"FULL METAL JACKET" PRIVATE PYLE GETS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH HIS BEST FRIEND . . . . THIS SCENE STILL GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS . . . . OUTSIDE OF 'APOCOLYPSE NOW' AND 'THE DEEERHUNTER', THE PREMIERE VIETNAM FLICK . . . . FUCKING INTENSE FROM BEGINNING TO END.

I'm gonna say it, Oliver Stone leaves me luke warm at best, bubble gum directing, prostituting history for his own skewed view and it's all about Ollie, Kubrick on the other hand was always about telling a story as accurately and as intimately as possible . . . . when 'Full Metal Jacket' was released back in '87 it blew me away, I paid to see it something like four, maybe five times, riveting stuff and full on from the opening scene and I thought it shat all over 'Platoon'.

Vincent D'Onofrio's compelling portrayal of the nerdy mummy's boy turned psycho, 'Pyle', is nothing short of fucking excellent, the geek goes from R Lee Ermey's [who is a former Marine, and, so is Gene Hackman] favourite whipping boy to dead-eye-dick then ultimately runs amok in the dunny with his 'liddle fren' in this chillingly unsettling scene . . . . anyway, just a great movie, stands the test of time by being as eminently watchable now as it was twenty five years ago . . . . oorah !!!