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[@vincentsaia6545]

R. Lee Ermy was an actual former Marine drill instructor and all the insults he was yelling at the recruits were improvisations.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

He also played a prototype version of this character in the underrated Vietnam War film, "The Boys in Company C" (1978).

[@WilliamLucas-hy8mx]

He was also beautiful AF

[@mattsmith1318]

I'm sorry but technically this statement is incorrect. The Marine Corps doesn't use drill sergeants they have drill instructors❤ He's the only Marine to be promoted after being discharged and not posthumously Semper Fi

[@vincentsaia6545]

@@mattsmith1318 The terminology was incorrect, not the statement itself. Thank you for the correction.

[@meu02136]

Oh really?!?!?! That’s brand new information!

[@martinholt8168]

I played the drinking game for every time Addie said, 'Okay.' I'm in rehab now.

[@montylc2001]

LOL!

[@zman8184]

You noticed that too?

[@adamarens3520]

You’re just lucky to still be alive really 😂.

[@claymccoy]

I died of alcohol poisoning.

[@johnhammonds5143]

If you want to get scarred for life, go for the Stanley Kubrick trifecta and watch A Clockwork Orange.

[@Viraxii]

That would scar Addie for life

[@CarlosRamirez-wb7zu]

If Kubrick scars you, stay away from Clockwork Orange.

[@williamwhalen746]

Clockwork Orange is a masterpiece, and I absolutely agree with you. Unless you are prepared for a truly sick film, do not watch. Much of the violence is of a sexual nature. The movie is based on Anthony Burgess' novel of the same name. It is an anti-violence film that is ultra-violent. It presents a fascinating argument about rehabilitating criminals.

[@richardlukesh5807]

Kubrick's A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) is way crazier in the "scar me for life" department. LOL! 🥛😬

[@LordVolkov]

Everyone loves a bit of the old ultra-violence me droogie 😉

[@harvey4512]

Probably not addies film

[@harvey4512]

​@LordVolkov bit like Taxi Driver having a Ultra Violent and sex

[@flarrfan]

But a film with important themes that any would-be cinephile needs to see...

[@yellow01umrella]

50 years later and people are still not ready for it.

[@GooGooMuck72]

Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange will scar you more than the Shining!

[@torbjornkvist]

This movie was shot in its entirety in England. The Vietnam scenes were made at a large former gas plant in London. The plant was prepared for demolition and Kubrick got permission to shoot the shit out of the place. They got palms and vegetation from Asia. A masterpiece.

[@shaomongoloid]

The most brilliant outdoor set design. Much more expensive movies try to recreate exotic locations domestically or even abroad in different replacement countries, but they almost always never get it right.

[@hollownation]

Not only that but it was the middle of winter and freezing cold, so much so that the palm trees kept dying 😂

[@Badco1948]

Kubrick did an excellent job of making scenes believable Vietnam, right down to the three legged concrete electrical poles. I never made it to Hue City in my travels, but am told there were not many multistory buildings at the time. I was in and around Danang and at that time the tallest building in town was maybe 4 stories.

[@kevinmassey1164]

I think youre ready for A Clockwork Orange

[@AbeVicious]

🙏🏽

[@longfootbuddy]

apparently no reactors are ready for a clockwork orange

[@AbeVicious]

@@longfootbuddy lame

[@Gr8Buccaneer]

A Clockwork Orange would be different...very different...

[@flarrfan]

Strangelove and 2001 are the other essential Kubrick's...Clockwork's first third is very disturbing but essential to understanding the last two-thirds and the movie's important themes.

[@mikecarew8329]

Other Kubrick films to watch: (1) Eyes wide shut with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (2) 2001: A Space Odyssey (3) Dr Strangelove (4) A Clockwork Orange.

