines ever lol

@DanJackson1977 11 ай бұрын

R. Lee Ermey (the drill instructor), used to call this "The Best first half of a movie ever made" 😂. And he was right. The Vietnam half cant compete with the boot camp bit.

@v44rgtuy0l3 11 ай бұрын

A trivia note about this movie, the door gunner was originally the Drill Instructor. My dad was a marine, the first time I ever saw this movie we watched it twice because of how impressive it was. He falls asleep every time boot camp ends, but the "My name is Gunnery Sergeant.." can wake that man from the dead.

@johnhornsby6759 10 ай бұрын

Your dad still is a Marine

@jasonortega7528 11 ай бұрын

"Me so horny...' was used by 2 live crew. Classic!

@62Cristoforo 4 ай бұрын

Her name is Papillon Soo Soo. She was a famous actress in Vietnam Nam.

@donparnell309 11 ай бұрын

The "me so horney" was sampled into a 1989 2 Live Crew song with the same title. Sir Mix a Lot also sampled it in Baby Got Back.

@syntheticwisdom1 11 ай бұрын

As others have said, the drill sergeant was a real drill sergeant in the Marine Corp from '65-'67. In 1968 he started a 14 month tour in Vietnam. Half of his dialogue is improv.

@knoahbody69 11 ай бұрын

The AAAAAAARRRRmy has DRILL SERGEANTS. The Marines have Drill Instructors!

@danielpeters2282 11 ай бұрын

No he wasn’t

@gregwhite8794 11 ай бұрын

There was a draft during the Viet Nam war. The U. S. was going through so many people that at one point they lowered the entrance requirements, which allowed people like Pyle to qualify. He was clearly not qualified to serve. I was in the Army and during basic we had someone who I would consider like Pyle training with us. During gas training he just couldn't get the concept of the gas mask helping him and only knew to run. the Drill Instructors ran him down and held gas canisters under his face as a punishment for running. It's a wonder they didn't kill him. He was tortured for not being able to comprehend.

@PainInTheS 11 ай бұрын

In our platoon, drafted, there was this one guy who never showered, went to sleep at 9 and would have to be persuaded to change bedsheets.....the guy smelled.....really the outsider in the group. At one point another roomie of his, with a few drinks in, took a piss on him while the guy was sleeping. He woke up and instead of beating the crap out of the guy he took that guy's bed linnen/blanket and proceeded to sleep again. All the other roommates then forced him to shower! It was a really weird guy....the one taking the piss on him was wrong of course, but there was something bound to happen with the guy.

@sulufest 11 ай бұрын

“MacNamara’s Morons”. Aside from lowering the qualifications for recruitment to bolster the numbers of troops in Vietnam, Sec of Def MacNamara really pushed the idea (foolishly) that military training and service would aid the quality of life for these mentally deficient soldiers. This was a supposed incentive and reasoning for Congress to allow it to go through.

@FuzzyMarineVet 11 ай бұрын

The United States Marine Corps, which this movie is supposed to portray, did not accept draftees in Vietnam. Only Army soldiers were drafted.

@72tadrian65 11 ай бұрын

@@FuzzyMarineVet I had no idea about marines not drafting, thank you sir! Surely they have drafted in earlier wars though, am I correct?

@wyrmshadow4374 11 ай бұрын

@@sulufestProject 100000. Forrest Gump was a reality.

@SighDontWantAHandle 11 ай бұрын

The Drill Sargent, R Lee Ermy, was the consultant and he ended up writing most of those lines during rehearsal. A lot of them were lines he used while in the service. Hilarious guy.

@whodat6484 10 ай бұрын

He's not an actor, he was an actual Drill Instructor in the 60's

@denveradams4909 11 ай бұрын

I went through Parris Island recruit depot in 1977/78. As a whopping 5' 1" and 117lbs. They fed me double rations for the entire 13 weeks, but they worked me so hard, I graduated weighing exactly the same; only more muscle toned. I ended up serving 6 years as an Expeditionary Airfield Equipment Technician. Semper Fi! Do or Die!

