A small note some one mentioned huge building explosions and the x files movie one. I love that effect so i have to correct that. it was a model comped into the real building done by hunter gratzner now know as new deal studios. Great effects sadly pass unnoticed i guess.

From a documentary I had seen about Kubrick FULL METAL JACKET was an objective look at war. However brutal it appears, there is some beauty to it. His aim was to provide images that were both fascinating and disturbing. That he provided no moral absolutes was intentional. The viewer is there to determine his or her own reaction to what takes place on screen. I don't remember whether or not you mentioned PATHS OF GLORY. I was listening for it and hadn't noticed if you had. PATHS OF GLORY is clearly anti war - pointing out the absurdity of the tactics of WWI. I can see FULL METAL JACKET as a companion piece to PATHS OF GLORY.