[@guitarman8462]

" A Clockwork Orange " Kubrick

[@guillaumehuet-yw3tm]

leave poor Addie alone!^^

[@iKvetch558]

I have never seen it specifically stated by Kubrick anywhere, but Private Pyle is a clear representation of a real program that the Defense Department ran in the 1960s. It was called "Project 100,000" and it was a test to see whether the mental and physical parameters for serving in the US military could be widened to make the pool of potential service people larger. Between escalation in Vietnam and all the other military commitments of the Cold War in those days, the military was concerned about a shortage of people to serve. So they started testing whether recruits who were normally just a bit below the normal standard for IQ, or emotional stability, or physical fitness could be turned into effective military personnel. The same program probably would have led to Forrest Gump being recruited and serving in Vietnam. One of the nicknames that was used for the program was "McNamara's Morons".

[@bravejango12]

I'm shocked that Forest Gump wasn't made an officer seeing as how he had a college degree.

[@64MDW]

Really? Did you ever wear a uniform,? Or are you so very, very smart?

[@Zeeell]

@@64MDW What's that supposed to mean? Do you know what the ASVAB tests for?

[@somersetcace1]

@@bravejango12 His drill sgt did say he was a genius and would be a general one day. 😏

[@iKvetch558]

@@bravejango12 As noted by others, Forrest would have had to take the ASVAB, which I believe is not just about aptitude testing, but also about IQ testing...so he would not have scored high enough to be an officer, regardless of his degree.

[@beldavius]

I had the pleasure of being on a rifle squad during a national shooting match with R. Lee Ermey back in 2011. We spent the entire day together shooting the match. Despite being in a national level match, he stopped for every person that approached him for a photo or autograph. He was a super nice guy, and very funny, too as well as a pretty decent shooter! RIP Gunny!

[@Tacomaguy458]

its a very different persona for him but you should watch saving silverman. pretty funny movie but Ermey was the high school football coach that does goofy funny stuff thru it all. very different role for him but he did it perfectly.

[@RoGueNavy]

I had the honor of meeting R. Lee Ermey, (Gunnery Sergeant Hartman), a few years before he died. A true gentleman, a pleasure to talk to; he autographed anything and everything the fans brought, and didn't charge them for admission, autographs or photos. I still have the challenge coin he gave me, and the photo of us together. I treasure them. He served in the Marine Corps for eleven years, and then worked tirelessly for military causes for the rest of his life. He contributed so much, for so many years...then thanked me for the 4 piddlin' years I spent in the Navy. That hit me like a ton of bricks.

[@danielnichols4838]

You want some more scaring? A Clockwork Orange by Kubrick is shall we say, a good bit of "Ultra Violence"

[@NiersFloater]

And the contra point in Kubrick movies would be "2001 Space Odyssey" - deep movie and only one lunatic in it (kind of)

[@LordVolkov]

Well said me droogie!

[@txlyons2937]

I'm worried that film would destroy what little innocence Addie has left.

[@cnon.]

Keep going with Kubrick! A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, Barry Lyndon.

[@dunringill1747]

'A Clockwork Orange' (1971) should be your next Stanley Kubrick directed movie.

[@RickLacy-b3x]

Or Dr. Strangelove, if she hasn't seen that yet.

[@greenbeech3055]

Addie, if this blew your mind you should try Clockworld Orange, another Stanley Kubrick movie.

[@LordVolkov]

Best watched with a tall glass of Milk Plus

[@realBkay]

U want to b scarred? A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

[@AstroXeno]

The craziest Vietnam movie ever made was Apocalypse Now (watch the theatrical cut) Two other, underappreciated but really good Vietnam movies are Hamburger Hill and Tigerland. If you'd like to be scarred by another Kubrick movie, I'd suggest Clockwork Orange Another war movie with Matthew Modine in it is Memphis Belle

[@kevinsieg2076]

Kubrick is required viewing. For more Kubrick, please react to Dr. Strangelove, 2001, A Clockwork Orange, and Barry Lyndon. Thank you very much for an awesome reaction,

[@thekenjensen]

Marine Gulf War vet here. We Marines find humor in some unexpected places. Even now, decades later. Also, amazingly, this movie always makes me miss bootcamp.

[@AbeVicious]

What's next, A Clockwork Orange?

[@Stogie2112]

I will never suggest that film to any reactor. It's a brilliant film, but it's just too brutal.