@jmsmeier1113 10 ай бұрын

I went thru the island in ‘79. I was 6’3” and 140 lbs. and was one of two double ration pvts. In the platoon. We had to be the first and last two thru the chow line at every meal. Like you I didn’t gain much weight, but me and the other skinny guy had the two best PFT run times, and pull ups. I got 5811 out of boot camp but 6 months after MP school I requested mass and got transferred to the infantry. Served 4 years with 1/8 and a year and 3 months with 1/9. Woulda reenlisted if they had left me on the east coast.

@SabrSuave23 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, brother veteran!!!!

@Relayer56 11 ай бұрын

When I went through basic (1978) I ended up being personally "assigned" by the DI to try to pull a sub-standard (f-up) trainee through. Did my best, but he was way beyond help. He was supposed to become a jet engine mechanic! He ended up getting kicked out of the service before graduating. Not before getting an epic final ass-chewing by the DI, and told he would probably be locked away in a mental institution in six months.

@RLKmedic0315 11 ай бұрын

"How can you shoot women and children?" "Easy. You just don't lead em' so much. Ain't war hell?" Always loved that line.

@jackattack2608 11 ай бұрын

Interestingly, that gunner was the actor originally hired to play the Hartman character. Ermey stole it away and it made him famous.

@richardgozinya7337 10 ай бұрын

I was just about to say that. I'm glad R. Lee got the role. @@jackattack2608

@richardgozinya7337 10 ай бұрын

My favorite scene is when GSGT Hartman politely asks Pyle to get off of his obstacle

@chefwindu 7 ай бұрын

One of the writer's of the movie was a combat writer named Michael Herr. A few of the things are in the movie actual happened. He wrote it in his book dispatches. The door gunner and the wearing peace pin Herr wrote about in his book "Dispatches".

@jorisvandenhoek6251 3 ай бұрын

I never got what he meant by 'leading' them. Does he mean leading as in being in charge? Because i dont see how that has anything to do with killing

@rexracer3221 11 ай бұрын

The Director re-wrote the first part of the movie because of R. Lee Ermey. Originally Basic Training was supposed to be much shorter, but with a real life Drill Instructor it was very compelling and realistic (It was solid gold). This also saved the movie a ton of money on sets and locations, because they basically shot it as a one room play (the dorm, bathroom, and outside).

@knoahbody69 11 ай бұрын

Drill Instructor not Drill Sargent. And it's Sergeant not Sargent. It's not Bilco or Jerry lewis.

@rexracer3221 11 ай бұрын

@@knoahbody69 I stand corrected.

@JonahPedersen-tz3uk 11 ай бұрын

I graduated USMC boot camp August 28, 1987 and saw this the night I got home. This is closest representation of marine boot camp I have seen.

@jackstrawful 11 ай бұрын

Jimmy's right about Cartman saying "Me love you long time" on South Park, but I'm surprised he didn't recognize it from the infamous song by 2 Live Crew, which sampled it from the movie, or the sample of that song used by Sir Mix-a-Lot in Baby Got Back. In middle school in the early 90s, it felt like there wasn't a single kid who didn't know that line. The 2 Live Crew song actually got them arrested and convicted on obscenity charges, but was overturned on appeal, and only caused the song to become even more well-known. That whole ruckus was caused by a crazy Florida prosecutor who even arrested record store clerks who sold copies of the album - the prosecutor was Jack Thompson, who would later go on to be a famously reviled figure among gamers for his constant, absurd attacks on "obscenity" in video games throughout the 90s and 00s. He also had over-the-top public feuds with everyone from Eazy-E and Ice-T to Bruce Springsteen and Madonna to Howard Stern, leading campaigns to get them all banned from the radio - even filing a lawsuit against AG Janet Reno, who he was always accusing of being a lesbian. Then he tried suing Facebook when they refused to take down any and all posts that said mean things about him. His lies and harassment eventually led to him getting disbarred.

@mattbriddell9246 11 ай бұрын

To this day I cannot imagine how those actors managed to keep a straight face when Ermy was going off on them all in the first act.

