Full Metal Jacket - Mickey Mouse song

Ending of Stanley Kubrick´s Full Metal Jacket

[@DevilMaster]

"What is this Mickey Mouse shit?" - Sgt. Hartman

[@brandnubian11]

Somehow pyle is at fault

[@QwertyPictures]

I chuckled

[@soapmeridius]

"The way I see it, ladies, you owe me for one Mickey Mouse!"

[@OsKarMike1306]

Abdalla Taha I know it shouldn't have, but this comment made me laugh pretty hard

[@agentofthepatriarchy1390]

DevilMaster thats Gunnery Sergeant (GSgt) to you, scumbag!

[@A10N50]

Mulan Director: " We don't tend to break into song when we go to war" Full Metal Jacket:

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

That guy was never in the military ... "UP every mornin' IN the crack of Dawn ..." .

[@A10N50]

@@BobSmith-dk8nw, the director's a woman

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

@@A10N50 And one I dare say who was never in the military ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki_Caro .

[@jghbi7682]

Generation Kill: hold my November Juliet

[@Akillesursinne]

Hah, in the late 17th century swedish army, it was actually written that the ideal soldier, as part of other skills, should be able to sing a few songs.

[@zenjames1943]

this song choice actually makes sense. Most of these soldiers were baby boomers who as kids might have watched 'The Mickey Mouse Club' during the 50's. Singing this song might actually seem comforting to them in some sort of weird way

[@karenk2409]

They're still a club! From childhood to manhood ...

[@Omenvreer]

so your saying if the current generation went to war, they'd be singing spongebob? eh, I could see it.

[@Daryavahush]

​@@Omenvreer i fear for the future generation who would be singing skibidi toilet/skibidi bop bop

[@Onlyusemesuede]

@@Omenvreer I’m not gonna lie that would be a pretty sick marching chant . You got one guy yelling the main lyrics and the rest of the platoon yells out SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS

[@DogFoxHybrid]

Wonder if any Afghanistan soldiers belted out the Pokémon theme.

[@JillLulamoon]

Always adored this ending. It's easy to forget they were just barely more than kids. 18 years old, 19 years old.

[@newguy7860]

It really is weird f'd up cherry on top of a great movie.

[@ano_nym]

The video "Fortunate Son but it's Gucci Gang in Iran" shows how it would be today...

[@Horsemanray]

@@ano_nym Those videos are stupid and uncreative and I'm glad that trend is over.

[@ano_nym]

@@Horsemanray it was good in the beginning. But now there is a new trend. Check out the SMV.

[@ulfmusskacken]

"Mommy why is grandpa not coming with us to visit disneyland?" Well ummm

[@clud2846]

“They’re in the trees jimmy!”

[@napalminthemorning8309]

Hirø this is the best goddamn reply

[@qwertyerror601]

"What do we do mickey??" Get fucked *pulls out thompson*

[@tylerwedell3750]

Sneaks up behind Donald Duck and slits his throat

[@MARK-gp9hb]

flashbacks

[@frostycharger5911]

*Disney Soldiers leaving Warner Bros studio in ruins, now becoming the sole movie producing company* (2037 colorized)

[@planes124]

FrostyCharger 😂

[@lordtabs]

😂😂

[@lordtabs]

Kill the rat

[@taboritskygaming7841]

Anarcho-Capitalism is a hell of a drug.

[@franklinjmilord6324]

Corporate Wars be something serious 😳

[@piggiesfatone961]

Soldiers programmed to kill singing a children’s song. No innocence left.

[@Paint_Eater]

That’s why I fucking love Stanley Kubrick films you can catch so much new the 5 time you watch it or even more times

[@RogerBarraud]

Now they just do it with video games.

[@allenbettis8558]

They're on the brink and have no idea of what's waiting for them back home.

[@lv1543]

Badass

[@dmaxwell910901]

​@@RogerBarraud You honestly think that's remotely comparable.. ?

[@Alpha121198]

The best part of this to me is the fact some of them know to pitch up their voices and the others stop singing during that single part. Its beautiful that is art

[@Gar96229]

An entire group of people singing this song walking towards me, would scare the shit out of me.

[@aigeh1326]

They were singing for Vietnam. Vietnam was a Communist Nation, this Song has a big meaning behind it. They are singing this song so that Vietnam will not join the Communist Party.

[@user-ie2rx6tb1b]

+David Ryan Not to mention they're fully armed!

[@jessea.5185]

+David Ryan LMFAO

[@colehayes6894]

Especially when they're United States marines!

[@stefblok6074]

Too bad they cant hit shit from 200 metres away

[@metalmess]

The duality of man. The happiest song in the most fucked up scenario. Kubrick was a genius.

[@DanielVDova]

+Metaless Araya A valid interpretation, but I would add that "Mickey Mouse" has an application as a political statement. Voters were known to cast their votes for Mickey as a write-in candidate as early as 1932, simply as a way to express their dissatisfaction with the candidates or to mock the political process. Given that Joker repeatedly makes light of the war and the political landscape of the Vietnam era (hence his nickname, and statements like "Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?", "I wanted to be the first kid on my block to get a confirmed kill"), it's fitting that the film would end with a nod to the satirical tradition.