[@AbeVicious]

@@Stogie2112 if they're really film buffs. Nothing should be off limits

[@Stogie2112]

@@AbeVicious ... Yes, you're right about that. I am biased by my desire for others to enjoy the films I recommend, and not to be traumatized!

[@AbeVicious]

@Stogie2112 it is what it is🤷🏽‍♂️ I know they're not real buffs as this is all for monetary value.

[@TheFalconerNZ]

This movie is a great commentary on how being in the military changes a person, some for the better & some for the worse. Now that you have seen Stanley Kubrick versions of a horror & wart movies I would suggest watching his versions of a social commentary movie with 'A Clockwork Orange' (1971), his version of a Sci-Fi movie with '2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968) which is renowned for it innovation. For a more lighted hearted Stanley Kubrick version of a war movie a must watch is 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (1964) which features the late James Earl Jones who past away at 93 on 09th Sep 2024. R.I.P. James Earl Jones, you are gone but will never be forgotten.

[@maximillianosaben]

I know it's shocking to say, especially to someone after watching this movie for the first time, but R. Lee Ermey is absolutely hysterical (in this movie, and otherwise) and was just a darn treasure in every role he played. Watch him in Saving Silverman and you will only ever smile when you see him on camera.

[@paulhewes7333]

"Really? Me too!"

[@mattsmith1318]

He was perfect as the sheriff in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake.. Creepy!

[@maximillianosaben]

@@mattsmith1318 - Amen. He was arguably more unsettling than Leatherface in that movie.

[@DerekHarrison-d5d]

Always makes me laugh that nobody notices that Sgt Hartman has his hat on when he goes in to the head(toilet) to reprimand Pyle.😸

[@maximillianosaben]

@@DerekHarrison-d5d - Pretty sure everyone notices. But we all just inherently know not to talk about things behind his back, or to his face for that matter.

[@reconsoldier135]

oh Addie, you poor sweet child...lol this movie is such a classic, believe it or not as a veteran parts of this movie make me miss my time in the service

[@jkhoover]

I didn't see this movie before joining the Army. I didn't know where all of my drill sergeants got their lines until way after I was out of basic.

[@megiloth3634]

Good times and bad times. I actually preferred being in Desert Storm because we had a purpose. When we got back, it was playing games. Lots of working parties, guard duty, inspections, police calls, getting written up for dumb $h1+ 30 years later, I certainly don't regret joining the Corps in high school, but man those 4 years felt like 20 sometimes.

[@Ocrilat]

The Pyle gets slapped' scene is made so much more effective because the slap was real, not trickery. And being a real slap was Vincent D'Onofrio's(the actor playing Pyle) idea.

[@craigwhip]

The beating pvt. Pyle endured during boot camp is called a "blanket party". It happened to a guy in my company during boot camp, but, to a lesser degree.

[@LordVolkov]

Did you order the code red?!

[@craigwhip]

@@LordVolkov Actually, during boot camp, it's called a blanket party, only after boot camp is it called a code red.

[@LordVolkov]

@@craigwhip 🤔 Interesting distinction

[@mattsmith1318]

I remember some kid got caught with crackers and they torched the whole Platoon; a few of them gave him a beatdown..

[@megiloth3634]

I went to San Diego MCRD in 1989...and blanket parties never happened, because they are not authorized forms of discipline or keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Marine Corps... wink wink

[@connorp8408]

Her villian arc continues hahaha

[@orangeandblackattack]

And I love it! What a great journey we are on with Addie!

[@cyclone8974]

I mean a great way to start is BS movies that people think is basically a documentary. Watch actual Vietnam Vets eyes roll when watch this crap.

[@feudist]

An overlooked movie that stars D'Onofrio is "The Cell". Also stars Jennifer Lopez. He plays a truly monstrous serial killer who goes catatonic when captured. Lopez plays a therapist using an experimental technology to literally enter his mind to locate a kidnapped girl. Visually stunning, thematically horrific.

