Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket is a somewhat realistic film. The movie creates a very disturbing and realistic picture of the Vietnam War not through historical accuracy or sensitive treatment of characters, but by presenting a series of situations that span an entire war. It seems as if these situations were the experiences of one set of ... other marines climbing up around him in the middle ground, along with the Drill Sargent constantly yelling and forcing him to get down because he is a failure. While in the background you see the greenery of the forest and other parts of the obstac...

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