FULL METAL JACKET - THE PRAYER

The Marine rifle prayer.

[@davef.2811]

The choice of Ermey and letting him run free-reign on the script was invaluable.

[@Bruno-G]

Nothing better to play a drill instructor than a former drill instructor

[@JaredFromSubway88]

The whole movie could have been him just being him, and it would still be a gold mine.

[@JediPhoenix1976]

Even more remarkable when you consider what a control freak Kubrick was.

[@rvkice23]

It's funny even as it derails the whole war is hell theme, which is present in many Kubrick movies. Thanks to Ermey, Kubrick actually ends up with a comedy, something he hadn't done since Dr. Strangelove

[@YoWhoDat]

I used to watch his show on the Military History channel. Mail call I think it was called. I look back now and feel so fortunate that we couldn’t afford cable and I was able to find that show because of it.

[@Synrev69]

this is my comment, there are many like it but this one is mine

[@josem.figueroajr.4532]

Without me, my comment is useless. Without my comment, I am useless.

[@Mat7920H]

I must post my comment true.

[@thathetalian4337]

I must comment straighter than my enemy who is trying to post me

[@Mat7920H]

I must post him before he posts me. I will. Before God I swear this creed. My comment and myself are defenders of this video.

[@thathetalian4337]

We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviours of my life. So be it.

[@donaldvanboekel9331]

He's in heaven right now training gods angels...RIP gunny!!

[@LisaAnn777]

Yes, he is now in Valhalla training the Æsirs forces against Ragnarok. Praise to the gods 🙏

[@battlecross8540]

Urah!

[@wanderandargo]

You joke but it could happen like THAT

[@CharlietheWarlock]

Armageddon is going to be a slaughterhouse and the birds are the ones dining

[@cursorguy]

@@LisaAnn777I mean if you believe he’s doing that then he could be lol

[@ernstthalmann4306]

"No enemy, but peace!" Love the double meaning there.

[@kino9356]

“Amen!”

[@stephenbyrne2170]

What do you mean?

[@curtrod]

​@@stephenbyrne2170it means there are two meanings possible, one 'the only enemy is peace', and two, the better and real meaning 'until there is no enemy there is no peace', which means you'll fight every enemy to reach peace

[@KevinRichards-my5oj]

R. Lee Ermey will always be the Gunny to me. RIP & thank you for your service. Full Metal Jacket wouldn't be anything without you. Semper Fi.

[@napalmjunkie457]

It's called the riflemans creed.

[@systemshocker2875]

theres an extended version of this film in which the creed is longer

[@Frankie-O]

But that wasn't the entire creed.

[@andrewsimental5088]

Why hasn’t anyone mentioned the beautiful symmetry in these shots? Kubrick’s cinematography is so pleasing to the eye, it makes you feel like something bad is coming soon and you anticipate it while watching

[@sofakingonmynuts1438]

It almost feels like a fever dream

[@JaredFromSubway88]

The symmetry doesn't come from Kubrick's eye, it comes from the Marine Corps. All Kubrick had to do was set up the camera. The Marine Corps is built on discipline, they understand symmetry.

[@manuelgchapajr2000]

RIP GUNNY GOD HAS ALL OF THE BEST MARINES

[@benoitpellet1657]

The "this is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for fighting, this is for fun" line goes back to "Battle Cry" by Leon Uris, who was a Marine himself and probably heard it used by his own DI.

[@heyoitsmenate]

They were saying"fun"? I thought they were saying "fuck". Either way it makes sense

[@derekleaberry1199]

Better novel than film.

[@wayneparker6590]

As a former USMC officer, I can tell you that's not the full text of the Rifleman's Creed (originally written by USMC Maj. Gen William H. Rupertus). It is an abridged version Hollywood put into this scene because having the actors recite the full version was probably something the writers figured the audience would find offensive or boring or both. Otherwise, this is a very real portrayal of USMC bootcamp in the 1960s. I know because my dad served in the Corps from 1966 thru 1996 and he thought this movie nailed the bootcamp experience perfectly.

[@sofakingonmynuts1438]

@Cardboard Cape Google

[@zhoubaidinh403]

Cumulatively, what was the net effect?