[@trulybtd5396]

The cell is truly underrated. Maybe because they tried to bennifer it into mainstream

[@Bodyknock]

I wasn’t much of a fan of The Cell, but D’Onofrio was definitely one of the better parts of it. 👍

[@LordVolkov]

Tarsim Singh makes beautiful movies but they can be strange. The Cell is so twisted but really gorgeous.

[@AbeVicious]

Most likely cause Jennifer is in it.

[@tvdroid22]

He was brilliant in Men In Black.

[@webuser5748]

What I love about FMJ reactions on youtube is seeing how the cut jumps straight to 18:08 and for some reason the reactors are all like "yeah I better remember to cut that out" loool

[@alextan1478]

Let's give Addie a round of applause for surviving Full Metal Jacket (1987) as her SECOND Stanley Kubrick movie. 👏👏 This is my second favorite Kubrick movie after The Shining (1980). My girlfriend's dad also likes this movie too. I get a good laugh from the entire platoon marching around the barracks and singing "This is my rifle, this is my gun. This is for fighting, this is for fun." while holding their rifles, by the stock, on one hand and their crotches on the other. I even wake up every morning to the sound of Hartman's reveille. Just like The Shining, I own this movie on DVD in 4:3 Full-Screen format, which is also the full aspect ratio of the original camera negative as Stanley Kubrick intended.

[@petegray2339]

"Dr. Strangelove" i think you'll like

[@eZTarg8mk2]

yessss that would be a great one for Addie to react to

[@flarrfan]

@@eZTarg8mk2 Kubrick's highest ranked film on the AFI 100 and very deserving thereof...

[@JoeD0403]

The foot locker thing is real. Drill Sergeants HATE seeing one unlocked. When my dad went to Parris Island for boot camp, someone left theirs unlocked and everything was dumped out the window. Then he had to bring everything back in one item at a time as fast as he could.. to the second floor.

[@AddieCounts]

Woah!

[@mattsmith1318]

I got punished one night for not sounding off to a drill instructor after lights out. He made me scrub the deck with my rifle kit toothbrush but didn't tell me when I could quit so after an hour I went and found some pickup from another platoon who barely spoke English and convinced him that he needed to relieve me😂 I have no idea how long he spent scrubbing that floor but I still feel kinda bad about it..😅

[@JoeD0403]

@@mattsmith1318 Doing that as a recruit is bold. A friend joined the Navy and actually read all the rules and learned about passing orders to subordinates. Whenever he was told to give someone pushups he would find someone with a lower rank and tell them to do it. He was a corpsman assigned to a Force Recon unit so he hated Navy officers. Thought they were lazy and out of shape.

[@megiloth3634]

MCRD San Diego, when we first met our Drill Instructors, anything and everything was dumped out of our sea bags or footlockers onto the deck and swiftly kicked by the tornado of DI's in to random piles all over the squad bay. It was always fun trying to find your $h1+ afterwards.

[@west6843]

one of my buddies left his unlocked and when they all came back from a march the entire barracks was turned over. not just his area. beds tossed upside down and everything.

[@USCFlash]

Credit to Addie for being willing to watch very tough, disturbing, complex and intelligent films.... Suggestions for next tough tries: "Apocalypse Now" "Requiem for a Dream" "The Exorcist" "A CLockwork Orange" "Blue Velvet" "Deliverance" "Aguirre The Wrath of God" "Schindlers List" :The Killing Fields" "Come and See" "American History X" "The Deer Hunter"

[@JoeCool7835]

Add another tough one to the list... Children of Men

[@alextan1478]

Addie has already seen Schindler's List (1993). She recorded a full-length reaction to that movie, which is on Patreon, but was unable to put out a KZbin cut due to the limited commentary from her, given how horrified she was at what was happening during the movie.

[@iainmulholland2025]

When she's finished she'll know what PTSD is like.

[@lilfamine9955]

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

[@prescott7333]

I couldn't imagine sweet innocent Addie watching Full Metal Jacket.😊 Thanks for the reaction,Addie.You're a legend!❤

[@Pianodean]

10:34 "This feels so ominous." I was screaming..."BUCKLE UP, ADDY!"

