![]() ![]() But we Marines, well we’re sick bastards too I suppose. Yes, it paints a horrific portrait of boot camp. ![]() And only through sheer madness does he sort of finally push through, before his final metal break and murder-suicide. Ultimately, he draws both the ire, then the full-time attention, of the most wicked, sledgehammer of a drill instructor. And Vincent D’Onofrio perfectly captured the brutality of basic training.ĭ’Onofrio’s Pyle gives us the remarkable view of the poor souls that just can’t hack it. Part art, part science, no one does it quite like the evil masterminds of Marine Corps Recruit Training. Marine Corps boot camp masterfully belittles, hammers and degrades all who enter. Every Marine that spent any amount of time in Marine Corps boot camp at least suffered a few Pyle-like moments. If Gunny Hartman provides the soul of FMJ, then Pyle surely embodies the dread of any Marine that served. Read Ermey’s own account of how he secured the role. And like any good Marine Staff NCO, he formulated a plan, sprung a trap, and successfully flanked Kubrick, leaving him no other choice. This job represented the role of a lifetime for Ermey. But after being brought on as a technical advisor, Ermey clearly recognized the opportunity before him. Kubrick famously didn’t want Ermey for that role. Ermey successfully took his career, his vast experience, and imbued that collective Marine Drill Instructor essence into Gunny Hartman. An all-imposing, relentless force of training and bile and ferocity.Īnyone, and I mean anyone, that ever nutted up to put their sneakers on the little yellow footprints experienced–down into their very soul–their own Gunny Hartman. The late, great Gunny created a character that perfectly and masterfully embodies the Marine Corps boot camp experience. But none of them capture the Marine Corps DNA quite like Full Metal Jacket. From drill instructor insanity to life in “the suck,” many even do a good job, taking that spirit of FMJ, repackaged for contemporary times. ![]() From Jarhead to Generation Kill, tomes and feature films clearly borrow and steal from Full Metal Jacket. Making a Classic: The Full Metal Jacket QuotesĪ cottage industry of books and films would come after, attempting to recreate the Marine Corps magic that is Full Metal Jacket. Full Metal Jacket lives on in the hearts of Marines in every climb and place. Full Metal Jacket turned into the perfect mix of profanity, madness, despair and complete disregard for most anything non-Marine. But somewhere along the way, something unique and insane and beautiful happened for Jarheads everywhere. Director Stanley Kubrick–his take on the Vietnam War, in its grand design, proved no different. The proliferation of anti-gun, anti-military, anti-war themes remains a go-to trope in movie making. Hollywood doesn’t just lean to the left on most things. ![]()
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