@63DW89A 11 ай бұрын

"Drill Instructors" are Marine Corps. "Drill Sergeant" is Army. R. Lee Ermey was a genuine Drill Instructor in the late 1960''s during the Vietnam era. I attended USMC Boot Camp at Parris Island from September to December, 1974 and this was EXACTLY the way it was for Marine Recruits at that time.

@garyzink1927 11 ай бұрын

I asked my brother who was a drill sergeant in the navy if this really happened often... he said yes, sometimes worse. He said they all had to be broken down so they could be built up together. At war you gotta believe in the guy who has your back he said. Well he and his wife will both be interned in Arlington when they pass so he must know what he was talking about. Love you Mike and Barb. Peace from Northern Michigan.

@knoahbody69 11 ай бұрын

There are no drill sergeants in the navy. There are no sergeants in the navy.

@syntheticwisdom1 11 ай бұрын

Also, credit where it's due to Vincent D'Onofrio. This was his break-out role. I think he was a club bouncer at the time IIRC.

@knoahbody69 11 ай бұрын

He was the "Thor" guy in Adventures in Babysitting.

@jamesbaggett7223 11 ай бұрын

And Kingpin in “Daredevil “

@steve7189 11 ай бұрын

That scene with the street walker “what do we get for $10” she says anyting you want, anything, anyting is in a 2live crew song freakin classic

@PaulGuy 11 ай бұрын

The two parts are very intentionally different. The first is all about rigidity, control, and structure. The second half is all about confusion, breakdown, war crimes, and chaos. The difference between what they're trained for vs what they actually encounter.

@paulhewes7333 11 ай бұрын

Full Metal Jacket is a piece of art. its for sure 2 different movies, but I think the 2nd half, in Vietnam, was very good. My father was there and he said it was pretty close to how out of control the command structure was when he was in country.

@michaeljames6817 11 ай бұрын

This is 100% an anti-war film, as is Kubrick's other masterpiece Paths of Glory. Kirk Douglas is incredible in that film.

@Maya_Ruinz 11 ай бұрын

As someone who served in a combat unit with the Army, there is a lot of truth in that movie to what happens in a combat zone. The longer you are there, the easier it is to lose sight of what is right and wrong especially when you have lost your best friends to roadside bombs or sniper fire.

@logic63 11 ай бұрын

My dad served in Vietnam and he loves the first half of this movie. He says Sgt. Hartman is spot on for the drill instructors back then. He doesn't like the second half though. He says it's not very realistic and not how they did things. He also says no one he knew would ever stand by and watch that door gunner fire at innocent civilians. He was just one of thousands over there though so who knows? It could have happened.

@GK-yi4xv 11 ай бұрын

The door gunner scene was fairly tame compared to things that are known to have actually happened over there, so I'm afraid your dad's experience isn't a reliable guide here.

@logic63 11 ай бұрын

@@GK-yi4xv lol, I never said his experience was a "reliable guide" to everything that happened in Vietnam, which was why I stated that his experience was just one of thousands, but I'll take the word of someone who was there and flew in multiple helicopters, over that of a sensationalized movie. If you have any information about American door gunners firing on innocent civilians I'd love to see it.

@fuzzy__dunlop 11 ай бұрын

RIP R. Lee Ermey. So good for this role since we'll, he was an actual Marine drill instructor.

@nathan.brazil780 11 ай бұрын

The man who played the drill sergeant (he was a real drill instructor in the Marines) was originally hired as a consultant to train another actor on how to play the part but he was so good they hired him to play the part directly. Most of that dialogue was not scripted but simply made up on the spot. 11:50 2 Live Crew used it in the opening of their song "Me So Horny"

@johndcornell6341 11 ай бұрын

I saw this at the theater in 1987 l was just out of basic training...the audience was roaring in laughter...l was shook lol

@scoobysnacks 11 ай бұрын

R Lee Ermey was the epitome of what you'd I'd expect from a drill sergeant. Most of his dialogue was ad libbed throughout the movie. This was a great movie.

