is full metal jacket anti-war?
Someone was telling me full metal jacket is a patriotic story about what it means to be a soldier... I never read it that way and was surprised to see that view, so I am wondering what the general view is... if I have been reading it wrong all these years even though all I know of Kubrick says otherwise ... that even though it has many sophisticated layers, at its core it is very critical of the war machine. The person I was talking to didn't see it that way at all...
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
I felt stupid just voting. Who told you this?
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The duality of man.
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
I'd love to hear your friend's take on Paths of Glory.
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Here's a tip: If it is a Vietnam war movie and not named The Green Berets, it is anti-war.
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
As a critic Truffaut argued that all war films are pro-war, because despite their good intentions they glamorize battle, and Sam Fuller criticized Full Mettle Jacket for being what he called "just another damn recruitment film." I think Fuller's full of shit, but his opinion should carry some weight since he was a veteran and a filmmaker. That being said, even though I agree with Truffaut, yes, on the surface and in very simplistic terms I think FMJ is anti-war. However, I think most of Kubrik's work is about dehumanization and FMJ in particular is about dehumanization by war. One thing I DON'T think it's about is Vietnam. Not in the way that Platoon or Apocolypse Now is. It's about "modern war", how it differs from ancient war, how rediculous paradoxes emerge, how technology makes war less personal and more devestating.
I think FMJ is "about" war, neither for nor against, but simply about it. It just shows the savagery/bravery/insanity of it all. |
Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
I've never seen a pro-war movie.
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by Gerry P.
(Post 9778426)
I've never seen a pro-war movie.
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by Groucho
(Post 9778464)
Red Dawn
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by Mabuse
(Post 9778397)
As a critic Truffaut argued that all war films are pro-war, because despite their good intentions they glamorize battle, and Sam Fuller criticized Full Mettle Jacket for being what he called "just another damn recruitment film."
Does Trainspotting glamorize heroin addiction? Ewan McGregor might be swimming around in a filthy toilet, but we paid to watch him do it. And he's also saying witty things, pulling one over on his dick friend, and getting laid. |
Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by Numanoid
(Post 9778221)
I'd love to hear your friend's take on Paths of Glory.
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by Mabuse
(Post 9778397)
Full Mettle Jacket
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
I voted no stance. Everyone, I would hope, understands that war's a shitty thing. Any movie that fails to convey this to some degree is ridiculous. That said, there are few, if any, movies that are truly anti-war. A film might criticize a specific war, but most at least seem to accept that it's sometimes a necessity. I think Full Metal Jacket showed some of the horrific aspects of war, and being in the military in general, but I don't think it's purpose was to convert people to pacifism.
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by maxfisher
(Post 9782875)
I voted no stance. Everyone, I would hope, understands that war's a shitty thing. Any movie that fails to convey this to some degree is ridiculous. That said, there are few, if any, movies that are truly anti-war. A film might criticize a specific war, but most at least seem to accept that it's sometimes a necessity. I think Full Metal Jacket showed some of the horrific aspects of war, and being in the military in general, but I don't think it's purpose was to convert people to pacifism.
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
The first half of the movie has a sense of outrage as one young man is tormented until he cracks.
The rest of the movie is like a combat report. Soldiers do macho posturing. Soldiers bargain with whores. Soldiers engage the enemy. Soldiers regroup. End. I don't see any patriotic pride, admiration of the men, or horror at their situation. There isn't even an antagonist, just gunfire from out of sight. It has all the emotional content of a plumber snaking out a clogged drain. They do the job, they move on, and no one else cares. |
Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
(Post 9778300)
Here's a tip: If it is a Vietnam war movie and not named The Green Berets, it is anti-war.
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
(Post 9779021)
When you make a movie about something, you do sort of glamorize whatever it is you're making the film about
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by The Bus
(Post 9786101)
So Spielberg glamorized not only the Holocaust, but also slavery?
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
I dunno if it was really a happy ending or not...it was kind of well. Neither. The Schindler Jews walk after being told by the Russians that nobody wants them...and then we get ending with the actual survivors. I'm not sure where it's really happy...
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum
(Post 9786828)
A Jewish friend of mine remarked after SCHINDLER'S LIST: "Only Spielberg could make a film about the Holocaust and have a happy ending."
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by The Bus
(Post 9786101)
So Spielberg glamorized not only the Holocaust, but also slavery?
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by Gerry P.
(Post 9778751)
That was a pro-s**t movie.
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Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by Nick Danger
(Post 9786083)
The first half of the movie has a sense of outrage as one young man is tormented until he cracks.
The rest of the movie is like a combat report. Soldiers do macho posturing. Soldiers bargain with whores. Soldiers engage the enemy. Soldiers regroup. End. I don't see any patriotic pride, admiration of the men, or horror at their situation. There isn't even an antagonist, just gunfire from out of sight. It has all the emotional content of a plumber snaking out a clogged drain. They do the job, they move on, and no one else cares. |
Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
(Post 9778300)
Here's a tip: If it is a Vietnam war movie and not named The Green Berets, it is anti-war.
I thought this one was a troll post at first but I guess this the OP's friend just didn't get it. |
Re: is full metal jacket anti-war?
Yes, his "friend".
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