[@IZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR]

+Daniel V. Dova By the way, do you mean what he meant by 'Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?' I know that John Wayne was an actor that played in a lot of Westerns and the Joker was comparing him to the drill sergeant since he wears a hat that looks really similair to the ones cowboys wore. The meaning of 'Is this me?' is currently still unclear to me.

[@DanielVDova]

+radishlover In the book "The Short Timers" (Gustav Hasford), on which FMJ is based, the quote is actually attributed to Cowboy: >"A wiry little Texan in horn-rimmed glasses the guys are already calling 'Cowboy' says, 'Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?'" The book "Friendly Fire: American Images of the Vietnam War", by Katherine Kinney, interprets it this way: >"In Hasford's profoundly fallen world, John Wayne is an echo, a mask, a joke- no longer a body but a voice. This is not a world in which boys become men but in which actors play parts." We can actually see this theme revisited if we interpret the "Mickey Mouse" scene above with that idea in mind. Conversely, Joker taking this line for the movie makes sense when we think about his overall character per Kubrick's adaptation- whereas it wouldn't fit a "by the book" sort of character like FMJ's Cowboy. In this context, Joker's line can be seen as a rebuke of the type of machismo that Wayne made mainstream, and that Sergeant Hartman channels (in his own, more vulgar way). We can probably assume that Hartman has grown up watching and admiring Wayne- the timelines and personality types match up nicely. But forgetting all of that, we can CERTAINLY assume that Hartman would be angered at ANY unauthorized outburst by the recruits he has so mercilessly tormented, which is why the actual purpose of the line is less important than the outcome... If you watch the "John Wayne" scene again, you'll notice that Joker only admits to saying the line after Cowboy is accused. Hartman asks Joker why he joined the corps- Joker responds, "Sir, to kill, sir!". Hartman only stop the harassment once Joker shows his fiercer side. Two things here: First, this fits with Joker's character. Despite his disdain for the war, he doesn't hesitate to come to his comrade's defense. We know that he eventually takes Pyle under his wing- if reluctantly- and is the only recruit shown to hesitate during the "blanket party" hazing scene. Second, the "John Wayne" interaction between Hartman and Joker leads us back to the theme of the duality of man. Joker is forced to transition in a matter of seconds from his usual sharp wit into a ruthless killing machine. Note that the "Mickey Mouse" scene above takes place directly after Joker executes the Viet Cong sniper... though this time, Joker goes from "warrior" back to "sarcastic dissenter". He strikes a sort of balance between the two in his final monologue, as he reminisces about "Mary Jane Rottencrotch" and the "Great Homecoming Fuck Fantasy", but concludes, "I am in a world of shit, yes, but I am alive. And I am not afraid." His perspective has changed, but we have seen how and why those changes have occurred. The landscape of his skeptical worldview has been painted black, and we imagine the dark comedy that is Joker's new life... THAT, in my opinion, is the genius of Kubrick.

[@emjaiz]

Exactly right bro.

[@jbonemastaflash6852]

This film has a lot of similarities to a clockwork orange

[@shanemills3879]

This reminds me of my Dad's Division, 6th Div AIF, as they advanced on Bardia in 1941, roaring "WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD,THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ" at the top of their lungs. Terrified the Italians, and it became the 6th's Marching Song forever

[@joshuajones9035]

This scene was supposed to show us that our beloved mean green killing machine soldiers are really just kids, innocence lost smh

[@RworldKM]

Imagine the VC just looking at them, wondering what the hell are they singing.

[@bradybrumfield4872]

"mickey mouse? too beaucoup!"

[@latrite2542]

BULLSHIT I CANT HERE U

[@hansabrams1258]

Brady Brumfield Mickey Mouse? No boom boom, me so horny!

[@eragonauditore9038]

+Hans Abrams my ribs hurt now

[@maverickdarkrath4780]

Vc soldier: who's Mickey mouse? Vc captian: the world may never know

[@noahJ363]

year 2037: invading north korea singing Spongebob

[@mikeyholland150]

Singing best day ever

[@djmars1983]

Knowing that full denuclearization is happening I don't see that happening at all it's more along the lines that were marching up towards like Italy to remove Mateo salvini and Viktor Orban in Hungary

[@Corbinater45]

djmars1983 r u seriously naive enough to believe that North Korea 🇰🇵 will actually dismantle their nuclear arsenal?

[@radicallarrythemailman8269]

@@djmars1983 Oh if only that didn't play right into the hands of North Korea... It's in their interest to try and "de-escalate" the situation. Sure, the war might even end properly, but denuclearization will not happen. If it does, what is stopping the US from wiping out North Korea? Kim-Jong Un learned from Saddam and Gadaffi. Don't let go of the WMDs if you want to live

[@crazybonesarecool22]

Wouldn’t even be 2037 more like 2020 lol

[@osirisgrimm5115]

Nothing more meanicing than a group of trained killer marching towards you singing a children's song. Psychological warfare at it's best

[@MrHoppybunny]

Ever since I was a kid, I loved the fact that all these deadly badass mofos actually did the high-pitched MICKEY MOUSE! 😭

[@WulfGuy]

Imagine being a Viet Cong sniper in one of those buildings, and just seeing hundreds of US troops walking through a burning city, singing this strange sounding foreign song you've never heard before.