@sdev2749 11 ай бұрын

I was only 21 when this movie came out and I had only joined the Australian Army the year before so I could relate to the first half of this film. The one liners from this film stayed with my friends and I until this day. We recite them all the time. Interesting fact for you, 1987 saw the release of not one but three Vietnam films, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, and Hamburger Hill. I suggest you react to the other two as well.

@1lthrnk 11 ай бұрын

The first 40 minutes is the best especially after you’ve really been through it. R. Lee Ermy was a drill instructor during the Vietnam war. There is always a “Pyle” the one in boot camp we just ignored him but the one we had in School of Infantry (SOI) got the zhit beat out of him before we finished. I carried him through most of the last hike (hump) the sergeants and lieutenants just walked away and took a walk while we were supposed to be relaxing

@mrjohn.whereyoufrom 11 ай бұрын

The set designer done such a good job that a lot of viewers don't realise the entire film including the Vietnam scenes was shot entirely in England. Stanley Kubrick had a fear of flying and never left England.

@gggooding 11 ай бұрын

Jimmy, I tend to just watch a reactor's reaction to the first half of the movie. For the Reasons, you clearly understand. I really enjoyed watching your whole reaction, cause..well, cause of you. You stack your reactions that high! Inspired by this film...I wrap Christmas presents in "Happy Birthday" wrapping paper and then write "Jesus" on the paper in sharpie. My family is tired of this joke, but I ain't gonna stop!

@scottybelle9 11 ай бұрын

Kubrick is one of the few directors whose filmography improves with repeated viewing. Even something seemingly simple like this becomes more complex and revealing each time you see it. I remember Roger Ebert's negative review--he mentioned the documentary scene when each character delivers a perfect line in time with the camera. He called the scene fake. After repeated viewings, it becomes obvious that the scene is fake -- it's being staged for the camera. The scenes that follow are almost Godardian with characters being interviewed outside of the "narrative". It always amazed me that a seasoned film reviewer like Ebert could miss that, but Kubrick was always up to something more than simple narrative storytelling.

@steveclark3032 11 ай бұрын

Hey. I've had trouble with this scene forever because of what Ebert said... I agreed with him. Staged... that would make sense. Adds the meta layer. Later on when they're standing around the two bodies they speak one after the other as well, but it doesn't seem as forced. And the interview/Godard comment is also on point. Very nice... I like it. I like it a lot.

@scottybelle9 11 ай бұрын

@@steveclark3032 It also plays off the earlier scenes in the journalism room about faking the war. The Vietnam War being the first to provide extensive footage on television created the need for staged scenes. Look how much fun the characters are having, and how calm and composed the filmmakers are in that scene. Everyone goes crazy for the film's first half (and I get why), but the second half is among the most subtly powerful of Kubrick's career.

@EessaTube 11 ай бұрын

Before I retired, I taught Psychology and used to show the first half of this movie to my students, when we were studying obedience, conformity and punishments.

@195511SM 11 ай бұрын

That first part was right on as far as accuracy.. I enlisted in early 1974. IT was a helluva lot funnier knowing i could leave after 2 hrs in the theater than it was living with a drill instructor for 3 months.

@freefromthecocoon5670 11 ай бұрын

R. Lee Ermey was in the Marines and was a drill instructor. He wanted to break into Hollywood and became a technical adviser and small role actor. The helicopter gunner in the opening to the Vietnam sequence was originally hired to be the drill sargeant in the boot camp sequence. Kubrick eventually decided to have Ermey portray the drill sargeant and the other actor was given the copter gunner role as a consolation prize. R. Lee Ermey went onto other roles in The Frigheteners and you may remember him from Eddie Murphy's "Life" as the warden who was hired at the end of the movie.

@terrycullen3302 11 ай бұрын

He was also the police captain in Seven.

@EricTheBroBean 11 ай бұрын

"Life" is also a great movie, i can watch that 10 times over, laugh and feel sad for their entire lives being wasted.

@FrancoisDressler 11 ай бұрын

@@EricTheBroBean Tragicomedy, my favourite genre when done right.

@EricTheBroBean 11 ай бұрын

@@FrancoisDressler If you havent seen it, you should watch "Very Bad Things" from 1998, its the godfather of dark comedies!