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

Kubrick has a brilliant directorial history: "Paths of Glory", "2001", "The Shining", "A Clockwork Orange", "Barry Lyndon", "Spartacus", "Eyes Wide Shut", "Dr. Strangelove", among others. To my way of thinking the greatest filmmaker ever.

[@nielgregory108]

Did you notice?? ONLY 2 ACTS!! One of the very rare movies you will EVER see to only feature 2 acts. 99.9% of movies are written in 3 acts.

[@rustincohle2135]

Well, it's not really a movie with a traditional plot. It doesn't even really have a plot. It's meant to be a study of the effects that military training has on the psyche. From training to combat.

[@timhonigs6859]

I watched this movie, in 1989, while in Army bootcamp. Of all the war movies, that include bootcamp, this was by far the most realistic. We were told, "that's how Basic used to be, so you should be thankful that it's so much easier now." When I moved to my main duty station after Basic/AIT, I had an older ex-Ranger as a PLT SGT, who agreed that this movie was one of the better depictions of how screwed up the Vietnamese War was. To any and all vets out there, Semper Fi, and huah!!

[@GMDTurbo]

2:39 Ironically, you're not wrong. R. Lee Ermey wrote 150 PAGES of insults just for this role. RIP Ermey. Absolute legend.

[@vudujl83]

I will forever be clueless as to why the late R. Lee Ermey (RIP) did not get an Oscar nomination for his flawless, unflinching portrayal of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the movie…shame on you Academy

[@Bodyknock]

Full Metal Jacket only got one Academy Award nomination that year (it was for Best Adapted Screenplay). The award for best supporting actor that year went to Sean Connery in The Untouchables, which to be fair Connery was pretty awesome in that movie. Even so that Ermey wasn’t even nominated is disappointing.

[@shawnmiller4781]

Politics

[@y2k029]

Lol😂watching Addie reactions are priceless..what a good sport she is

[@vincemac2223]

Only someone as sweet and gentle as Addie would ask if a spot on a battle field was safe. Addie its a battle field in a warzone no its not safe. It was not safe even in the rear areas where our soldiers were supposed to rest was, it was not safe anyplace in that country. God Bless You Addie.

[@jamiewilson9280]

The Private Pile actor is also the cockroach alien in Men in black!

[@hammdesigns1]

and also Kingpin in Daredevil!

[@mcm4point2o]

he was incredible in his Law and Order Criminal Intent role and incredibly unlikable as the main villain of Jurrasic World.. great actor

[@missingthehills4732]

He's the og Thor.

[@alextan1478]

...and also Vic Hoskins in Jurassic World (2015)

[@FollowingGhost]

And he's in the Magnificent Seven.

[@GeraldTodd-r4z]

During the first half of this movie Lee Ermey the Drill Instructor was a real DI in the Marines and was working as a technical expert on the film. He tried to get the actions across to the actor who was going to play the DI but Stanley Kubrick saw how well he did it Stanley hired Ermey for the role and he let Ermey freelance all the BS he yelled at the recruits without a script. I was in the Navy and our bootcamp was nothing like this. My older brother was in the Marines and he said this movie was very realistic. I'm glad I went in the Navy.

[@mattilindstrom]

A fun fact: for the scenes of concentrated small arms fire against the building with the sniper in it, for each take the pyrotechnics crew had to rig up loads of squibs to simulate hits on the walls, and for them it got old pretty darn fast.

[@russellbrown1068]

Yes, this is Basic Marine Corp Training on Paris Island, SC. This is what Marines do. God Bless the Corp.

[@Niinsa62]

You noticed that Animal Mother is played by Jayne, from Firefly? He is living up to his name here, Animal Mother. He does protect his litter. Mommy Bear style.