[@RacBack_]

The ray kay 47 is not ready and hi ping is eating ass

[@InfernalLeo777]

Dip

[@sidthekid1170]

MICKEY MOUSE!!!!

[@kennethha416]

I'd crap my pants

[@elcomemierda2624]

I'd go: WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON (in vietnamese)

[@fluffythedespoiler3395]

The slow descent into PTSD and misery...

[@corfan99]

Wow! Heavy!

[@narazyrena2062]

Fluffy The Despoiler damn, that's deep... edgy as fuck, boi!

[@kration2484]

Fluffy The Despoiler Fucking hell dude.

[@RuiLuz]

alchool and a bullet in the head.

[@Erreul]

Best slide in the world my friend.

[@jayshea3189]

I love how it’s a Vietnam war movie and there is no jungle in the movie

[@jayshea3189]

@Ismael Barrera yes I Know. But a lot of other battles were in the jungle

[@SpuddyWesker]

filmed in london of all places, since kubric didnt want to move to far away to film the hue city scenes even imported palm trees

[@jayshea3189]

@@SpuddyWesker oh that’s a cool fact

[@SpuddyWesker]

@@jayshea3189 thanks man nice to know :).

[@zumis1011]

@@SpuddyWesker why tf would be choose London? He's from the US, why not south Florida? It kind of looks a lot like Vietnam, or even a lot of places in the South in general look a lot more like Vietnam than anywhere in the UK

[@Glory-Compass]

Only Stanley Kubrick can Make Mickey Mouse Stuff so Badass

[@Dregkar]

I heard this song at Disney Land last week and all I could think of was this scene

[@bigbubba29]

It's definitely iconic.

[@kharlesceegan8626]

+Mellisco same dude, I love this movie. Also, Apocalypse Now was great. You dont get good war movies like this anymore.

[@jacobw.4911]

+Mellisco *Flashbacks triggered*

[@burntoast4269]

+Spartanism what about black hawk down

[@ChadVulpes]

@Spartanism I think The Hurt Locker comes close.

[@TheFatmerrill]

my grandfather fought in Nam and he used to wake us up for school by loudly singing this song. it annoyed the FUCK outta me

[@Bigbaccala1]

Woke you up didn't it

[@Willy2000ization]

+TheFatmerrill lmao Im sorry, thats a funny thought man

[@luccixen1531]

My cousin was in the Vietnam war, he died there, sadly. The VC's Booby traps caught him... What a shitty way to die :( (no pun intended)

[@Esspyyy]

My granpa is vietnamian and he used to fuck up all you folks.

[@luccixen1531]

Jean-René SwaggLabiz *Vietnamese*

[@crowtcameron]

This ending is one of the most unique, poignant, and striking I've ever seen in a war film or perhaps in any film. I mean, soldiers singing the Micky Mouse theme song marching next to the inflamed destruction and rubble of a formerly populated city. And it fades to black and The Rolling Stones song Paint It Black plays over the credits. So brilliant, so unforgettable, so Kubrick, and so perfect. Also, "I'm in a world of shit, yes. But I am alive. And I am not afraid." One of the best last line in a film, ever.

[@gungaloscrungalo8925]

The internet the second Steamboat Willie hit the public domain:

[@ivanpb1983]

This is the best Vietnam movie ever: no jungle at all.

[@trainknut]

People often forget the urban battles, which made up the bulk of casualties on both sides, while the jungle was a constant part of the war, usually only a few people would get killed when a squad was ambushed, or two units ran into each other. The urban fights were brutal, usually drawn out, and often involved close proximity to Civilians, which is where most of the civilian casualties came from.

[@Vladimir007smart]

Apocalypse Now is the best, though this is one of the better ones.

[@RetroFan]

Platoon is pretty good. Born On The Fourth Of July is good too.

[@timberwolf2760]

RonHoward this was during the tet offensive when they had to take back the city, that's why no jungle.

[@goddessalphardalshaya9905]

RonHoward I love this movie, as well!

[@Muradmb1986]

this movie was a masterpiece

[@DeathToAllHamsters]

it still is o.O

[@Attnersoon]

Is*

[@jasmeg2844]

It's a shame they erased this movie from existance.

[@DeathToAllHamsters]

they did put it out on dvd so wouldent say they erased it and seen in on tv a few times over the years as well :) so its still alive and kicking xD

[@ctpomg3681]

And it still is.

[@linclokatz]

Imagine hearing that in the distance realizing you are screwed

[@DOI_ARTS]

USAF in Vietnam: Mickey Mouse club song. USAF in China: It's a Small World After All.