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 11 ай бұрын

Wow, I would’ve thought you’d seen this one. Should be a fun reaction…😏 Edit: Yeah, I’ve always felt that Animal Mother was private Pyle if he’d made it.

@perrinyone1596 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely 100%, couldn't agree with you more about Animal Mother.

@knoahbody69 11 ай бұрын

@@perrinyone1596 No. Animal Mother was of average intelligence. The "psycho" thing was just an act. You DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, GIVE A MARINE THE M60 THAT YOU DO NOT ABSOLUTELY TRUST.

@douggetchess4732 11 ай бұрын

This movie was released just before I went to basic. I didn't see it until later and realized our DI's had used half of R Lee Emory's lines on us. I personally received the "Did your parents have any children that lived" line.

@alienresearchlab 11 ай бұрын

Great movie. Two movies in one. First half is USMC boot camp at Parris Island, SC (those are the actual barracks in the shots), and the second half is when they get to Vietnam. Full Metal Jacket and Saving Private Ryan are the two best war movies made imo.

@jollyrodgers7272 11 ай бұрын

That was called a "Barracks Party" when everybody in the barracks ganged up on a defect at night who was dragging down the whole platoon.

@jamesu1540 11 ай бұрын

Fun fact, the crazy door gunner was the original drill instructor before lee convinced the director. Fun fact 2: the Wue Citt sense were shot in Londons docklands before it was gentrified.

@walterpanovs 11 ай бұрын

R. Lee Ermey was an actual marine drill instructor who was used as a consultant before he started acting. He went on to have a terrific career as a supporting player up until his death a few years ago.

@perrinyone1596 11 ай бұрын

That was one of the great reactions to the opening sequence! I remember sitting in the theatre for this. We knew he was working on this movie for YEARS. I even remember being about 12 and seeing an ad or article in the paper saying that Kubrick was looking for young actors and they should submit their videotapes to this address, blah blah blah..... When it finally came out, I was 18! Definitely a major event. Ultimately I was disappointed in the second half, but the first half is what I call Stanley Kubrick's last masterpiece (although I've grown to enjoy the second half more than I used to. It's just that the first section is so great! Hard to top! Even for Stanley!) :D Ok, going on to the rest of the reaction!

@PaulGuy 11 ай бұрын

I think the second half is something that a person needs to be older (or more experienced) to appreciate. I'm not sure if "enjoy" is the proper word, but I've understood it more and more as I get older. It's different from training the way work is different from school, or adulthood is different from childhood. It's all just chaos and madness that you learned a a few tools to manage.

@perrinyone1596 11 ай бұрын

@@PaulGuy I agree, I appreciate it more. But still: execution is what it comes down to, not what it means or is "about". I never felt like I didn't understand the movie. It's all execution. For instance, I don't think the scene in the barracks is memorable at all, I've seen the movie a million times, can't think of one line from it. I don't even like the look of that scene, which is unheard of in a Kubrick film! They're obviously not really in Vietnam, as much as Kubrickfreaks like to marvel about the sets he built. Almost as bad as the NYC sets in Eyes Wide Shut! And I don't find Modine a strong actor, we're in Ryan O'Neal territory, not Peter Sellers/Jack Nicholson/Malcom McDowell. He's ok, but nothing special and I don't find his narration compelling, helpful or even believable. Don't have a feeling for Cowboy, or Rafterman either. Coppolla had already done the newsreel guys shooting in the middle of battle in "Apocalypse Now" so to see it in "Full Metal Jacket", it always feels like "Sorry, Stan but Francis beat you to this one.....and he did it better!" We were expecting "Full Metal Jacket" to blow "Apocalypse Now" out of the water! We were expecting "Full Metal Jacket" to put all the other Vietnam movies to shame! What else? The slow mo stuff was cheesy to me. So these all add up! But I can relax with it more than I did, and just enjoy it for what it is rather than what it isn't. And great stuff like the scene where the guy is being interviewed and keeps smiling for the camera, and then Modine getting chewed out for the peace pin.....that was fantastic, possibly the last time we get a masterpiece scene worthy of "Strangelove"! When Surfin' Bird kicks in. Picking up the teddy bear and getting blown up. Definitely a movie worth watching from beginning to end! (But you can also just stop it once they leave boot camp, lol)

@trouty42 11 ай бұрын

12:40 Christian Shepherd, Jack's dad from Lost. Salute! o7

@EricTheBroBean 11 ай бұрын

Full Metal Jacket is easily one of my favorite movies of all time! It's a shame how they broke down Pvt. Pyle, he was the definition of harmless and they turned him into a killer. Even if he didn't do what he do and made it back home, he would be a danger to society.

