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My dad was a Marine in the late 50's. He took my friend and I to see it. We were 15 years old and I was scared as hell watching the beginning of it. I looked over at my father and he was laughing. He lived it and said the movie got it right.

Does anyone else periodically comeback and rewatch the first like 6min when they need a good laugh? It literally makes me LOL whenever I watch it.

I was still in the Marines when this movie came out. Saw it in a packed theater in Jacksonville, NC with a whole bunch of other Marines. Literally every Marine gasped when the DI saw that unlocked footlocker. None of the civilians got it.

Vietnam era vet here. We didn’t call them sock party it was called it a blanket party. The blanket holds you down

Poor Gomer Pyle, "McNamara's Morons" was a real thing. Essentially, in order to fulfill body quotas for Vietnam, the DOD accepted special needs folks; many were illiterate, and some couldn't even tie their own shoe laces without assistance. Some genius even tried sending "MM" troops on patrol/perimeter guard. However, they found they were liabilities, or reduced combat effectiveness, because they had to watch them constantly. These poor guys had no business being anywhere near a combat zone.

My father Ret. Major US ARMY Vietnam Vet. Sig Corp Offer, and I watched this movie many times together. He said to me it’s pretty accurate but it’s exactly the emotional punch in the gut he felt while serving overseas in a war zone. He loved this movie and especially R. Lee’s stellar performance!

Drill sergeant R. L. Ermey is legendary in this movie. The discipline on the lines delivered, the pace of the verbal barrage and the marksmanship of the slurs is on an epic level. This movie is a must watch, simply to just educate yourself.

I served as a Marine from Sep 1987 until Sep 1994. While I'm very proud and thankful of my time in the Corps, I wouldn't have joined if I had seen this movie before I left for boot camp. Not having full knowledge of what boot camp was, is what kept me from quitting. I just kept thinking, the worst day is provably behind me. But it wasn't, until it was.

my dad said the opening scene was as close as he's ever seen to his boot camp experience in the late 60's. A piece of trivia, the actor playing the psycho door gunner was originally cast as Gunnery Sgt Hartman, but R Lee Ermy did that opening monologue knowing he was better, and Kubrick gave him the part.

Hey,guys...I did my BCT in 1969...Fort Knox,KY. Our junior drill sgt was exactly like Hartman. He was just back from his second tour of Vietnam (CIB) and he had some head problems. There were no "stress cards" back then. And BTW...during the Vietnam era you only did a single one year tour for each "hitch".

I joined the Marine Corps at 17, in 1981. When this movie came out, my wife and I went and saw it. I was sweating so hard, and gripping her hand so hard, I hurt her. That is how realistic the bootcamps scene is (by the way, only Marines have boot camp; everyone else has basic training). Now, multiply what you saw by 16 hrs a day for 13 weeks straight. Yes, I was cussed out, politically incorrect words (in fact we had no idea what that was) used, and yes we were hit. No one said a word. Although it was "technically" against the rules, it happened all the time. You just sucked it up, took it, and moved on. The DI's job is to get you ready for combat; which is a helluva lot hard then some DI yelling at you or hitting you. If you can't handle something as simple as boot camp, "Get out of my beloved corps. You non hacking piece of shit."

Basic 1969. What you call sock party was called Blanket Party

Guys, I'm here to tell you, every bit of what you saw in the bootcamp sequence was 100% actual Marine Corps reality. There were no "Hollywood" liberties taken, what you saw and heard was the real deal. Semper Fi Gentlemen.

There’s a lot of history that is present in the movie but not specifically talked about. In an interview with R Lee Ermey he talked about the boot camp and admitted they weren’t supposed to hit the recruits, like it was in the manual you couldn’t as a DI strike a recruit but two things happened. A troop surge was initiated once the US went from an advisor role to being fully committed to fighting in Vietnam. Literally over night the class sizes doubled and they went from something like a 16 week basic to just 8 weeks. Ermey said previously if they had a recruit like Pyle they would have had the time to just drill them over and over again until they got it right or gave up, but they no longer had that option. They didn’t have time to piss about and found that sometimes a slap got faster results. The other thing that happened was a program initiated by then Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara that came to be known as McNamaras morons. In order to boost numbers they drastically reduced the physical and mental requirements for entry into the military. Pyle represents that disastrous idea because someone like him, over weight and mentally unfit/incompetent, would never have gotten in prior to the surge. They reasoned that it would be okay to let these people in on the assumption that maybe all they needed was to be given a chance and that a bit of good old fashioned military discipline would ultimately sort them out. This policy is one of the reasons why the Vietnam war had the highest rate of fraggings that the US military ever experienced.

