Stanley Kubrik

Last night I watched Stanley Kubrik's film, "Full Metal Jacket." I rented it, because it is a Kubrik film and it stars one of my favorite actors, Vincent D'Onofrio. Plus, the website, www.inthe80s.com slammed it and called it one of the worst movies of the 80's, so I was curious.

I thought Kubrik's direction on this film was outstanding. I am noticing more and more as I watch his films, that he had a very symmetrical style and was big on perspective. He seemed to use every shape, be it the shape of the room or buildings to his advantage, and treated every scene as if it were the most important scene in the film. I have not read the book, but now I want to. I am sure the screenplay followed the book, because the author of the book also worked on the screenplay. The other thing I liked about this film is, unlike some of Kubrik's other films, he did not try to get artsie with this one and use nauseating camera work, you know the fast zoom and stop (he only did that one time and it made sense).

This entry has taken me two days to complete. Goodness!

So, I guess the point I was trying to make two days ago, is that "Full Metal Jacket" is an awesome movie in my opinion and everybody is entitled to my opinion. The End.