@Smileybeeblevrox 11 ай бұрын

Why was Pyle there? Now it is known that during the Vietnam War the Army experimented on if out of shape young men could still perform as soldiers, so they let some in. They found out after a few years that they can't and scrubbed it. But the ones that went through basic and couldn't hack it, they had horrible experiences in the military. True story

@mttyflynn 11 ай бұрын

The funniest unintended comedy sequence in movie history.

@ofc.rollout7839 10 ай бұрын

Jimmy, I'm an OLD Dude! Went to Vietnam in 1970. By the grace of God came back in one piece, kind of. Changed who I am in many ways. Some good, some not so much, And some, even after all these years, I'll never understand. But one things for sure, it wasn't a damn movie. God bless the real heroes.

@scrptar129 11 ай бұрын

I could quote the opening sequence of this film at one time. Word for word. Pause and inflection included. That’s how much I love it.

@commissarcardsharp 11 ай бұрын

Dr. Strangelove is a good follow up if you haven't already seen it.

@theylied1776 11 ай бұрын

The crazy guy with the machine gun who was killing the farmers on the ground was supposed to be the drill sergeant. But R Lee Ermey was only supposed to be a technical Advisor on this movie. And the original actor hired to be the sergeant could not get the cadence and insults down. So Stanley Kubrick made a last minute change.

@JamesMPalmer 11 ай бұрын

That sergeant was the real deal. He was in the U.S. Marines, was a drill instructor for several years. When this movie to be done, they came to him, consulted with him and wanted it to be VERY authentic. So, he offered to be the drill instructor for the film, as well as consultant. So, what you see is what you get, and quite real in how drill instructors were at the time.

@paulklenknyc 11 ай бұрын

I loved your reaction! Especially the moment you realized it was Christmas! One of my favorite moments in the film.

@slowerthinker 11 ай бұрын

22:20 There is also a story of a translater (who was responsible for subtitling foreign language releases) coming to Kubrick & Ermey to ask them what "a reacharound" was.

@normcmiller 11 ай бұрын

I, and I think many, feel the same way. The first half is really epic. All-time cinema quotes/moment. The second half has its message and own feel but at times sort of staggers along.

@dash4800 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, my biggest problem is the second half is literally just every anti war cliche there is. As if Vietnam vets didn't have a hard enough time coming home after the war, they always have to be portrayed in movies like sociopaths who just want to murder children for fun.

@yvonnesanders4308 11 ай бұрын

You can certainly see it that way but I don't think it's intended that way..People in extreme situations often cope with extreme behaviour

@Timmayytoo 11 ай бұрын

Pyle was there thanks to the draft. These days there are some fitness requirements you have to meet before they let you join... at least there were when I was just out of H.S.

@richiester100 11 ай бұрын

That last scene where Joker caps the kid tore me up when I first saw it. You realize that that may have been his first confirmed kill, and not only that, it's a child. Salt in the wound comes from her pleading for death. Hell of a thing to watch at 14.

@progunliberal 3 ай бұрын

Yes. The first half is Academy Award Worthy and the second half feels like a typical War picture

@TimSmith-uc4pk 11 ай бұрын

During the Vietnam war you either went voluntarily or you were drafted. If you went voluntarily you could pick which branch you went into. If you were drafted you went where they sent you.

@ianwestc 11 ай бұрын

I'd say that Patton has a pretty fantastic opener as well.