Ermy E Lee was a real Marine DI & the one person we all tried to talk ish like as kids! You said it perfectly with the "duality of man" for the description of this movie. Thanks for the best morning laughs in a while Boys! 🤘🏼🏴

Man I love that scene. I cried laughing when I first saw it and damn near needed pampers. Seeing you dudes laugh hard till your faces were red only made me laugh like the first time. Thanks for the post. RIP R. Lee Ermey.

Eventually, you prefer a DI screaming at you. It's when they speak softly, is when you know you're about to die. 😏

Lee Emery was the best ever! He was a USMC drill instructor. Perfect for the role. My dad was drafted in 67’ and he would always say this movie intro was 100% accurate at least during his time at PI. He also said, you have to remember, this wasn’t the era of full voluntary like it’s been for the last 45 years. They didn’t want to be there, so I’m guessing the training tactics were such to get them in the mind of war. I’m just speculating of course.

Hey guys, love your reactions during boot camp phase. I joined the corps 1963, this film is exactly the way it was, PLUS. My other four brothers joined after me, three of us served in country (Viet Nam) your analysis of the various aspects of the film is spot-on. R. Lee Ermey was a Marine D.I. you're correct in pointing that out. I did my boot training at P.I. South Carolina, honorable discharge 1967. Enjoyed watching with you, it took many of years before I could even talk about my experiences let alone view war movies. I'm very proud of you young war fighters, in all the branches, thanks again, Ed.

I was in the army in the early 80's and I can truly say that this basic training sequence was very in line with my experience. We had 12 weeks of basic which I hear is 8 weeks now. I literally laughed when my cousin told me that.when I hear people say they can't yell at you or put their hands on you now or the other things they can't do I have to ask are we teaching things now or are we treating the military like a regular business with human resources being the decider of things!? I hear new soldiers talk now about what they're not going to do or allow and I'm flabbergasted we'll ever be ready to defend ourselves. 80% of what I hear out their mouth would have never been allowed. military People now so shocked by this movie really stunned me.

Guys you must remember this is set in 1967/8, they're draftees, none of them want to be be there, hence why Hartman doesn't just wash Pyle out as everyone would then start screwing up to get kicked out. The truly amazing thing is that this was all filmed in England.

It seems amongst most Vets that the opening sequence of FMG with R Lee Ermy is one of the best scenes in movie history. It brings back the memories of a dramatic and life changing experience. It brings these two to tears they are laughing so hard.....

I remember when my mom rented this movie from Video Plus (our local 📼 rental place) and put it in the VCR… I was about 9-10yr… and then she went off to do housework and hope the movie keeps me occupied for a while… I’ll never forget the look of horror on her face when she came back in the room after hearing R. Lee Ermey going off😂 I pretended to not know what he was saying and eventually she gave in and let me watch the rest of the movie… shows how desperate she was for a little peace and a break from me

I love your videos! You guys try and keep it real. I love the brotherhood. BUT, you have to realize you came up in the PC type military, and it's only getting worse. War is HELL! It has always been that. You mean you might hurt someone's feelings in war?! I would have never guessed. They're trying to make men HARD, so when they see the incredible brutality of war they don't suck their thumbs and look for "safe spaces." Your "feelings" do NOT MATTER! In prior world wars, in Korea, and even in Vietnam, our soldiers rode the razors edge of barbarity, that's what happens in war. Some guy turns your buddy's chest into a pile of goo (btw, have you reviewed Patton?) and you're just going to let him call "timeout" and surrender?! This isn't a video game. And, modern PC nonsense puts our soldiers into an impossible position of being warrior monks, instead of looking for some payback on the enemy! Watch Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers again, you just can't turn it off like a light switch. Even the "gentleman" Brits did some hellacious things during the 19th Century.

