After Viewing "Full Metal Shell"

Carleton 2022-03-17 09:01:02

1. My ignorance of war

2. There is JOKER in war and me in life

The style of the all-metal shell is more realistic and I like it very much. Although it is only an OB perspective, he already understands the helplessness and the driving force outside the body. The presentation of the training scene of the recruits in the first 30 minutes of the film largely solved my doubts about the character of the "warriors" when I watched war movies in the past. Almost no one is a natural killing machine, Kubrick's details. The presentation gave me a new experience and understanding of the views and perspectives of war films.

Almost every character that appears in the film can be said to be "unconscious". The words and actions are very dramatic. They can lie on the ground as if their souls have been taken away, or they can They show off in front of the camera, they can describe the Vietnamese people as stupid, or they can surround the dying body of the Vietnamese girl sniper for a long time. It can be said that all their performance is not ego, and most of the "freedom" brainwashed among the fighters, they have been deprived completely.

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The moment the girl sniper turned around, the two croissant braids symbolizing youth and ignorance flicked with me. I don't know if my goose bumps are coming from my body because of the thin pajamas or for some reason. The first 30 minutes of the military training showed how the killing machine was trained. I thought Xiaopang was the protagonist, but he broke his head with a single shot. I have been waiting for him to go to the battlefield, but the story started with a robbery on the streets of Vietnam. What kind of role is the clown? Even though he was not an infantryman on the front line of the war, but a reporter, he was still changed by the war, and he didn't seem to be so much like his original self. Is it the death of a friend, the assimilation of the environment? I think this shot is of the same nature as the beating of Xiaopang that night. Before he went to the battlefield, he was already a complete JOKER. The ugly side of human nature cannot be constantly pressured, it will really appear. The dissatisfaction with JOKER may be because I couldn't find any other way to save him besides killing him several times.

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Extended Reading
  • Cleora 2021-10-20 18:59:12

    ——Your hat says a natural killer and a peace badge on your uniform. Is this a cold joke? ——I just want to raise the duality of people.

  • Coralie 2022-03-22 09:01:09

    There are two distinct parts. The first half of the scene between the fat brother and the instructor is so fond of it that you can barely look at it when you watch it, but the so-called cruel description of the Vietnam War or the analysis of human nature in the second half is basically commonplace. The motif. Coupled with previous works such as Apocalypse Now, Deer Hunters, Taxi Drivers, etc. describing and reflecting on the Vietnam War, Kubrick's work seems like a "follow the trend."

Full Metal Jacket quotes

  • Gny. Sgt. Hartman: I don't want no teenage queen.

    Recruits: I don't want no teenage queen.

    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: I just want my M-14.

    Recruits: I just want my M-14.

    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: If I die in the combat zone.

    Recruits: If I die in the combat zone.

    Gny. Sgt. Hartman: Box me up and ship me home.

    Recruits: Box me up and ship me home.

  • Rafterman: You know what really pisses me off about these people?

    Pvt. Joker: What?

    Rafterman: We're supposed to be helping them and they shit all over us every chance they get. I just can't feature that.

    Pvt. Joker: Don't take it too hard, Rafterman. It's just business.