[@dapeepingreaper6266]

Random Vietnamese villager: what’s that on your back Flamethrower solider: it’s a surprise tool for later

[@wahabeez]

lmao

[@quoccuongtran724]

suprise: we already knew what it is the french used them once or twice we don't know we called them "firewhirl" then

[@LiamTheGuy3]

*Its a surprise tool that will fuck us up later*

[@yungsorrow7145]

That's a suprise tool that will help us later*

[@smorelover2821]

Mousekatool

[@KillerSharkNHwk]

fun fact, almost the entirety of the second half of the film in Vietnam was actually filmed at an abandoned industrial complex in east London cause kubrick never liked having to travel to film and when he saw that this massive industrial complex a mile or so from his house was going to be torn down because it was abandoned for years, he asked if he could use it for the film and since it was slatted to be demolished they let him go in and destroy the buildings and plant palm trees as he wished in order to make it look like it was a devastated Hue

[@leodavis4242]

Oh wow! That's awesome! Thanks for the fact

[@leodavis4242]

@asdfbry what?

[@gbonkers666]

The entire movie including the "Parris Island" scenes was shot in England. SK was scared of flying.

[@leodavis4242]

@@gbonkers666 I'm pretty sure it was because it was cheaper

[@adanrios3468]

He also converted London to look like New York for ‘Eyes Wide Shut’

[@limono_hvat8916]

A very strong scene, Stanley Kubrick is a brilliant filmmaker, I love watching his films for their versatility and not being afraid to tell a true story

[@JHParee]

Still one of the most haunting endings in cinema history.

[@fountaincap]

"I'm in a world of shit, yes. But I am alive. And I am not afraid." Love that quote. Very Albert Camus-ian.

[@GustavoMendozaCanales]

And the sun rising in the background. A very subtle detail to show hope and determination.

[@canti7951]

@@GustavoMendozaCanales The vibe I got from this scene is regression, definitely not hope. It's like they're going back (right to left) to do it all over again.

[@john11911]

To me it sounds like Pvt.Joker reading something he wrote down in his journal, probably indicating he's in therapy or something.

[@astrolillo]

Camus was socialist and anti-fascist, million of miles away from a yankee soldier killing poor people in Vietnam

[@keeganryan7481]

reading stranger for the first time

[@ChrosTV]

It's a shame how rarely people talk about the cinematography of that movie. It truly is one of the most visually stunning movies, I've ever seen

[@leosteiner5619]

I think great cinematography is just a thing in Vietnam war films. Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter also share this trait.

[@CustodianArchra]

Platoon sort of has good Cinematography, but I would say This, AN and Deer Hunter have way better.

[@crazycomicguy5063]

ChrosTV all of Kubrick's movie have a beautiful cinematography, and gives it a work of art look to it. Stanley Kubrick is one of the greatest directors to have ever lived

[@Adam-xp4fm]

ChrosTV I

[@ragejoona431]

Kubrick was the most visionary director who ever lived or will live. He planned every shot very carefully and demanded countless re-takes until the shot was exactly the way he wanted it to be. He was also a perfectionalist who almost obsessively supervised everything from designing and constructing sets, to casting and composing.

[@deemann6897]

Their singing the "Mickey Mouse song" in this Kubrick movie is as big a stroke of genius as Malcolm McDowell singing "Singin' in the Rain" in Kubrick's *A Clockwork Orange*.

[@randycaputo3949]

My take on this scene since the first time I saw it. 1968ish, there all 18-21 years of age. Just 8-9 years before they were watching Disney on TV as kids singing this song. Real powerful scene, wow just wow.

[@mattsuperfreak]

It was such a shame to see joker finally break in the end of the film

[@RollersPostulate]

+matthew w How did he break?

[@tigercustardman3567]

+RollersPostulate He shot a kid in the face?

[@humancrew4503]

+RollersPostulate he broke down and gained the thousand yard stare. Kubrick was a genius in this movie. he captivated the emotions of joker.

[@Drakester671]

+matthew woodall I wouldn't say broken down, but matured. Albeit, through a traumatic experience, but he definitely did grow from it.

[@naomuitonoob]

+matthew woodall he didn´t break. he was still himself. listem to him talk about his home fuck fantasy. this means he´s still sane, even after all the shit he´s been through.

[@journeymanX]

The first casualty of war is innocence And these boys are clinging to the remaining vestiges of their carefree days

[@chadmageddon]

Notice how they all have the thousand yard stare. I think this scene was meant to symbolize joker losing his individuality, developing a thousand yard stare, and joining others in their march

[@fugyaself2133]

@Arnold Adomaitis MIC key Mouse

[@leonarddouglassilverman4826]

Loss of innocence - like Lord of the Flies

[@alexs5744]

Second casualty is the truth. I’ll never understand the real reason why people go to war and in some way the guys on the ground don’t know why they’re there.

[@journeymanX]

@@alexs5744 I think they all go to war because they’re broke,they don’t have to believe in the cause but they want to avail of those military incentives like money for college,benefits for spouses/children,etc They wouldn’t put their asses on the line if there wasn’t some incentive

[@diegoflores265]

Such powerful imagery, contradictions, surrealism and hope in a single scene. Stanley was a genius.

[@dwightbrown]

I was 18 years old. A Canadian who was born in Gloucestershire England. As fate would have it my parents knew an assistant director on the movie.... so 😁 I've never told anyone before for some strange reason but at 55 I harken back to that summer in 1986 and being clueless about how painful making a movie is. If you go to that scene where 'Bird Is The Word' is played, that solider - all bandaged up and saluting the film crew.... well - that's 👍🏾. I'll never forget that. How could I? No one knows. None cares. but I watch it every now and then and smile. Kubrick is genius. On a level an 18 year old in 1986 observing a classic war move being filmed in London could never understand. How could I?