The whole training sequence is all time iconic. The “war movie” I think is overrated. But Animal Mother is a legend

The scenes upon entering Hue have a lot of dramatic license in them but are important parts of the whole story. When the 2 soldiers are killed, that serves not only to move Cowboy towards leader but also in the sequence of soldiers saying words over their bodies, to share their feelings on life, the war, purpose etc. The scene where the soldier shoots 2 enemies and then smiles as he sees them fall-dead-I think is a reference to the frustration many foot soldiers shared about the elusive VN enemy which not only often "melted back into the jungle" (or tunnels) but even when there was a successful firefight, US soldiers complained that they often didn't get to see their success b/c in a jungle environment, territory was often abandoned a month or two after being taken and so it wasn't a linear battlefront or clear territorial goals the same way WWII battles were often planned and executed. Being able to shoot, see the soldiers fall dead was a look of surprised, excitement, joy, success which suggested not only a rare event but also that happiness in successfully killing someone, goes back to the duality of man theme which Full Metal Jacket is about.

On the Blu Ray commentary Ronald Lee Ermey talks about how this is exactly what he actually did do as a Drill Sgt. He said that around Vietnam Basic was cut down by two weeks and he felt he had to do these things to get them to the highest level of competency he could.

I had an uncle who had three tours in Vietnam, 1 as forward observer and two as a ranger, and was an Army Drill Sergeant during the war. He had some observations about the film at the time. First of all... He made jokes that training jarheads was more work because they start out so damn stupid... That aside... He talked about it generally being a hard job to get them as ready as you could in few weeks. He had draftees that would try and escape and intentionally injure themselves and God knows what else. He was a hard man, funny and kind, but he had a hard life. He talked about why he went back, aside from joking that it was just to get away from his ex-wife, was because he still had friends there and it was better that he be there than they be there without him. He didn't care much for the actual war scenes, he commented that you would not have gone into those areas without leveling them with artillery first, also he said they talked too damn much...

4:20, I asked my then-girlfriend to send my "comedy" DVDs once I was in country...She knew to include this instant classic in my "comedies"... And yeah, you probably know already, but R. Lee Ermey was a former SSG (E-6) who was an on-set worker when they started filming. He said they weren't even close to portraying a USMC Drill Instructor, so the director asked him to give an example to the actor. He ended being hired for the part...the actor was fired...and Ermey did it so well that the Marine Corps meritoriously promoted him to Gunnery Sergeant (E-7) after the movie came out. 10:25 "Blanket Party"*

1:34 is probably my favorite little scene in the movie, because I identify with Sgt Hartman's thinking so much there. That feeling of just "Who the FUCK is talking back to me, at THIS moment?!" is so perfect.

I went through usmc bootcamp in 2003... It was one of the most chaotic and funniest time of my life(other than combat in Iraq and trying to survive as a civilian). These drill instructors could do stand up comedy easily as they slay you.

I did mostly rice paddy and jungle fire fights, not much city, We ALWAYS lay down cover fire on any treeline. Sometimes I think mainly to see if your fucking M16 will fire.

My dad was a drill instructor during Vietnam, and though I was born years after his time in that role, I can say this is approximately accurate to his daddy voice and style, and it worked on us. He sounded scarier though, so there’s that. My mom was sweet, gentle, patient, nurturing, and couldn’t get us to behave with belt licks, but my dad would come in and give a stern look and holler “do what she told you!” and end hours of chaos without a word of back talk. My mom, god bless her, explained to me when I was like 7-8 that this was called respect, and that we loved her but respected daddy. I was like yeah, but I feel inhibited around him even though I know he loves me and I trust him, what’s up with that? And she was like, yeah, I wish you felt inhibited about back talking me too, but I’ve just figured out your daddy is better at that, and I’m the one who you want when you’re sick or scared. I’m coping with it because I’ve noticed even feminists complain about not getting as much respect as men as authority figures, and they’re way meaner and more heartless than I’m interested in being…so, I’m just glad I’ve got your daddy to help me deal with you two. It was a heavy conversation lol. I can’t watch this movie without thinking about that moment.

Sock party? My father & Grandfather called it a blanket party................... and it is surprisingly effective. 😅

As a former infantry marine (0331), I think it's hilarious that this review gets probably the biggest disclaimer warning right outa the box from you guys more so than any other video! Haha! Good times. SFMF!

Commentary way to PC. For the record, they are creating killers as they should be. Strip away all the bullshit. Even alone they are trained to improvise, adapt, & overcome.

June 1972 Fort Ord Cali.......it was called a blanket party ! A blanket went over said fuck-up and yes , it was brutal !