[@tiemanschnitzel7940]

Went through in '75. This was close, though they don't show the Pit or Happy Valley

[@realsheevpalpatine]

@@sofakingonmynuts1438 dude just fucking say it

[@mindybunny]

@Cardboard Cape This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than the enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. My rifle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit. My rifle is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy.

[@AndyJ_Media]

Sad news to learn R.Lee Ermey has passed away at 74. RIP Gunny

[@Tiresias55]

"My rifle is my best friend." Pile refused to abandon his best friend in the bathroom. "Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless." Pile took this one literally, he refused to relinquish his rifle, because he did not want to be useless. "I must fire my rifle true" Pile sure did, managed to kill SGT Heartman with one shot. "We are the masters of my enemy." In the bathroom, Pile came to believe Heartman was his enemy, and mastered him. "We are the saviors of my life." Also true, his rifle allowed Pile to take his own life, saving him from a life in prison for committing murder. "Until there is no enemy." Pile removed the twin enemies of Heartman and himself. Amazing movie. RIP Gunnery Sergeant.

[@sorenvc]

Very dark but I wonder what the common people are supposed to make of this movie's message. It's better to trust your team and go to war and kill the enemies or die trying?

[@kevingarth6682]

@@sorenvc the movies message is very clear. The sublet messages hidden throughout are different but the main message is loud and clear. I saw this at 5 and understood it's message...

[@Alberta1stPodcast]

Dumb

[@sorenvc]

@@kevingarth6682 so what's the message

[@simonediliberto4314]

@@sorenvc that war is hell

[@seraphblitz1365]

The other one I've seen: "lord, Make me fast and accurate, Let my aim be true and my hand faster than those who seek to destroy me, Grant me victory over my foes and those who wish to do harm to me and my brothers and sisters, And lord... If today be the day you call me back home... Then please, Let me die with an empty magazine, in a pile of brass"

[@heccshoot]

Is this from SPR?

[@ExecutorGCW]

Not Andres Bonifaco I thought so too.

[@haydenwhite7704]

Seraph Blitz isn't that from saving private Ryan?

[@sushiairlines4372]

Rifleman's creed

[@jewwhovotedfornaziparty]

omg very very nice

[@HersheyChocolateChip]

He deserved an Oscar for this

[@happyinparadise7812]

We knew Lee personally. He had a Rancho near Palmdale, California. We had a landscape company that maintained his lawn and 100 rose bushes. A great to B.S. with....RIP Gunny

[@conqueringlion420]

Watching from Navy Seal combat base Coronado CA, Rest easy to SGT Dominic Vaca who loved this movie and served as SGT in US Army infantry Bradley tanks, He took a bullet bravely protecting a pregnant woman in the line of duty as a Sheriff SGT leaving a 3 month old baby girl, a 10Yr old girl, new wife and brand new house. I now carry his firearm daily in remembrance of him and took a self oath to protect his daughters and others with my own life. I pray you all know the Lord before you enter your next battle, God bless

[@TreStyles-tq4le]

May he go to hell. Amen

[@curtrod]

turn the other cheek?

[@conqueringlion420]

@@curtrod “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Sure turn the other cheek if you can, but will you watch woman and children get murdered and not step in and lay down your own life in need be? This is the honor we speak of

[@R.Merkhet]

RIP Ermey. Soldier and actor.

[@danlilly1790]

*Marine We're not soldiers, we're Marines.

[@Stoneman180190]

Hartman looks so proud hearing that prayer.

[@MSEUniverse]

Damn it's not like a movie it's like real footage.

[@mindybunny]

It was meant to have the feel of a documentary. Great movie.

[@MSEUniverse]

@@mindybunny The actors are amazingly passionate about their respective roles and the creography is very structured.

[@f4tweet]

This was my boot camp.

[@Democratic_Industrialism]

The Rifleman’s Creed is a real thing in the Marine corps

[@WPUpioneer]

The real marines who actually had Ermey as their DI probably never thought he'd be as famous as he was. Must be pretty cool for them looking back. If anyone was actually in his platoon before he died, did you run into him years later? Did he remember you?