[@techboy2002]

I care man, being on a Kubrick set must’ve been amazing! I went to his archives at UAL. The amount of research in there is literally insane, you’re not wrong about the amount of hard work that goes into making films as great as this. Hope you’re keeping well, big love from South London 👊

[@Bertiebaby]

The angle change at 0:24 makes it look like they're marching aimlessly and directionless through hell.

[@connormclernon26]

Which makes sadly too much sense for that particular war. The way I see it is that they ARE in hell.

[@thomaspatrickparker6648]

What a good yet horrifying observation

[@Paintballandthings]

Now You See It

[@bradydecker6497]

They are in hell

[@mish165]

Thats Kubrick for you

[@tommy1138]

It's pretty clear to me that Kubrick is commenting on the loss of innocence during war. The Mickey Mouse Club was what these guys were watching just a few years before Vietnam and now they chant the song of their youth while walking through a war torn city that they helped create. It's also a distraction to take their minds out of the war and into a happier place for a brief moment.

[@aresaresares6669]

I agree, it's also kind of indicating this ...retrograded mental development after being mentally abused and experience war at its full horror, they retrograded into an earlier more childish mindset, singing mickey mouse songs etc etc. :/

[@AntonioHernandez-og2iq]

Couldn't have said it better. Childhood memories through a war zone

[@Cannedbread17]

No, I'm pretty sure its more about "Fuck Yeah, America." You know, because we literally cannot stop kicking ass.

[@aresaresares6669]

Cannedbread17 What they don't show in that scene is the corpses of little kids they burned in Vietnam using those flamers. Because they weren't burning some bushes, they were burning down a village of people

[@Xxh0mEr0xX]

mk-ultra..

[@jonwheels89]

The most brilliant ending ever made.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

ONE OF the most brilliant endings ever made.

[@CheesyOrteezy]

These dudes exist in a world so brutal and violent that they are literally revisiting this moment of innocence in their lives just to get a moment of relief to help keep their sanity

[@diaperfang5293]

Sgt Hartmen as a ghost: WHAT IS THIS MICKEY MOUSE HORSESHIT

[@jpeg.600x2]

How come they never bring up his death back up again in the movIe?

[@diaperfang5293]

@@jpeg.600x2 im not sure, you would expect it, but I guess they decided to forego it

[@jamesmikhail017uy2]

There's been a few theories I've seen that says Hartmann and Pyle never actually died and it was a nightmare in Joker's head that was more symbolic in nature.

[@jpeg.600x2]

@@diaperfang5293 probably filmed the first part after the secon

[@ianvescovi3992]

*gunnery sergeant Hartmen

[@lordreehaw1267]

What if it was Animal Mother who was doing the squeaky voice? Lmao

[@thebrutusmars]

I actually thought he was.. I feel like he would

[@riski--9022]

+jACKIE BOi Sons of anarchy?

[@tormodlid3119]

You talk the talk. Do you walk the walk?

[@autistickidwhoisactuallyau1246]

HC 03 *eat

[@TheActiveAssault]

I had an old platoon sergeant who could do a killer Mickey Mouse squeaky voice

[@TobyH.]

Only Stanley Kubrick could bring us something as amazing as Full Metal Jacket.

[@kahlua.48]

this movie still messes with my head to this day.

[@roiroije243]

What an absolutely haunting ending. The way they're all singing such an innocent song as they march through the desolate town that's currently burning to the ground. Masterpiece of a movie. Also, Rest In Peace R. Lee Ermy.

[@JSDuse]

that movie is crazzy and catastrofic , about humankind

[@user-mb2zc1nq2q]

Вы не поняли? Режиссёр показывает, что эти почти дети спускаются в ад. Под свою детскую песню. Это самая страшная сцена во всём фильме. Целое поколение.....

[@zakugm8553]

Semper fi

[@JM-nh7ic]

"I'm in a world of shit, yes but I am alive and I'm not afraid " I love that line.

[@jpeg.600x2]

🤩🤩🤩

[@frankmiranda707]

This quote summaries 2020 and so on.

[@TrueLegateDamar]

Let's face it, it would be all you care about in a war.

[@sofaking1611]

Prophetic line

[@christianordonez5704]

This is by far one of the most unsatisfactory and most satisfactory endings ever

[@ChickenLiver911]

An innocent song made incredibly unnerving. Absolute masterpiece.

[@snackwrap160]

The duality of man, burning fires and rifles in hand, at the same time singing a child’s song like little kids

[@lionelhutz5137]

Yes, I am in a world of shit but I'm alive and I'm not afraid.

[@hankworden3850]

Born to kill ☮

[@RogerBarraud]

@@lionelhutz5137 r/wooosh.

[@patricklamshear1806]

That's what I call soldiering. ⚔⚔⚔⚔

[@macks2337]

@@RogerBarraud That's literally a quote in the movie???

[@SitInTheShayd]

People gotta understand why they're singing though. They're walking extended line through a burning town that they were trying to save. They've seen shit no one should see and done shit no one should do. They're singing a song they all know from childhood desperately trying to hold on to what's left of their innocence despite literally walking an extended line through hell.