Having attended Marine OCS in Quantico one year after the evacuation from South Vietnam this is by far and away my favorite war movie other than the few truly brutally realistic submarine warfare movies since I refused the commission to go enlist in the navy as a submarine Quartermaster in order to qualify as a merchant seaman with a reasonable chance of getting licensed as a deck officer or 3rd mate. And what you really get in Marine basic of any type either boot or OCS is a comedy club where the performers are the drill instructors. In other words, most recruits or candidates don’t really worry about the drill instructors because overwhelmingly they’re picking on someone other than yourself, so you’re just standing there quietly laughing at the poor dweeb who’s currently getting abused. But although we had comrades who were prior enlisted Vietnam combat veterans who coached us to just laugh at DIs, who to a certain extent we actually looked down on since they were enlisted men, we still had one member of the platoon who didn’t survive the experience, since he died of a heart attack after the 20 mile forced march towards the end of the 10 week course. I got the 10 weeks course because I took it after my junior year of college. People who sign up earlier get two 6 week sessions kind of like in navy ROTC and those who wait until they’d received their degrees get a 14 week session, just like at Navy OCS in Newport, which was the Union naval academy during the civil war. I ended up attending both. I resigned after 9 weeks at Marine OCS and they wanted me to accept the commission but I lost interest. At navy OCS when I was a QM2/SS with three nuclear deterrent patrols under my belt I immediately became disgusted and quit after just 3 days before even attending a single class since I impulsively decided to quit to first, go to the E-club to get drunk and secondly to get out and enter the merchant marine where you can get an officers license simply by passing a 3 day exam at the Coast Guard office of marine inspection.

"Everything in this movie comes with a cost." Dude. That has to be one of the most meta, awesome things I've ever heard. So true about this movie, so true about life.

I want to add some missing analysis context to what you guys said about the virgin mary scene: That scene was less about Pyle and more about Joker. The point of Hartman grilling joker as hard as he did was to see if Joker would stick to his decision in the face of extreme pressure. Hartman didn't care about what he believed in, he just wanted to see joker stick to his guns, which he did and why he was rewarded with a promotion on the spot. DI's aren't just there to enforce physical standards, they are looking for potential future officers as well.

Fuck! I feel old. This movie and Platoon are two of my favorites. Thanks again, guys! Love it!

I went through Parris Island in 93 and my dad went through in 68. Dad said the movie was very accurate. He had a DI break a recruits legs because he couldn’t match and he didn’t want to lose the drill competition. It sucked in 93 but I only got shoved a few times and PT’d to death. lol Oh, and it’s called a blanket party :)

I respect the Green Beret to the max. I went through Marine boot camp in Jan 1968. This is for real- Full Metal Jacket's version of boot camp was 'sugar coated' compared to the real Marine boot camp in 68.

R Lee Ermey was absolutely incredible as the DI...brought back memories of being in basic...some of the things they come up with you can't help yourself but laugh when you're standing on the line...

Marine 75 to 80, Boot Camp was the same. They could slap you up side the head , just getting your attention. It was to see if you'll break, mental and physically. Now Flea joined the Army back then and was with the 5th Special Forces when he got out in 87. We laughed about this movie!!

The reason no suppressing fire was laid down is because it was the early days in the battle to retake Hue . Commanders in the rear would not believe the Marine commander on site that there was an division of NVA troops in the city . So they sent only a Battalion of Marines . Mark Bowden has a great book on it " Hue 1968 "

This came out when I was just 1 year old as well, I remember this movie. Just about all my uncles were all marines, and my grandfather. We always use to watch this movie. I know some is sensationalized for the movie but this along with saving private Ryan was like my favorite as far as war films. Seal team being my favorite show. I think have so many fam members who were military is maybe why I was always interested in learning about the Military in general but especially between Spec Ops and Marines.

