HuskerExpat
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Yeah, I really enjoy the second half of the movie, though I understand a lot of people do not.
Full Metal Jacket vs Saving Private Ryan
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I'm new, but I can't let it slide. But ,the line is, "which one of you twinkle toed c*^ks$#ckers just signed his own death warrant? Nobody huh, I guess the fairy f*@cking godmother said it."
Apathy
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Ummmm I guess I"m the only one who thinks SPR is better than Full Metal Jacket :lol:
The reason I like Saving Private Ryan so much is the story line, cinematography, and the action. I liked how Steven Spielberg brought a Warzone into my living room and actually made me feel like I was in the War. I thought that it was brillant where 8 soldiers had to go out and save one man and then Tom Hanks dies at the end. I don't know just admired the action, the acting, and the picture.....I just can't wait till this movie comes out on Blu Ray.
What I really like in Full Metal Jacket was R. Lee Ermey and all of his quotes but after he died my interest in the movie kind of died because the war scenes well lets face it was really god awful. I did like how it ended with them staring at that dying Vietnamese girl where she was begging them to shoot her. But I didn't really care for the story at all, it really lacked one in my opinion.
I had this discussion with some friends of mine at work and they all told me that you really can't put these two movies in the same category because they're two totally different movies. They really didn't think that Full Metal Jacket was a war movie but more of a military movie. But anyways thanks for posting all of the great R. Lee Ermey quotes and I can't wait till SPR comes out on BLU RAY. :clap
The reason I like Saving Private Ryan so much is the story line, cinematography, and the action. I liked how Steven Spielberg brought a Warzone into my living room and actually made me feel like I was in the War. I thought that it was brillant where 8 soldiers had to go out and save one man and then Tom Hanks dies at the end. I don't know just admired the action, the acting, and the picture.....I just can't wait till this movie comes out on Blu Ray.
What I really like in Full Metal Jacket was R. Lee Ermey and all of his quotes but after he died my interest in the movie kind of died because the war scenes well lets face it was really god awful. I did like how it ended with them staring at that dying Vietnamese girl where she was begging them to shoot her. But I didn't really care for the story at all, it really lacked one in my opinion.
I had this discussion with some friends of mine at work and they all told me that you really can't put these two movies in the same category because they're two totally different movies. They really didn't think that Full Metal Jacket was a war movie but more of a military movie. But anyways thanks for posting all of the great R. Lee Ermey quotes and I can't wait till SPR comes out on BLU RAY. :clap
Your friends are correct, while both are war movies and both have excellent casts and directors. They are quite different in a number of ways. I tend to think of it like this. SPR is a movie I'll watch with my wife, FMJ is more like a "guys" movie.
MCAT800
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