[@uncleclem7381]

YNotZoidberg No, it’s to demonstrate the irony and loss of innocence. They are singing a song for children in a war hellscape after killing freedom fighters.

[@err_4044]

@@uncleclem7381 I feel like its supposed to have multiple interpretations, considering its a Kubrick film after all.

[@uncleclem7381]

Toxic Burns Maybe. I just dont understand how they could be dubbed “innocent” when they just slaughtered a city of freedom fighters. The narrator himself is discussing obscene and vulgar images while they are singing the song.

[@orlandof6496]

@@uncleclem7381 "Freedom Fighters?" Havent seen this movie in a while but im sure those were civilians and vietcong, not freedom fighters lmao.

[@og4413]

I think it’s more of a show of how they straight up aren’t afraid of the VC forces.

[@franklavia]

Imagine hearing this tune while your hiding amongst the rubble of your carpet bombed village

[@sadeaton]

As hard core as Disney is with their properties I was always amazed they didn't do a cease and desist over showing this scene.

[@clockwork365]

That's actually a really good point. WB must have smoothed it over with Disney somehow.

[@grimsleeper5945]

this is what the Disney armed forces will be singing when the world becomes anarcho capitalist.

[@beastboyjohnson]

grimSleeper59 😂

[@barricadedpurifier]

grimSleeper59 Can’t wait you fight against the Disney PMC.

[@yamchad4998]

When disney kill squads see someone with old copies of banned DreamWorks films

[@pringleaddict5827]

That South Park mickey is fucking pyscho

[@lionhartjohn1000]

The DAF marching on the Comcast headquarters after the Battle of Philadelphia during the First Corporate War. (2062, colorized)

[@devil_dog_reenactment8315]

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E We play fair and we work hard And where in harmony M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse! Forever let us hold our banner High! High! High! High! Boys and Girls from far and near your welcome as can be M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Who's the leader of the club That's made for you and me M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Who is marching coast to coast and far across the sea M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse! Forever let us hold our banner High! High! High! High! Come along and sing the song And join our family M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Who's the leader of the club That's made for you and me M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Hey! there, Hi! there, Ho! there You're as welcome as can be M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

[@djdaint6206]

Did you not edit this comment lol

[@princessmarlena1359]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@secularsekai8910]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJqzZI16dtWCqaM You’re welcome

[@therealone4350]

Carful he’s a hero

[@parkerswaim6392]

Thank you for your service

[@reverb8806]

I loved this scene, such a good movie

[@massarchiver776]

Best damn movie ever made

[@Pbirv]

Hands down the BEST version of the Mickey Mouse Club.

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

My grandfather served in the Vietnam War and I remember being 10 when me, him and my uncle and father watched this film. He began to shed tears when this scene came on.

[@user-lv5wr7su6t]

Фашисты

[@rockhistoria2537]

...

[@noggy3133]

I thank him for his service

[@Paint_Eater]

Can you explain please of why them singing gets him to cry I’m just really interested and I’d like to know

[@millhousemillard2140]

@@Paint_Eater loss of innocence I'm assuming

[@davidfaulds2960]

These guys were brought up with this happy cheery song and NOW they are in Vietnam killing everything with a pulse, it's shows the duality of their culture, it speaks volumes.!

[@aheat3036]

This is brilliant and haunting at the same time as they advance in the dead of night singing past the city they razed to the ground!

[@TrenchMan93]

This will predict Disney buying the military...

[@professionalcommentstealer5271]

Oh shit

[@mormorman9993]

Can’t wait

[@collinthegamer510]

Mickey Mouse club 2, Syrian shenanigans

[@DrZicnarf]

Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. Hey there. Hi there. Ho there. You're as welcome as can be. M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.) Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.) Forever let us hold our banner high. High. High. High. Come along and sing a song and join the jamboree. M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. Here we go a-marching and a-shouting merrily. M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. We play fair and we work hard and we're in harmony. M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.) Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.) Forever let us hold our banner high. High. High. High. Boys and girls from far and near you're as welcome as can be. M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. Who is marching coast to coast and far across the sea? M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E. Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.) Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.) Forever let us hold his banner high. High. High. High. Come along and sing a song and join the family. M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

[@NusradMucahid11]

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[@alonalkalai9505]

M-I-C(C ya later) K-E-Y(Y? Because we love you!) M-O-U-S-E

[@eelkeniemeijer1639]

tought they said MIA KIA and mouac

[@Anakin-Skywalker.]

God bless you

[@carlinacastro]

Encripted (MK Ultra) acronime.

[@blackwood7413]

*The boys when the school has a trip to Disneyland*

[@Soggycheetos69]

Imagine being a Vietnamese sharpshooter and you see a regiment of us marines sing the theme song of a cartoon

[@radiofreeacab]

I've always wondered how the fuck Kubrick pulled this scene out of his ass. How many days did he have to wake the whole pissed off crew up at 4am to try and catch the thirty seconds of dawn where the sky goes from pitch black to gooey blue? Unless there's a giant fuckoff projection screen in the background or everyone managed to not fall down on the first take, that is some baller shit.

