OT: Taking my brave g/f to a screening of "Full Metal Jacket" tonight

[TenerHallTerror]

probably the most underrated Kubrick film. A cinematic masterpiece that gets unfairly maligned for having such a powerful first 45 minutes. Of course, the back half of the film cannot hold a candle to R Lee Ermey's toxic mania. But such a brilliant examination of dark humor of the Vietnam conflict.

I remember watching this film a few months before I entered boot camp. We were still under the old "Vietnam era" rules. Fun times.

 

[rudedude]

Hope she enjoys this scene!

 

[TenerHallTerror]

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Hope she enjoys this scene!

we're debating on Facebook whether or not that constitutes as "romantic" LOL

 

[Cosmos]

probably the most underrated Kubrick film. A cinematic masterpiece that gets unfairly maligned for having such a powerful first 45 minutes. Of course, the back half of the film cannot hold a candle to R Lee Ermey's toxic mania. But such a brilliant examination of dark humor of the Vietnam conflict.

I remember watching this film a few months before I entered boot camp. We were still under the old "Vietnam era" rules. Fun times.

"this is my rifle this is my gun. this is for fighting this is for fun."
"it looks like the best part of you fell from the crack of your mom's @ss and wound up as a stain on the mattress."
"Texas?! Holy $hit only queers and steers come from Texas and you don't look like the latter."

 

[TenerHallTerror]

"this is my rifle this is my gun. this is for fighting this is for fun."
"it looks like the best part of you fell from the crack of your mom's @ss and wound up as a stain on the mattress."
"Texas?! Holy $hit only queers and steers come from Texas and you don't look like the latter."

there are at least 20 brilliant quotes from Gunny Hartman alone . . .

 

[bkmtnittany1]

How about the seen where Ermey is singing Happy birthday in the barracks on xmas day!

"God hates the marine corp because we kill everything we see and keep heaven stocked with fresh bodies."

 

[okinburg1]

Best opening scene of a war movie, all-time?

1) R Lee Ermey's monologue in Full Metal Jacket
2) George C Scott's speech in Patton
3) Omaha Beach landing in Saving Private Ryan

Whenever I watch any of the 3 above, I think for sure it is that one, until I think about or see one of the other 2.

 

[Woodpecker]

Don't eat peanuts

 

[Cosmos]

How about the seen where Ermey is singing Happy birthday in the barracks on xmas day!

"God hates the marine corp because we kill everything we see and keep heaven stocked with fresh bodies."

No, no, no! "God has a hard-on for the Marines. Because he keeps heaven stocked with fresh souls."

 

[TenerHallTerror]

No, no, no! "God has a hard-on for the Marines. Because he keeps heaven stocked with fresh souls."

 

[Still in State College]

I do think that the post boot camp is a little under-rated.

Hard to pick a favorite Sgt Hartman scene as there are so many but I would go with scene in the head. Didn't matter what was happening he was himself to the very end.

 

[bkmtnittany1]

No, no, no! "God has a hard-on for the Marines. Because he keeps heaven stocked with fresh souls."

I stand corrected! Thanks. I loved when he kept calling Pyle a "fat body." Or when Hartman was reading off the assignments and he came up on Mathew Modine..."Who do ya think you are Mickey Spillane."

 

[Nitwit]

This is one of my all time favorite movies. The boot camp scenes give me the same pit of the stomach feeling I had when I was in Army basic training. I've probably watched the film 20 times.

 

[Leo Ridens]

If you want to test her bravery as well as her love for you, take her to a showing of A Clockwork Orange. That may be Kubrick's ultimate masterpiece. Reviled on its release as a glorification of sex and violence (ironically, he got death threats for that supposed reason), it is instead a profound meditation (like the Anthony Burgess book, which it follows closely) on what in classical philosophy is called the Free Will Theodicy: Can man be considered good without free will?

 

[TenerHallTerror]

If you want to test her bravery as well as her love for you, take her to a showing of A Clockwork Orange. That may be Kubrick's ultimate masterpiece. Reviled on its release as a glorification of sex and violence (ironically, he got death threats for that supposed reason), it is instead a profound meditation (like the Anthony Burgess book, which it follows closely) on what in classical philosophy is called the Free Will Theodicy: Can man be considered good without free will?

TRUE STORY! I dated a very lovely and intelligent woman at Penn State for a few months. I thought she was "the one". Then I took her to see Clockwork Orange during a special screening at The Forum. BIG mistake, lol

followed up by my next big mistake in choosing the next film, an art house darling known as The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover . . . in the words of Rick Perry: "oops"

 

[lein]

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Hope she enjoys this scene!

He should get a copy of this and play it on the car stereo on the way home.

 

[dshumbero]

The one major liberty the movie took was the rifle in bed and live ammo that Pyle had. In reality, never would have happened, all ammo accounted for before and after shoots.

Best part? "Choke yourself".

 

[rudedude]

TRUE STORY! I dated a very lovely and intelligent woman at Penn State for a few months. I thought she was "the one". Then I took her to see Clockwork Orange during a special screening at The Forum. BIG mistake, lol

followed up by my next big mistake in choosing the next film, an art house darling known as The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover . . . in the words of Rick Perry: "oops"

You really need to reconsider your idea of a "date movie"! Or is it a "screening" tool?

 

[TenerHallTerror]

You really need to reconsider your idea of a "date movie"! Or is it a "screening" tool?