[@killer92173]

"Without my rifle, I am useless!" Tell that to Desmond Doss... Edit: Jesus Christ, people, it was just a joke!!

[@legitgaming4026]

*_Get sent to jail._*

[@dungusglumbus9946]

Exactly

[@ringo7118]

Isn't it a bit different since all marines are riflemen and Doss was in the army.

[@jeremytroiano4550]

Legit Gaming *gets charges dropped by congress, saves 75 people and gets medal of honor*

[@bobfwoods]

killer92173 i

[@info_fox]

What an Iconic role. no one could have done it better.

[@campdry]

I love this movie, watch it everytime it comes on

[@macurban7946]

Incredible dialogue!

[@ShreddedSteel]

I dont know if he ever got told how important he was to the fans of Fallout... where in Fallout 2, He played a Drill Instructor for the Enclave, The fictional post globalthermoniclear war US of A Army. As a kid i watched FMJ, And it was very special to me, As both of my parents served the Crown in the NZ Armed Forces. When i stumbled across him in my second playthrough of Fallout 2, well... it was the most ecstatic a videogame has ever made me

[@Bobman-ml5qf]

R.I.P Gunny!

[@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf]

Good Ole days. Love it

[@TFTDSGuy]

So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace. Amen.

[@manuelgchapajr2000]

RIP GUNNY GOD HAS ALL OF THE BEST MARINES

[@cornerofthemoon]

It never dawned on me until recently that only four privates have any lines in the bootcamp sequence.

[@warlaker]

These four will remain: Joker, Cowboy, Pyle, and Snowball

[@kingcamelot1395]

@@warlaker Snowball is not seen again after boot camp. Pyle took his own life after seeing the monster he became. Cowboy was shot in the back over the carelessness of others. Joker continues to fight the fight, losing bits of his sanity with every battle.

[@davidduvall4846]

We said the rifle prayer every night at rifle range, before lights out!Semper Fi

[@MayankPrasad111]

R.I.P Legend, Greetings from India.

[@Frankie-O]

🇮🇳

[@dirtysanchez2091]

Goodmorning!

[@jackiechan_wtf4041]

Ewww 🇮🇳 = 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮😷😷😷

[@rpcombats2283]

kimak ko india

[@520_mopar_rt]

RIP Sargent Gunny

[@illegitimatefilm]

Sgt. Hartman: What's this weapon's name, Private Pyle? Pvt. Pyle: Sir, the private's weapon's name is Mary Jane Rottencrotch, Sir!

[@theoverseer3552]

*GySgt

[@coreybeard3459]

THIS IS MY RIFLE, THIS IS MY GUN! THIS IS FOR FIGHTING, THIS IS FOR FUN!

[@CrispyA113]

Sarge and The troops practicing this prayer before Andy goes to bed

[@Negan_Smith01]

This is my favorite movie, there are many like it but this one is mine. My favorite movie is my best friend.❤

[@groverjackson8017]

Greatest movie ever made ❤

[@danielrodriguezs9688]

Been there done that 1967!

[@rogerszeto8419]

When we're all out of enemies, we have to create enemies

[@zydrakeshogun]

Rest in peace Sgt. Gunny.

[@floydoroid]

i can just feel my calloused feet on those wool blankets

[@uuuultra]

😅

[@edwardbarnhart1698]

She’s the only one who won’t out live me, hymelich

[@koolaidman6251]

ahhh, the masculinity in this movie. I miss the macho 80s sometimes. You just couldn't have a movie like this today.

[@wspencerwatkins]

You sound gay as hell

[@Johnlindsey289]

Masculinity will return as they say weak men make hard times and hard times create strong men and strong men make good times

[@jerrybaton766]

-Goodnight ladies! Goodnight sir!

[@JThemarksman]

Love this movie especially this scene

[@VANIDADES9]

With so many girls in the Corp nowadays one wonders if what they have is considered a "gun"....