[@CaddyJim]

*(Black Hawk Down)* based on a newer war stacked with a star cast you will recognize

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@Addie thank you and your patrons that continue to put some of the best films of all time in front of your eyes :). Stanley Kubrick is a top 10 director for many and a top 25 director for almost every cinema fan. I Hope you watch all his films in time as well as my favorite Alfred Hitchcock. Perhaps in 2025 you could do a poll for your patrons to see if you should add like a AFI (American Film Institute) top 100 movies of all time. This film pulls no punches of the horror f war, conformity and what our hero soldiers go through that so many of us could never get through. It was a fun reaction to see.

[@samthompson1612]

Not even related to the movie, but I just want to say that I've loved watching your plant grow in the background over the years! It started off so small and now it's past the top of the video! Good work!

[@jasonegeland1446]

This movie is beyond good. One of Kubrick's absolute finest.

[@mattturner6017]

The Shining is supernatural horror. Full Metal Jacket is perfectly natural horror.

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

Vincent D'Onofrio definitely believes in the method acting technique. He still holds the record for gaining the most weight for a role, over 70 lbs.

[@twoheart7813]

I remember buying the VHS version of this movie and it came with a mini movie poster which I still have. Both my dad and brother went through Marine boot camp so I've heard all the stories. My brother hated fire watch which is how Leonard was caught with the rifle, he said that duty was spooky as hell.

[@boynamed_sue]

I hated Firewatch as well. Lost precious sleep!

[@Tijuanabill]

Pyle had to leave the footlocker unlocked, because he can't do the combination in the dark, to eat his donut after everyone is asleep.

[@Maverick_3427]

Gunny Ermy was actual a really nice guy, and did allot for veterans. The portrayal of boot camp is the most realistic depiction in Hollywood even decades later

[@macmcgee5116]

The History Channel did a show one time called Sarge. In it they interviewed Gunny and other Drill Instructors from different eras. They asked about the realism in this movie. He said it was sometimes even harsher. He said yes he hit recruits and insulted them and made their lives miserable. Then he said (paraphrased) "One thing you have to understand. At that time we had 6 weeks... 6 WEEKS to get these young boys who had been living at home with their momma's ready to fight a war in foreign country where the enemy was all around them. I had to make them hard, I had to get them prepared to survive, to come home. And another thing. Everyday when we went into the mess hall we (the DIs) would pick up that day's edition of Stars and Stripes. We would turn to the back page. That's where they listed the latest names of men killed, missing and wounded. Almost everyday we would see names of men we knew, men we trained, men we failed to prepare." So he was definitely hard on them, but he loved them all.

[@jacobmontoya7172]

This is how Marines are made. You are welcome to serve along side us..

[@GiR6601]

Vincent D'Onofrio doesn't get enough credit for his work. His performance in The Cell is still one of my favorites!

[@jakemonster001]

You endured that movie like a champ Addie!

[@adamplace1414]

0:30 Addie needs to see 2001 A Space Odyssey then, and as soon as possible!

[@LucianUchiha]