[@AceAttorny]

batwingedloony The guy blew buildings up to film instead of just using already blown up ones. You better believe that's no projection.

[@kokoze]

batwingedloony um they could just lip syced and then just imported the song (thats how i would do it)

[@AceAttorny]

koko ze Even if they did that, they would have still had to get the footage.

[@pricey130]

A lot of those scenes were filmed in Becton East London where the were a gasworks which were scheduled to be demolished at the same time that Kubrick was filming there.

[@youcannotripthisnameoff5502]

David Price Didn't one of the actors not want to leave?

[@tormodlid3119]

Then it fades, the credits starts scrolling and PAINT IT BLACK! It can't be more awesome.

[@robertschmidt4239]

This is one of the best endings to a movie ever. The calm, no music just with the singing is so great!

[@kyledupree2636]

I just watched this movie for the first time. It brought back so many memories of my time in service. I was never overseas, I was never in the thick of it. Closest thing was a drive-by shooting at the building I slept in during a riot. But I know a lot of men who were in the thick of it, and this just captures so well what they went through

[@lorderik237]

It almost looks as if they're walking out of hell. I wonder if that's what this scene was symbolizing?

[@eblack1622]

***** i agree. i wrote a whole theory on this up above

[@thehughfarffchannel5499]

they are in hell. Vietnam.

[@asdasd-be5ww]

They're walking in hell, back and forth, aimlessly.

[@JoyceDivisions]

It's also a juxtaposition between the happiest song on earth and hellish scenery. He creates this sense of a false happy ending.

[@wastehazey6468]

They're marching from the right to the left, which isn't all too common in movies. It's the final scene, but they're not going forward towards the end or goal, they're going backwards and singing a children's song in childlike bliss. I think it's supposed to showcase how pointless, hopeless and utterly insane the whole situation is.

[@user-pr3jm9jx1f]

This is the equivalent of our generation singing the Spongebob Squarepants theme song

[@jamesboulger8705]

There is some vids of Russian soldiers singing it.

[@mjeverette3858]

James Boulger link?

[@jamesboulger8705]

@@mjeverette3858 oh come on, they are all over youtube. Search Russian square pants.

[@bigburgerboi1]

Just a bunch of American boys and girls singing the Spongebob Squarpants theme in the outskirts of a thermonuclear sticked Beijing. Sad, but can see that.

[@johanndysen4924]

🎼Vive en una piña debajo del mar BOB-ES-PON-JA Su cuerpo absorbe y sin estallar BOB-ES-PON-JA El mejor amigo qie podrias desear BOB-ES-PON-JA Y como a un pez le es facil flotar BOB-ES-PON-JA TODOS BOB-ES-PON-JA BOB-ES-PON-JA BOB-ES-PON-JA El es Bob Esponja🎶

[@bendak00]

I really like this scene, its somehow psychotic in a way; young soldiers marching into a burning city singing mickey mouse song while ready to lay waste to whoever/whatever they might encounter

[@itachisensei999]

ill never forget the feelings i had when i first watched this. Im 25 now and I still believe this is one of the best movies ever made.

[@trisyork7640]

Holy shit this was 10 years ago

[@autistickidwhoisactuallyau1246]

11 now

[@oscartobaroatmeal6734]

11 about to be 12.

[@lukeyt4392]

It’s shocking isn’t it my papa was on the frontlines.

[@alinavargas4719]

13 now.

[@johnmurphy7674]

It was actually 33 years ago

[@Wolfgodmak]

“Old Mary Jane Rottencrotch” Gunny taught Joker well

[@hypercomms2001]

East London looks pretty impressive!

[@redchojnowski7159]

I hope R. Lee Ermey had a one in a million, once in a lifetime chance to view this before he passed on. I hope he did. He was a real Drill Instructor, but if he actually truly cared, and had a heart, he would have been stirred by this tear-jerking segment. I understand Marine Drill Instructors do NOT cry. It's considered weak. But EVEN THE MOST TOUGHENED individual would be moved to tears seeing this, if they even have 0.0000000000000000000000000001 of a conscience - even the tiniest fragment of conscience - would not be able to hold tears back watching this.

[@Bilbo__Swaggins]

4th Disney platoon "Goofy" killing off last Pixar resistance fighters 2 years after anarcho-capitalism was introduced

[@wahabeez]

nice

[@princessmarlena1359]

“Aaaahhhhh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hhhhwwwweeeee!”

[@arnantphongsatha7906]

*4th platoon of the 4th Disney Dragoon

[@the_beast183]

Disney-Pixar mixed brigade burning Universal Studios’ HQ, 2032, colorized

[@wavynavy2989]

They sang this because drill sgt said "What is this mickey mouse bullshit" 15 seconds before his death(in-movie)

[@elchamakito336]

And Pyle said the same thing that Joker. That he is in a world of shit.