[@therealdonaldtrump7923]

Al Fin lol

[@robertbullard3324]

It’s called an WMD. LOL

[@MauserGT]

True because all gun owners have organized days when they go out and have a fucking open season in the local mall. Instructions are actually engraved on the right side of every gun detailing the proper procedure and times (older guns will use something like 'town hall' or 'library' as substitutes for 'mall').

[@PonzooonTheGreat]

Dildo bayonette

[@pavement8336]

Aram Meymarian IKR! My older 1911 says "Public gathering halls", but my new Walther PPQ says "Any place where the innocent gather". Fuck, I hate being stereotyped! I am independent, left of center politically, a teacher, don't hunt, (I have nothing against RESPONSIBLE hunting/conservation practices). I PRACTICE with my two (NOT 200!) carry sidearms. Defensive shooting is a PERISHIBLE skill and the burden is on ME to attain and maintain proficiency with these weapons. I carry for the protection of my two and four legged loved ones, any innocent whom might need protection and protection of self. My Second Amendment RIGHTS come with the price of RESPONSIBILITY. Those rights and responsibilities were paid for in blood, sweat and tears by my ancestors, upheld by the quiet, indomitable valor of my grandfathers and are maintained by my cousins and brothers who wear the uniform and go in harm's way, so that we may all sleep soundly.

[@maggs131]

The whole movie could've been entirely about bootcamp and nobody would complain

[@KaijuForceNeo]

If Pyle hadn’t fired at Hartman, maybe it’d be possible!

[@adriperez3231]

Best movie ever!!!!

[@akatsuki0]

You won't see a movie like this today.... the Good times of entertainment....

[@maynardritchie3226]

This looks exactly like my squad Bay in San Diego in 77. Down to the red deck

[@uuuultra]

❤

[@germany456]

greatest Vietnam movie ever

[@ricardobaraldi637]

It is poetry!!

[@supremo707]

I LOVE THAT MOVIE!!!!!!!

[@A.S_Muncher]

I wil be faithful to my “rifle”, she wouldn’t leave me 💪💯

[@sword-and-shield]

So much had to be memorized...quickly.

[@katelee670]

Betsy comes to mind..

[@IshitonKEWLmembers]

“Without my Rifle, I am useless!” Tell that to Yujiro Hanma, hahahah

[@Cola64]

Awesome 🇺🇸 To bad we lost that fight so many lost

[@joshballenger3629]

We need this back on our military NOW!!

[@rogerpoola2630]

Damn right.

[@mefaulenzer4387]

are you in the military? because if not then just shut up kid

[@trevorn9381]

Can't do it, the USMC boot camp is going "coed" and the girls might get offended, not to mention the gays and the transgenders. Our military is a woke joke!

[@wegfarir1963]

But without the whole suicide thing

[@christophercurtis5007]

What? Blanket party's

[@charlesvolner2467]

Reminds me of the Wonderful days at North Fort Polk LA... became known as the Parris Island of the US Army, and South Fort as Little Vietnsm. Welcome Home to my Brothers and Sisters who made in back to the World.

[@uuuultra]

❤

[@blockmasterscott]

I remember having the prayer and the 11 general orders memorized lol.

[@patrickspencer6550]

Private Pyle: (recites the same prayer in the bathroom) Hartman: *WHAT IS THIS MICKEY MOUSE CRAP?!*

[@daquanhunter2601]

Classic

[@podlaskian]

"This is my rifle, this is for fun."

[@derekleaberry1199]

I guess gal marines can yank on their clits.

[@papasmurf55nc]

R I P Gunney St Pete knows the gates of Heaven are well guarded by the Few the Proud the " Marines" Ooo Rah!!!!

[@edwardbarnhart1698]

Sew blankets longer to serve like my coat as pillow Dorothy

[@TechOutsider]

Said it many many times while in bootcamp.. those were the days!

[@joevignolor4u949]

When the drill instructor (DI) wasn't around we used to say, "Birdie birdie in the sky, please do a turd on my DI".

[@edwardbarnhart1698]

Personally, I’d never take a gun to bed.

[@Johnlindsey289]

Unless with safety

[@edwardbarnhart1698]

5th graders gamble for food, too. At least tell that to the town kids, I got bussed.

