The verbose discussions in this cerebral movie reach numbing proportions.Ĭarrying the filmmaker’s political banner is Matthew Modine, playing a smart and smarmy countercultural Marine recruit. Most disappointing, Kubrick has positioned his uniformed perspectives in talky situations. The well-arranged characters are merely mouthpieces for differing points of views - pawns. In Full Metal Jacket, Kubrick’s pre-filmmaking endeavors as a professional photographer and competition-level chess player are all too evident - scenes are so overly composed they seem contrived and artsy. Box-office prospects for this Vietnam saga seem limited to the Kubrick curious - look for a quick exhibitors’ retrenchment on this massive artistic misfire. has had trouble inserting into some print ads also applies to this didactic, static harangue. Unfortunately, the word that Warner Bros.
His latest anti-war effort, Full Metal Jacket, belongs on the other end of the filmmaking spectrum. Stanley Kubrick has made two great anti-war movies, Paths of Glory and Dr. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below. Marine Corps trailing facility in Parris Island, and the second in Vietnam on the eve of the Tet Offensive. The anti-war film comprised two acts - the first at the U.S.
On June 17, 1987, Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket premiered in Beverly Hills.