[@neuravanny]

This song is now relevant for legal reasons

[@thedaily_mangos1547]

Everyone gangster till the street start singing Mickey mouse

[@tallerwarrior1256]

Preschoolers going back to school in 2020:

[@hamiltonporter7894]

Get some get some

[@warytrout7551]

The perfect scene to represent the movie, sure the words are innocent, but the innocence had left this godforsaken land a long time ago

[@Karlz1212]

Fun Fact, while it’s already known that Disney made war propaganda, Mickey was never depicted on the front lines. Those were usually left to Donald Instead Mickey was used in propaganda on how the common citizen could help out in the war from home, becoming a comfort character for terrified and worried people to rely their hope on

[@MaxBeta]

Always felt the ending was about this. Duality of man, this and that, yeah probably true. But knowing Kubrick im sure its mainly about how disney was the heavyweight of the propaganda wing of the military when these guys would have been kids.

[@hans2five]

My step father gave me this movie the week after I enlisted in the army. That was 3 months after 9/11. You're God damn right we sang this song marching through a random orange Grove in southern Baghdad.

[@MegaDanbo]

"In Japan, we dropped 502,000 tons and we won the war. In Vietnam we dropped 6,162,000 tons of bombs and we lost the war. The difference was that McNamara chose the targets in Vietnam and I chose the targets in Japan." ~USAF General Curtis E. LeMay

[@Skd5050]

Well there was a little difference between the two wars. If the US dropped the nuke on North Vietnam it could have caused WWIII. When they dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki there was no threat for the United States since they had "good" relations with the USSR.

[@MegaDanbo]

***** There was a big difference between the two wars. In WW2 we dropped our bombs on Japanese cities, in Vietnam we dropped the majority of our ordinance in the jungle trying to shut the Ho Chi Min "trail"(a massive network of trails through the jungle, impossible to shut down from the air). What General LeMay was saying, is we should have cut out the "hearts and minds" bullshit and bomber north Vietnam's cities and infrastructure.

[@bajscast]

Fleece Johnson Colonel Kurtz, is that you?

[@MegaDanbo]

bajscast No, this is Fleece Johnson, the one and only booty warrior.

[@bajscast]

Fleece Johnson I can see that. ... You understand why I called you Colonel Kurtz, right?

[@Ryuhza]

WHAT IS THIS MICKEY MOUSE SHIT!?

[@mohabexpert123]

+Juantanamera It's from the scene where Pyle kills himself XD not about the show. Hartman walks into the head and screams "WHAT IS THIS MICKEY MOUSE SHIT?"

[@immortalXMONsta]

Lmao i started saying that now in everyday situations

[@Bigassbaker]

Hey fuck off. If you don't shove it, animal mother's gonna git you

[@DCUnderdog3000]

+SilverDogMat lol pyle was the original white kid school shooter.

[@billyshears1891]

WHY IS PRIVATE PYLE HOLDING THAT WEAPON?!

[@DigitalApex]

This film is a masterpiece and should never be forgotten.

[@theboot1023]

Just came back from a field op in NC. One night we hiked past a range set on fire in earlier firefights and singing this song as we went was unbelievable.

[@calvin921023]

This movie ending is very hard to forget. A cadre of soldiers singing a jolly song in the waking destruction of the war.

[@angrypredator2704]

This is the day when Disney conquered the world.

[@gonorreascomunistas7942]

And the capitalism over the communism

[@gamerguyuknow541]

You win this comment section sir

[@GAMSso]

When the great war of entertainment ends and Disney buy every broadcast media in the planet

[@bigsouthwind3949]

Gonorreas Comunistas Vietnam rekt America tho

[@Warriorbob-im5py]

BigSouthWind no they didn’t. By the north’s count, we killed 1.5 million nva soldiers and Vc fighters. We lost a very small fraction of that. They never beat us on the battlefield, they never defeated us militarily, I fact they signed a peace treaty in 1973. It wasn’t until two years later when Nixon got caught up in watergate did the north launch a new war to conquer the south knowing the US government wouldn’t get involved again. During the actual war, we destroyed the NVA and their black pajamaed bitches.

[@alexmac8246]

Disney soldiers walk through DreamWorks studio street, after their attack (2030 colorized)

[@wahabeez]

Disney soldiers 6th platoon "mickey" marching through a DreamWorks resistance HQ (2030 colorized)

[@user-hu3hz2op9h]

Full Metal Jacket

[@darknice10]

I remember when the movie ended here I was like, nooooooooooo

[@trintle4219]

Oakwood Pulaski Truth.

[@iceyskyz8329]

Im your 100 like 👍

[@rebelfoxgaming5776]

They should’ve made a squeal where they get to the Rainforest parts of Vietnam

[@5C2WMedia]

Holy crap... Hard to imagine the hell Joker and his company went through in this movie. And it was just ONE DAY. The entire war was NINETEEN YEARS.

[@spacepirate1955]

The Legend 566 (Squad not company) Just pointing it out ^_^

[@5C2WMedia]

thank you.

[@Dogmeat1950]

+The Legend 566 Vietnam was with the USA was only 7 years. and this movie takes place during TET 1968 which saw very heavy action due to the North launching an all out invasion of the South which failed.

[@5C2WMedia]

***** But didn't the North eventually get ahold of the south?

[@Dogmeat1950]

The Legend 566 Yeah 2 years after the USA left

[@analienfromouterspace]

This was such a dark history after WW2, the whole thing in Vietnam and Korea was a very tiresome conflict. Looking forward for more!

[@MrYooper]

i can watch this movie a million times so great.