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Full Metal Jacket (1987) film

Discussed in 5 episodes · 4 film takes
PKA Score 6.4/10
Kyle
6.7/10
2 takes
Woody
6.9/10
1 take
Taylor
4.2🦉/7
1 take
IMDb 8.2 RT 90% Metacritic 78
PKA rates this 1.9 lower than critics

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 580 @ 33:20 — PKN 580
Discussion of drill sergeant brutality and physical training methods, comparing to military discipline proposals
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral
“that scene from full metal jacket where he's slapping them around and choking the fuck out of them”
▶ PKA 407 @ 3:51:24 — Painkiller Already #407
Discussion of the two-part structure and Kubrick's symbolism, comparison to Forrest Gump
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I like both halves of that movie. To me, it's like two movies that aren't that connected.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“I watched it, but I don't remember very much of it, Yeah, it does. It was a pop culture-like smorgasbord. Yeah. Do we have more ads?”
▶ PKA 631 @ 3:08:45 — PKA 631 w/ Harley: New Youtube Boxing Fight, Taylors Lifelong De
Discussion of the film's boot camp sequence versus Vietnam portion, and comparison to Apocalypse Now
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“i remember watching that movie the first time and like you gotta fast three quarters of the way through and being like what happened we were we were rolling and now we're doing nothing in vietnam and it sucks”
▶ PKA 410 @ 2:26:50 — Painkiller Already #410
Discussion of best Vietnam War movies
Taylor · unverified◆ mixed
“i think for me it might be i liked it more than platoon i liked platoon more than full metal jacket”
▶ PKA 670 @ 1:38:36 — PKA 670 W/ Hutch: Is The Blame Truth Beef Real, Racy Biden Pictu
Stanley Kubrick Vietnam War film with discussion of pacing issues
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“did you guys like the Batman the the the Matt Reeves one uh I didn't see it... Metal Jacket you never saw that one oh I did see Full Metal Jacket that is that is the one that goes from awesome to dog”