| Full Metal Jacket | 
 enlarge | Actors: Adam Baldwin, Bruce Boa, Tim Colceri, Vincent D'onofrio, Harry Davies
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 2658
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 116
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD116311D
UPC: 085391163114
EAN: 0085391163114
ASIN: B000P0J09C
Theatrical Release Date: 1987
Release Date: May 15, 2007
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Product Description
A graphic look at the ferocious soul of the vietnam war as seen through the eyes of marine grunts fighting to survive. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/08/2008 Starring: Matthew Modine Vincent Donofrio Run time: 116 minutes Rating: R Director: Stanley Kubrck
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Stanley Kubrick's 1987, penultimate film seemed to a lot of people to be contrived and out of touch with the '80s vogue for such intensely realistic portrayals of the Vietnam War as Platoon and The Deer Hunter. Certainly, Kubrick gave audiences plenty of reason to wonder why he made the film at all: essentially a two-part drama that begins on a Parris Island boot camp for rookie Marines and abruptly switches to Vietnam (actually shot on sound stages and locations near London), Full Metal Jacket comes across as a series of self-contained chapters in a story whose logical and thematic development is oblique at best. Then again, much the same was said about Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a masterwork both enthralled with and satiric about the future's role in the unfinished business of human evolution. In a way, Full Metal Jacket is the wholly grim counterpart of 2001. While the latter is a truly 1960s film, both wide-eyed and wary, about the intertwining of progress and isolation (ending in our redemption, finally, by death), Full Metal Jacket is a cynical, Reagan-era view of the 1960s' hunger for experience and consciousness that fulfilled itself in violence. Lee Ermey made film history as the Marine drill instructor whose ritualized debasement of men in the name of tribal uniformity creates its darkest angel in a murderous half-wit (Vincent D'Onofrio). Matthew Modine gives a smart and savvy performance as Private Joker, the clowning, military journalist who yearns to get away from the propaganda machine and know firsthand the horrific revelation of the front line. In Full Metal Jacket, depravity and fulfillment go hand in hand, and it's no wonder Kubrick kept his steely distance from the material to make the point. --Tom Keogh
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 Full Metal Jacket November 13, 2008
Full Metal Jacket
I was very much unsatisfied with this product for one simple reason. It came in full screen format. I ordered it along with two other DVD titles.
Both of the other movies came in wide-screen versions. I only buy movies in wide-screen. Perhaps it was my own fault for not being more specific, but I don't recall having an option. I am aware that I could have returned it. I decided instead to give it away as a Christmas present rather than go through the headache and expense of getting a bubble pack envelope, paying postage, and driving to post office.
I have, in the past, made other purchases from Amazon.com that I was completely satisfied with. I don't know that I would ever order another DVD without knowing specifically which format I would receive.
As for film itself, I have enjoyed it every time that I have seen it in past. I look forward to picking up a wide-screen version and would recommend the movie to anyone that likes war films.
"rude dog"
Poor Return Policy November 11, 2008
The initial delivery time was great, very fast. However, when I had a problem with the dvd and sent it back for an exchange, I did not receive another dvd and am considering a full refund. The responses to my emails were not timely and a new dvd was assured to be sent but have not seen it in about a month. With so many choices out there, stay away from this place.
 Full Metal Jacket October 24, 2008
This movie is one of the saddest movies about the Vietnam war ever. I think what impacted me most was the choice of music for several of the scenes. I don't like the "blood and guts" movies, but this one made a statement and the music was so very sad and in a minor key and it made the movie a visual and auditory event.
Another brutally honest depiction of Kubrick's vision... September 8, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love me some Stanley Kubrick.
I just wanted to say that, because in all honesty I can't think of a single director who has ever worked that has come close to delivering what Kubrick has delivered to cinema. Film after film, moment after moment, emotion after emotion, Kubrick is flawless and his films are as complete and as unique to him as they come. No director has come close to delivering as consistently as Stanley Kubrick, and no director has a style as unique to himself as Kubrick (sure, many directors have their own style, but Kubrick's style is definitive and incomparable).
That said, `Full Metal Jacket' is one of those war movies that is separate from the pack in style and construction; a film that defines a genre. Sure, it may not be the best war movie out there, but it is one of the most unique.
The film is split in two, focusing its first efforts on a boot camp and then delving into the battle field for the second half. The films heart is built within the first few moments, while drill sergeant Hartman is scrutinizing and terrorizing the young men under his thumb. In particular there is Pvt. Pyle, a husky dim-witted young man who seems out of place in the military. Pyle tries hard but is unable to keep up with the other trainees, but after he is pushed to an extreme he manages to reel himself in and advance quickly. This advancement is not as jovial as it should be, as we can see Pyle is being overtaken by something much darker within the pit of his soul.
`Full Metal Jacket' brilliantly portrays the fact that not everyone is built for this life.
The second half of the film takes a group of these men to Vietnam, the focus being on Pvt. Joker who is now serving as a military journalist. He's soon thrust into battle as he leads a platoon into sniper territory. The final scene, involving a sniper hit and the rushing conflicts of humanity, is really what makes this movie as harrowing and effective as it truly is.
`Full Metal Jacket' brilliant portrays the fact that no one is really built for this life.
The acting here is monumental and extremely powerful, especially in the opening section of the film. The two key performances come from R. Lee Ermey, as the sadistic drill instructor, and Vincent D'Onofrio (academy away snubbee) as Pyle. Ermey has received cult status, for his performance is brutal and outlandish and definitely memorable; but to me this film belongs to D'Onofrio. His subtle emotional breakdown is flawlessly captured with just a shift in facial expressions. His character is one of the most moving and definitely one of the most effective in the bunch. Matthew Modine comes close to capturing the stripped humanity of the soul in his final scene, but D'Onofrio is unforgettable in his tragic turn as the odd man out.
I am new to the whole `war movie' bit, for it has never been a genre that interested me too much. I have always been more of a biopic, dramatic type of cinemaphile, but I have quite a few films in this genre on my agenda for the next few weeks. `Full Metal Jacket' is one of those eye-opening films, a movie that surpasses its genre thanks to some brilliant construction on the part of its director. Kubrick takes this film and creates something universally grounded. It is much more than a war film but more a study of humanity at its most strained and resistant. As the film draws to its conclusion we are faced with questions of a deeply rooted and personal nature that challenges us as human beings to decide just who we really and truly are.
DISGUSTING MOVIE! June 30, 2008
2 out of 24 found this review helpful
I SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. THIS MOVIE IS GARBAGE. IT IS FILLED WITH DISGUSTING PERVERTED SEXUAL JOKES. THERE IS NO COMBAT UNTIL 1 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES INTO THE MOVIE. THE COMBAT SCENES ARE EXCELLENT. BUT AS A WHOLE. THE MOVIE STINKS.
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