I blame Jay

 

[Ranger Dan]

probably the most underrated Kubrick film. A cinematic masterpiece that gets unfairly maligned for having such a powerful first 45 minutes. Of course, the back half of the film cannot hold a candle to R Lee Ermey's toxic mania. But such a brilliant examination of dark humor of the Vietnam conflict.

I remember watching this film a few months before I entered boot camp. We were still under the old "Vietnam era" rules. Fun times.

If the date with your G/F goes well, please remember to give her the common courtesy of a reach around...

(just kidding)

 

[ericstratton-rushchairman]

"how can you shoot women and children?"

"easy, you just don't lead them as much."

 

[ericstratton-rushchairman]

He should get a copy of this and play it on the car stereo on the way home.

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I was a huge 2LC fan back in the day... the golden age of rap.

 

[lionroar88]

He should get a copy of this and play it on the car stereo on the way home.

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Better yet is their song that was banned from the airwaves... 'Hey we want some ...... '

 

[TenerHallTerror]

If the date with your G/F goes well, please remember to give her the common courtesy of a reach around...

(just kidding)

crikey she's a school teacher from a small midwest town . . . suddenly realizing a LOT of things I will have to explain to her tonight . . .

 

[lionroar88]

crikey she's a school teacher from a small midwest town . . . suddenly realizing a LOT of things I will have to explain to her tonight . . .

Probably not. She may have to explain a few things to you. Some of the most 'worldly knowledgeable' women I've met and know were from small towns... and many with very strict religious upbringings.

 

[TenerHallTerror]

Probably not. She may have to explain a few things to you. Some of the most 'worldly knowledgeable' women I've met and know were from small towns... and many with very strict religious upbringings.

if she knows what a reach-around is, I will be scared

 

[bkmtnittany1]

"how can you shoot women and children?"

"easy, you just don't lead them as much."

Best quote: "Anyone that runs is a VC. Anyone that doesn't run is a well-disciplined VC!" "Ain't war hell"

 

[Leo Ridens]

TRUE STORY! I dated a very lovely and intelligent woman at Penn State for a few months. I thought she was "the one". Then I took her to see Clockwork Orange during a special screening at The Forum. BIG mistake, lol

followed up by my next big mistake in choosing the next film, an art house darling known as The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover . . . in the words of Rick Perry: "oops"

Tener, you are probably better off without her, but "The Cook, The Thief, ..." may have been a bit over the line, even for "The One".

 

[TenerHallTerror]

Tener, you are probably better off without her, but "The Cook, The Thief, ..." may have been a bit over the line, even for "The One".

all I knew was that Helen Mirren was in it LOL

 

[Psychedelic_MackDaddy]

probably the most underrated Kubrick film. A cinematic masterpiece that gets unfairly maligned for having such a powerful first 45 minutes. Of course, the back half of the film cannot hold a candle to R Lee Ermey's toxic mania. But such a brilliant examination of dark humor of the Vietnam conflict.

I remember watching this film a few months before I entered boot camp. We were still under the old "Vietnam era" rules. Fun times.

What a FVCKING shock...yet, ANOTHER war thread. And, you're taking your girlfriend?

That's the difference between you people and me: you take your gf's/wives to WAR movies; I take my ladies salsa dancing.

And to think the (ahem) High and Mighty LionJim has "me" on ignore. You can't make this sh1t up if you tried.

 

[TenerHallTerror]

What a FVCKING shock...yet, ANOTHER war thread. And, you're taking your girlfriend?

That's the difference between you people and me: you take your gf's/wives to WAR movies; I take my ladies salsa dancing.

And to think the (ahem) High and Mighty LionJim has "me" on ignore. You can't make this sh1t up if you tried.

I'm giving you an ironic "like"

 

[artsandletters]

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Hope she enjoys this scene!

Explains why we don't see much of Modine anymore, unless he has other problems besides being a bad actor.

I'd call it romance in that context, though it'd be more believable if the boys were at least half-whacked.

 

[artsandletters]

crikey she's a school teacher from a small midwest town . . . suddenly realizing a LOT of things I will have to explain to her tonight . . .

Be presidential, sonny. Just grab her by the pussy.

 

[step.eng69]

Be presidential, sonny. Just grab her by the pussy.

Does that remark belong on the "testis board”?

 

[Phil's Rug]

What a FVCKING shock...yet, ANOTHER war thread. And, you're taking your girlfriend?

That's the difference between you people and me: you take your gf's/wives to WAR movies; I take my ladies salsa dancing.

And to think the (ahem) High and Mighty LionJim has "me" on ignore. You can't make this sh1t up if you tried.

So like how does that work? You pull names outta your hat to decide which personality she has to dance with? Rock-paper-scissors? Eeenie meenie miney moe?

 

[sluggo72]

Explains why we don't see much of Modine anymore, unless he has other problems besides being a bad actor.

I'd call it romance in that context, though it'd be more believable if the boys were at least half-whacked.

wasn't he just in 'Strange (er?) Things" which got get reviews? I loved Vision Quest!

 

[Psychedelic_MackDaddy]

wasn't he just in 'Strange (er?) Things" which got get reviews? I loved Vision Quest!

 

[Psychedelic_MackDaddy]

So like how does that work? You pull names outta your hat to decide which personality she has to dance with? Rock-paper-scissors? Eeenie meenie miney moe?

 

[rudedude]

So like how does that work? You pull names outta your hat to decide which personality she has to dance with? Rock-paper-scissors? Eeenie meenie miney moe?

 

[21Guns]

Siskel and Ebert had one of their classic knock down drag outs over this movie.