In my experience the military, at least at basic training level it is like a wolf pack....if you can keep up, you will be a brother that you will all fight and kill for each other ....but...if your to out of shape, if you dont wanna be there, if your injured and cant keep up, anything like that and they will turn on you....i met dudes that seemed like good friends and we encouraged each other....then i got injured and within a week drill sergeant was telling me they'd have taken an enemy ak and shot me in the head himself if we were over seas....right in front of the whole barracks.... next thing i know other recruits called me a lier and said i wasn't injured ...threw shit at my injured back....stoped talking to me....just completely did a 360....a wolf pack is the closest thing i can think of to describe it....but if you bleed....they would turn on you to in a heart beat.... at least that was my experience at basic 🤷‍♂️....of course thats also not everyone....i still have maybe 3 friends from that time who check in on me and talk from time to time....but i can tell our friendship is no where near what it used to be ....fucking injuries....to anyone going off to basic, be prepared as much as you can, and please please please, AVOID INJURIES!! .... don't let your opportunity slip by you and get checked right away for injuries, don't just try and push through the pain without knowing what it is, you could make it much worse and find yourself discharged before you even know it!

This guy said he was 1 year old when the movie was said, so of course he is not going to agree with a lot of things from this movie because the military and their training approach have changed and not for the best since now, they are soft, and the recruit or trainee feelings are taking in consideration! I was in my second year in the Army when this movie was made and I loved it and enjoyed it very much especially the part of the boot camp since I went through something like that, they year before! My drill Sergeants in the Army insulted us in any way he could, and we just took because we weren't no snowflakes or made out of crystal! I remember talking to a guy in the gym in 1997 and he told he just left the Army, and he talked about this basic training, and it was so easy compared to mine. So i just can imagine how easy and cushy must be right now!

My dad was a marine. He was a door gunner in Vietnam. We've watched this movie together so many time. Vietnam was a totally different era and the veterans could have been treated better. Sadly my father committed suicide 2 months ago. I remember hearing him scream and waking up from nightmares as I was growing up. R.I.P. Dad. Things just aren't the same without him here.

I watched FMJ again last night. I cried. Shooting someone from 300 yards is one thing. Going 'Old Yeller' is another.

It's interesting to see how different the reactions are between these 2 guys. The Vet is laughing, while the Civ looks like he is confused or offended. I realize as a Marine, I am desensitized to the the poop-talking. I understand why it's done. One of the missions of boot camp is to break down the individual civilian and rebuild them as a Marine. It also teaches the Marine to continue to achieve the mission despite the obstacles/personal feelings.

Not really sure why ya would put a disclaimer before describing this video when this video represented an era in American history. It wasn't right, & it was wrong, this movie was a living example of what happened during the war in Vietnam. But I do have to add on to your brotherhood bonding speech. Not only was it bonding to protect your brotherhood, it was also the short amount of time the DI's had to desensitize these young High School age men to the horrors of what they were about to embark on. Have to remember that during the 60s, Boot camp was shortened to 8 weeks, that means every Marine DI had to instill 12 weeks of training anyway possible. After graduation, recruits went on a weeks leave, reported to 1/2 weeks of jungle warfare and were in Vietnam 3 to 4 months after arriving at the Marine Corps recruit people. America was still in a cold war with the Soviet Union and when that presidential order came through, the US military couldn't just move troops from bases that were vital to the protection of Western Europe, thus needing the urgent need for boots on the ground by military draft and volunteers.

I have to laugh at all of the warnings and explanations these two give on a movie from the late 80s. We loved this movie. We watched this movie when I was in the Corps. The first half of this movie was hilarious. We, my fellow Marines and I, watched it on VHS in the barracks lounge and laughed throughout the first half of the movie. The blanket party scene was great because dudes that make it rough on everyone else were handled by the DIs or the platoon. This is one of my favorite movies.

Yo you dudes should watch a soldiers story from 1984 id like to see your reaction to THAT film!!!!!

Buck, I’m honestly 100% confused on why you reviewed this. I have never heard you say much about Marines; I think you never worked with them. Alot of your perspective is skewed from the lack of understanding of the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps’ purpose has ALWAYS been to make a killer mindset along with making high efficient teams. This is why many POGs are still very willing to be part of combat operations.

07:27 it wasnt about 'no rights' it was about the draft, and also 6 weeks to get these boys prepped for Nam, its usually 12 weeks for basics.

