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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
funny thing, while fmj has some landmark moments, like all the shit the sargent says, and vincent d’onofrio is an amazing actor and so good at going bananas, that movie as a whole doesnt quite work for me. i mean from beginning to end. i dont know if it came too late after apocalypse now and platoon or what, but i always forget the events and significance of whatever happens beyond the barracks and basic training. i mean sure, there was a great line that was sampled for and inspired a classic hiphop track, and there are flame throwers in buildings, but what was all that about? i swear i cant say. to me the movie was over earlier when pvt pyle poisons himself with lead. anyway, yeah, if somebody could explain i would appreciate it. |
I think the second half is supposed to be kind of a clusterfuck, and I think the narrative is supposed to devolve. I see it as part of the story. But the first half informs the second, and again the theme of the effects of war on the average (ok he may have been a little busted in the first place) Joker and on humanity are the real focal point.
I guess I forgot it was post-Platoon. Platoon is probably a stronger, if less cerebral, account of the Vietnam War, but FMJ is simply one of my favorite movies ever.
Haven’t seen it in years though