@rickcoona8368 11 ай бұрын

That entire Tirade was Adlibbed he cussed for ten minutes without repeating himself once! the original actor was recast as the psycotic Chopper Door gunner NOTE: Pile (A Low-Grade Moron) was representative of "Macnamara's Morons" taking unfit solders throwing them into the meat grinder of Vietnam they often needed Minders like Joker to function they also cut training from 12 weeks to 6 weeks before being shipped out Casualties were Extremely high

@boosuedon 11 ай бұрын

Marine bootcamp is quite different from this today, but in 1969, this is almost EXACTLY what I experienced at Parris Island MCRD, South Carolina. Training was very harsh, much as is demonstrated here. The Marine Corps instilled discipline and confidence in each Marine so that when a NCO gave the order to attack across an open field, the 19 year old Marine would immediately rise up from his position of cover and attack. The only part that is wrong is when Pvt Pyle gets live ammunition for his magazine. That was virtually impossible because of the security standards in place at the rifle range.

@slowerthinker 11 ай бұрын

17:20 The shoot was over running and that actor made the mistake of asking Kubrick for more money. As a result his character became the next guy in the squad to get shot and he spent the next week of filming lying in a muddy puddle getting repeatedly shot by the sniper.

@donmaher6992 10 ай бұрын

When the actor that had to part screwed it up the advising R lee Stepped out to show him how to do it. He was a real drill instructor especially through Vietnam. And when he started showing him how to do it The director was just yelling, keep rolling, keep rolling filmness, filmness and gave him the part. There's no way that an actor.. Could follow him

@leeannmcdermott8313 11 ай бұрын

I knew you were gonna love the drill sergeant! When it first came out everyone quoted the drill sergeant. Before I even saw it I knew the dialogue of the first half of the movie from people around me constantly quoting it.

@michaelvandamme2694 10 ай бұрын

I’m happy that you live the boot camp part of the movie so much! I was at a marine corps ball a while back and R Lee Eemy was our guest and he started his speech by re-enacting the opening speech of this movie. And keep in mind there were not only marines in attendance the marines wives and some of their children were there as well. And it was not a censored version nope the original. I couldn’t believe it 😂

@lasnochesking 11 ай бұрын

Dont know if you've ever watched daredevil or punisher But private Pyle is the kingpin in that series 😂

@saltymisfit6566 11 ай бұрын

A FMJ is one of those moments where once you've seen it you can never forget it

@bluebird3281 11 ай бұрын

Go ahead and quote it, we all came out of the theater doing it when we saw it.

@amgirl4286 11 ай бұрын

You nave to understand most people during that time had less than an 8th grade education. Some had less than 4th grade education. That world, the country, wasnt the same. Culture was so different. In war, anything went.

@killatella90 11 ай бұрын

I had the honor of sitting and listening to Gunney in a smoke pit for two hours in Iraq in 2003. The dude was legit.

@Smokyjohnson1983 10 ай бұрын

The moment you realised that they were ‘celebrating Christmas’ was epic (for the record, my reaction was exactly the same the first time I watched it)

@flarrfan 11 ай бұрын

Kubrick's best movies were before The Shining...Dr. Strangelove, Clockwork Orange and 2001. You should check them out.

@timneale5657 11 ай бұрын

From a Marine that is the most accurate Boot Camp scene Ever! I promise you!!, When that Man is in your face... you ain't laughing! There are comical moments... I remember reading a book by a Vietnam POW at the Hanoi Hilton, They raced rats or something... a quote I've NEVER forgotten (paraphrased) No matter how dire the circumstances, Humans will always find a way to have fun. Being tortured, these guys find a way to have fun!! Wow! The attack was the Tet Offensive...I can go for days about all the parts of this movie. And, the Vietnam war! Studied it and World History of the time, Geopolitical positioning etc.

@mt3311 11 ай бұрын

The scene where they pin Pyle to the bed and everyone hits him as they did is called a blanket party. There were two kinds of parties when I went to Navy boot camp in 1984. A Marching Party, and a Blanket party. The Marching Party was physical training after hours as punishment for an infraction during the day.