The infamous response by the door gunner to Joker's question, "How can you shoot women and children?" "Easy, you just don't lead them so much." Was from a real exchange that Michael Herr (one of the writers for FMJ) had with a real door gunner during the Vietnam War. It's in his book 'Dispatches' which is one of the best books from a real war correspondent in Vietnam. The reason why Michael Herr was able to get such great material is because he was literally embedded with the troops for days and he earned their trust. He has a great scene where somebody confronts him just like the way Animal Mother does to Private Joker in the film, and he (a journalist) makes a deal with one of the troops, and he swears to the soldier that if they will let him go on one of their ops, only if he "Tells it exactly like it is" and not make it into some Hollywood bullshit. After all, most of the Marines were not serving by choice, so morale was a serious issue. The book 'Dispatches' is easily one of the greatest war novels ever written, some moments are so harrowing, it feels like you are 'in the shit' with the Marines in the jungles of Vietnam. I read it after I came back from a vacation in Vietnam in 1999 during one of the worst floods and like 800 Vietnamese people died. After seeing the tunnel complex and sitting in old Hueys in Cu Chi, I went up country and got caught in a bad storm near Khe Sanh on a fucked up Route 9 where a lot of good Marines lost their lives (and thousands of NVA), and just the week before a group of kids and a grandmother got blown up by unexploded ordinance, nearly 25 years after the war. The first thing they tell you in country is that it's called 'The American War' and not the Vietnam War, which makes sense, but it's kind of interesting because growing up with all those Vietnam War movies you never once think about it that way.

I would hate to be so apologetic reviewing a movie. Grow a set and be men the ones who like you May someday love you the ones who hate you will never change. So let it roll off your back like water on a duck who gives a! Well you know😮

Do Jarhead next

I'm surprised y'all haven't reacted to Saving Private Ryan yet. Also, this ain't an army movie but you need to watch the movie Heat, it's a classic

R. Lee Ermey was something else in this movie. Classic.

Ive "heard/read" that he used to be a REAL drill Seargent during the Vietnam war ?!? (And thats why he got picked for the role .... coz he was SO convincing) Being a former soldier myself i liked this video ... :)

THIN RED LINE

I absolutely love this fuckin film.

The normal Vietnam tour was 1 year The difference was when they rotated state side they were met with and I were protesters and people spitting on them and calling them and some cases rightly, baby killers. You guys got greeted back as heroes And that's why a lot of Vietnam veterans are so bItter to this day

I had a di in 92 that was hard as nails like this. He said some things most definitely would not fly today. He was the meanest sob I've ever met in my life but at the end of the day I would choose him over anybody in a foxhole. The world has gone to soft and PC. There's a reason the men of today are the way they are

2 is 1 and 1 is none. True. But in Vietnam, at least in the Army, the job did indeed fall to a single soldier. He was called a “forward observer”. It was one of the shortest lifespan jobs in the army. The only possible job that was worse was the “tunnel rats”. The little guys that went into the damn tunnels to clear them out. And even the tunnel rats generally went in in pairs. But the forward observers were generally alone.

every time I see the soap/sock party clip I wince..... one of our platoons during basic took out one of their own. Since the movie came out in 1987 and our basic was 1988....everyone thought it is was acceptable. (Including the instructors yelling at us like we were going to NAM or something....MF'ers)

Gunnery Seargent Hartman, r. Lee Army should've gotten an oscar.

There’s some truth to the joker character. I knew a force recon marine from the Vietnam Era and he said he would mess with the drill instructors. One instructor ran his ass around town and would stop him to do push ups. He would reply and say “which hand!” For the push-ups. He ended up becoming a Lt. Colonel.

But, there was a draft back then. Most of these guys didn't know what they were dealing with no?

It was par for the coarse at that time the 60’s . I went through pretty much the same harassment in Army boot camp in 69 . Growing up in barrio before boot helped too . Old school dad and old school uncles who served in WW2 and Korea helped toughen me up as well . I can honestly say that today’s military is pussified that I won’t recommend it to my grandsons . Thank you gentlemen for your service . 🇺🇸.

I was in Bootcamp in 1975 and this is very realistic. A Drill Instructor can say anything he wants to you. This isn't the Army. Gunny Ermey was a drill instructor in the Marines, so he knows his shit. Yes, we on occasion got hit, it wasn't often but it did happen.

I remember watching this as a kid "What is your major malfunction numb nuts" Intense movie

The difference is that most of these Marines were going straight to Vietnam and people were dying. The level of no f*ing around was straight primal. High turnover and high danger makes for the average man to resort to brutal but effective tactics.

This movie had tangible collection of actual events during war. Painfully interesting. Thxs for sharing

You guys are awesome! YOU GET IT!!!!! Thank-you!