[@TheAmericanCrusader]

Without me, my TEC9 is useless. Without my TEC9, I am useless.

[@shawnkennedy2200]

THIS SHOULD TEACH THIS IN EVERY SCHOOL RIGHT AFTER I PLEDGE ALLENENCE

[@astrick1768]

The only movie I have found to have more vulgarity than Pulp Fiction

[@Bobman-ml5qf]

Have you ever seen The Big Lebowski?

[@enigmag9538]

NoiseTheory. Ever see Blue Velvet?

[@TheStopShort]

Have you ever seen Casino?

[@CoolPandaTheMovieNerd]

The Departed, the Wolf of Wall Street, and In Bruges.

[@kennyhill9238]

Goodfellas

[@brianlevine249]

Can't wait for a remake of this reimagined through the "Modern" bootcamp.

[@uuuultra]

Explain

[@brianlevine249]

@@uuuultra Take movie....remake for "modern audience"

[@reneserpas3443]

What if my rifle cheats on me? Do I still have to be loyal?

[@Jerry_Freestyle]

Rene Serpas *ARE YOU TALKING BACK, MAGGOT?! WE OUTTA THROW YOU IN THE TRENCH WITH THE RAIN AND MUD!!*

[@reneserpas3443]

I can talk to whoever I want berry...i don’t need permission from you or your boyfriend I’m a grown ass man with a rifle who likes to cheat

[@JustShotsForMeh]

Your comment to me was at least funny, your reply to him really sounds like he hurt your feelings, it's a joke, relax lad.

[@reneserpas3443]

Stas Twinkleton yea whatever i don’t talk to bacon im leaving now have fun trying to upset me

[@lewii9054]

Well, IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A JOKER HERE

[@danyerdon8494]

Parris Island 71. I love this.

[@AndrewB221]

Unlike most of you? I met Gunny, got his Autograph and he was a Marine Drill Instructor, I was not a Marine, we do not name our Weapons and we do not pray with them

[@Johnlindsey289]

Iconic scene

[@JoaoPauloAeSilva]

Awesome !!!

[@BdaBeast115]

@crampons101 Pistols have rifling too. The purpose of rifling is that it makes the projectile pass through the barrel in a spiral-motion giving it extra speed and velocity towards the target.

[@bryancreech1236]

Welcome to the USMC!!!!

[@Foxhound3857]

Hartman's thoughts at 1:44 "...these pukes make me proud."

[@MajSolo]

This movie was so good my father got disturbed and I am 57

[@uuuultra]

Thank you

[@idealsAREisomorphic]

"...until there is no LIFE, but PIECE!"

[@josephharden5592]

A few iconic songs used clips from this little scene 😂😊

[@edwardbarnhart1698]

Masi driving is huge, as a bullet

[@xipingpooh5783]

Outstanding

[@Xephisto]

Best movie EVER.

[@thefancyfox1490]

Happy fourth of the July 2019 everybody At ease hit it sweetheart *walks away*

[@endofdays2380]

they ROD & STAFF.

[@seanoleary4374]

RIP gunny

[@notlikely4468]

When I was doing my medic course The dental corps guys used to chant This is my rifle And these are my gums

[@michaelsimon8023]

I love that guy

[@blackmessiah7945]

RIP Gunny!!!

[@user-bj6bj8tb3v]

This is the only marine Corona I told you again this is the only Marine Corps united states Marine Corps that we believe in

[@Cpt.John8]

When there is something, what the US-Americans among many things can, then definitely especially shows, an army and films - sometimes recombined like during ww II and in Vietnam - for the american sense of life. Best wishes and greetings from Germany 🇺🇳🇬🇧🇺🇸🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈♾️ True and official counter-terrorists win! As (in)side note: Mr Lee Ermey won not the Oscar as support actor, but finally a military promotion from St. Sgt. to a Gun. St. Sgt. like he played in the film. Omen and amen.

[@nathanthesubzeromangold4615]

Amen

[@edwardbarnhart1698]

George, the Taft boys, a home full of foster kids.

[@XFTFX]

Girls Frontline developers : "ah, yeah I think we got an idea for a new game"