Full Metal Jacket persuasive
Throughout my life I have always had an interest in war movies, in particular, Vietnam War movies. I was intrigued by Apocalypse Now and Platoon, but the first time I watched Full Metal Jacket there was more to it. The usual Vietnam War movie consists of extreme action and over played emotions. Full Metal Jacket was different because it had more. The humor and raw emotion of the first act drew me in., and the acting was sensational throughout the movie. Above all that it had a wonderful soundtrack and still carried out with the historical accuracy of Vietnam. For all of these reasons I find Full Metal Jacket to be the best Vietnam War movie. In most Vietnam War movies the first scene start out on the battle field, and the war is the main conflict. In Full Metal Jacket the movie starts out with the soldiers going through Marine Corps boot camp. This extra scene adds much more reality to the movie, by showing what soldiers had to go through from the start. The opening scene begins at Parris Island with the recruits first day of training. This scene is where the senior drill instructor, played by a real Marine drill instructor, is introduced. He walks around the room yelling at his recruits., and giving them com
Much of the boot camp scenes concentrate on Gomer Pyle's struggle with the drill instructor. My favorite scene is a historical event, as well as a funny event, that was not shown in most other Vietnam War films. This is a classic scene from Vietnam. " and " me love you long time" came from. The struggle of Gomer Pyle adds the true raw emotion. In the first action scene, Private Joker is in his base when the Tet offensive attacked, which was true to the Vietnam War. The way the men were treated during boot camp was accurate, and the break down that Gomer Pyle was a realistic event that happened to several true Marines as well. In the scene with the prostitute the song These Boots are Made for Walkin is playing as the beautiful Asian woman strides up to the men with her short shorts and high heel shoes on. The main characters of the movie are introduced at this time. Private Joker and Cowboy are new to Vietnam and are approached by a prostitute. The soundtrack fits well with each scene, and the music is historically accurate. The play on music adds realism to each scene, and captures the time frame. I find this kind of humor to be good in a Vietnam War movie because these are real incidents that would happen. The film tries a different approach to war films, centering its focus of individual experience, from the first day of boot camp to the middle of Vietnam.
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