Though not as intense as this, I went through Marine Corps Recruit Training in Oct 2011. Unlike in this film, I had four Drill Instructors acting similar to Gunny Hartman. R.Lee Ermey was an actual Marine Corps Drill Instructor during the Vietnam War. Marines go to Recruit Training in San Diego, CA and Parris Island, So. Carolina and have Drill Instructors, not Drill Sergeants. This film was adapted from the novel "The Short Timers". The book and film are about Marines, not Soldiers, because the original author served in the Marines

06:15 Pyle could be one of McNamarras morons, look it up ;)

I’m so glad that you guys have given Full Metal Jacket a good reaction, and man did I have such a good laugh with you guys at the very beginning which has to be my favorite part, gotta love Gunny’s improvised act as a Drill Sergeant, just by being a complete badass. Also, if you wouldn’t mind me reposting, here in the Philippines, the mandatory military service is back, which means that I’ll be getting the ROTC training just as I get back into school someday. What would be your advice for fellow Filipinos like I do, and I love you guys (no homo ofc but rlly), keep it up, you guys rock!

How bout playing it and stop reacting to everything second of it

The part about bonding in basic is legit. I "lost" my rifle bolt in osut, last week of it during ftx. Turns out it was locked to the rear. Lmfao I got everyone fucked up. 5 years later I have a spc that went to basic with me and I'm his ssg. Hahahaha 😆 we are super close.

It bothers me there are grown men that both don't understand and can't watch this movie.

Modern day veteran may laugh at this now . But I can tell you this. I know pre 1990 vets that had meltdowns from watching this movie just because of the basic training scene. My unit was one of the last ones to go through fort Jackson where they can still beat the shit out of you in the early nineties. Couple with that my father was a DI in the '60s and he said they were too easy in the movie.

Your guys' reactions to this movie makes this even better.

Guy is so humble..... and had us dieing laughing when he visited us......

US Marine here. The boot camp thing was 100% true

Great way to start a Sunday morning 👌🔥

I went to boot camp in 1977 and it was pretty much like that.

A buddy of mine, the son of a tent preacher, had volunteered for service and to go to Viet Nam. He believed in the cause. The stuff he ran into in country changed the course of his life. Orphans were common enough and tended to go to towns and scrounge for whatever garbage they could find to eat. A woman, a VC operative, had gathers up a few of these 3 to 5 year olds and fed them. They, of course, transferred their love and trust to this woman feeding and otherwise taking care of them. On this day, my buddy and two of his brothers were walking through this town looking around. They had a little time to themselves. This VC operative handed a 4 year old girl a grenade, she pulled the pin and told the girl to go hand it to the soldiers. My buddy saw the girl and, as children do, she was holding the grenade out to hand it to one of them while toddling toward them. He faced the choice he was given and put a burst into that little girls chest. They hit the ground and avoided the shrapnel though many civilians were injured. The last time I saw him more than 3 decades later he still couldn't get that little girl out of his dreams. War is never clean though some are dirtier than others. The training, creating that brotherhood, is also so you have those brothers to help you through those insane painful moments.

As a Canadian pacifist (and film fanatic), who can appreciate that war is at times a necessary evil, I was very consumed by watching this and gaining the perspective of guys who have been in the thick of it. Great watch! Well done, gentlemen.

Going to MEPs Thursday!!!

We actually called it a blanket party, instead of a sock party.

After watching your breakdown of Full Metal Jacket I am re-upping my recommendation of Breaker Morant. I think it fits in with your discussion of the affects of combat at the end of FMG. You also have the moral dilemmas of small units fighting a guerrilla war and the inevitable breakdown that comes from seemingly contradictory orders and competing ethos. Additionally, the acting is impeccable. Enough log rolling. As a voice from the cheap seats I just want to thank you for your efforts and perspective. Keep up the good work.

U were 1 when Jacket came out I was 14 years old and I love this film

Great movie! Emotionally rough and tough, but that’s a type of truth, even though this is fiction.

Did the guy on the right really never seen FMJ??

I reported to boot camp July 27, 1987…it sucked, they yelled and screamed at us and PT’d the shit out of us, but the thing that kept me terrified was getting a 2 week recycle for effing up or getting hurt…we had dudes that rolled through our company that had been there for months…some of them for medical stuff, which they got treated just like everybody else when they showed up, the dudes that got rolled in with us because they were fuckups already had a target on them and most of them ended up with another recycle…good times…😳