@perrinyone1596 11 ай бұрын

First off: I enjoyed the second half more than I ever have watching this edit, so thanks for that. I am so happy we are in agreement, and film history pretty much concurs! The first half is fantastic, the second half definitely has some great stuff in it, but it's not what the first half was. This came years after all the other great Vietnam movies came out: "The Deer Hunter", "Coming Home" (both 1978), "Apocalypse Now" (1979) and "Platoon" (1986). And there had been others. So Kubrick seemed a LITTLE late to the party.....except we knew he was going to do it HIS way.......and that first section is definitely the greatest boot camp sequence ever! As you say: that beginning scene is so great, we KNEW it was an instant classic the second it went it our eyeballs, believe me! But compared to "The Deer Hunter", "Apocalypse Now", and "Platoon" (or even something like the Vietnam sequences in "More American Graffiti"!), the Vietnam section did not feel like a "new teaching". I have grown to relax with it though, more than I used to.

@wayne7725 11 ай бұрын

"Blanket party" we used a pair of boots laced together the second time when soap in a sock didn't work.

@BigbobVNVMC537 9 ай бұрын

I was in the USMC from 68-79. Same time frame this movie protrated (slightly later). You have no idea how much of this movie actually followed true life. Spent 3 tours in Vietnam (3 years) myself.

@salcolonsc 11 ай бұрын

R Lee Ermey passed away years ago. He was awesome. This movie and Saving Private Ryan are 2 of the best war movies ever made.

@havok6280 11 ай бұрын

"Why is Pyle here?" Keep in mind there was a draft in Vietnam. Pyle likely had no choice.

@gentlemanmadness607 11 ай бұрын

" Full metal jacket is not a movie, it's a documentary." Is a quote o heard one time and it stuck with me.

@DTCAllOver 11 ай бұрын

You now just seeing this😱. I gotta make you a watch list if I can! Also glad you enjoyed the movie. R Lee, Matthew Modine and Vincent D’ onofio were all great

@eggnogfrog 10 ай бұрын

The movie was based on the book "The Short Timers" by Gustav Hasford. Many of the classic lines come right out of the novel.

@PhilHug1 11 ай бұрын

3:00 "That's one of the greatest openings to a movie ever." Me: "You aint seen nothing yet." 11:25 "Fuck. It was great. It was horrifying. Horrific. Where do we go from here?"

@michaelreiter503 20 күн бұрын

Close grip pull-ups are no joke… we had a Pyle and a Joker 🤪 I was humming the Marine Corps Hymn in the head when Drill Instructor Sgt. Banks ( still can’t call him anything else) snatched my ass up, ordered me into that iconic metal trash can and had me scream the Marine Corps Hymn for half an hour 🤷🏻‍♂️✌️

@dalejohnson2047 10 ай бұрын

From what I understand the door gunner from the helicopter scene was supposed to play the drill instructor but when Kubrick saw R Lee he chose him my Dad was in the army and was inducted the day Kennedy was shot in 1963 he said the movie was accurate the drill instructors were hardcore

@pebblehilllane 11 ай бұрын

It was likely mentioned previously, but if not, the door gunner shooting Vietnamese civilians was first chosen to play Gunnery Sergeant Hartman.

@christopheryocum4171 11 ай бұрын

R. Lee was hired as a consultant on the film, and serously lobbied for that part.. there's a mini doc on him getting the roll and it's awesome.

@michaelsuk6440 10 ай бұрын

Singing Mickey Mouse at the end was them holding onto what little humanity that they still had left. Chanting it together to make it more meaningful and inclusive for everybody.

@user-xz2pb7vb6p 10 ай бұрын

When I went to basic training, Drill sergeants were allowed to do just this most Vietnam vets will tell you this brought back memories. We did this. 4:21

@lt.spears1889 11 ай бұрын

This is EXACTLY what basic was like in the early 80’s when I went through, same stuff being said at times as well, must be in a DI instructors handbook somewhere

@jatilq 11 ай бұрын

19:00 I think she is supposed to represent the real life sniper/interrogator Apache, she was supposed to be very deadly. I believe she was killed by a USMC Sniper. I don't think I've watched this since it came out.