As a modern era Veteran (OEF, got out in 2013), I can expand a bit on how different some of the stuff has become (and it's changed even more since I went through boot camp) 1. Drill Instructors, in general, are not allowed to put their hands on you to assault you anymore. I'm not saying it doesn't happen at all but it's not a common thing anymore unless you do something that really deserves it 2. All Marine recruits are scanned and searched thoroughly when leaving the rifle range now. When you do a day of live fire and you go to leave, they will wave a metal detecting wand over you while you stand in a T-pose and repeat "Good afternoon sir, this recruit has no brass, trash or live rounds, sir." And they'll scan you, search your pockets, search your gear and then you can ready to leave the range. It's a precaution, partly because of this movie and partly to reduce recruit suicides in general 3. Drill Instructors have traded the calm facade of insults for intensity and anger. Most DIs will still come up with some of the most creative insults you'll ever hear and they do it on the spot, but they'll mostly be running around, screaming in your ears, threatening you, insulting you, making every tiny thing you do seem like it doesn't matter and that you're just an inconsequential piece of shit. The thing with food from the chow hall still happens though; recruits will sneak peanut butter packets and apples and shit they think they can hide, but it always gets found and you always get fucked up. 4. The focus on drill movements is still there. When I went through we had a recruit who was like a mixture of Pyle and Cowboy and he dropped his rifle one day when we were doing drill in the squad bay. Our 2nd Hat stabbed him quickly in the chest with the metal pike on the bottom of the guide-on and asked if he was a terrorist sent by the Taliban to kill the only thing he had left in life (close order drill). 5. The events in Vietnam you saw in the movie were highly sanitized because most of the shit that happened would have earned the film an X rating (the rating was later changed to NC-17 in the US). It was brutal, it was filled with cruelty most people would never be able to stomach seeing and even less would be able to stomach doing. The amount of war trophies (like teeth, ears, tongues, eyeballs, etc) cut from dead Vietcong and civilians was absurd. When I went through Corporal's Course, I got to learn even more about the shit that went down in Vietnam and how people who claimed they were just following orders are still sitting in Fort Leavenworth for life. You also now have a heavy emphasis on not doing anything that could be viewed as a war crime, and that's got an even bigger emphasis because pieces of shit in Iraq were caught on film throwing a puppy into a gorge, a sniper team had the SS thunderbolts as their Platoon insignia, and the media is everywhere 6. Combat is not like how it was in Vietnam now. It's worse. The people we've been at war with have no morals at all. They have actively cut open women's stomachs and scooped out the growing fetus and shoved explosives into their bodies, they hand little kids grenades and send them towards our checkpoints, they'll shoot at us from protected zones like schools, hospitals and evac centers because they know we're not allowed to shoot them. When I went through Manas in Kyrgyzstan on my way to Afghanistan, I got to sit through a powerpoint talking about how we have to request permission to engage when taking IDF from enemies, and got to experienced being threatened with a court martial when I disregarded that rule. War is hell for everyone involved 7. Dark humor (or gallows humor/black comedy) is a coping mechanism for the military and other highly stressful professions. The number of dead baby jokes I heard while in was probably close to a few hundred unique jokes. It's not uncommon to hear some of the most fucked up, dark and twisted jokes you could imagine in the military, because if we don't find something to laugh at, to ease the stress, things would be a lot worse for our mental health 8. The casual racism in Gunny's DI speech (which you left out for good reason, because pretty much half of it would have been enough to get demonitized) is a here or there kind of thing. Those types of jokes exist between everyone, and it's more a point to laugh at than being a source for any kind of hatred. The number of times I've been told to go back to my casino or had a reference made about "my people" being more likely to die to Jack Daniels or drinking reservation water is somewhere beyond a few hundred times, but it's in jest and we all know we have each other's backs.

[@timboxall8936]

I remember this being shot back in the at the old Beckton Gasworks down the road from where I lived in London. We'd sneak down there as nippers and watch it being filmed. Bloody freezing & miserable it were, a proper British winter!

[@Cifer77]

Ladies & Gentlemen... Vincent D'Onofrio This man can play literally, ANY role

[@tpnproductions6520]

Definitely continue the kubrick train check out Dr. Strangelove (1964) one of kubricks earlier films and also one of James Earl Jones earlier films. R.I.P James Earl Jones and Stanley Kubrick 🕊♥️

[@shawnmiller4781]

His first actually He got the job when Kubrick saw him in a Shakespeare in the Park performance of Othello. George C Scott also was picked up from the same production for the film

[@countgeekula9143]

Brilliant film and possibly my favourite Kubrick. Saw it first in the theatre back in '87 and made a big impact. And gave us the awesome R Lee Ermey as an actor. RIP.

[@EShelby2127]

“War don't ennoble men, it turns 'em into dogs. It poisons the soul.” ― James Jones, The Thin Red Line

[@tommc4916]

Drill instructors in any US armed service cannot physically strike or abuse trainees; they're only allowed to touch you in order to model behavior (e.g. 'hold your arms like this as you acquire a target with your weapon.'), to prevent injury to yourself or another person, or to save a life. One guy in my unit DROPPED a live grenade in the pit right after pulling the pin. His drill sergeant threw him over the low stone wall at the back of the pit and leapt on top of him before the grenade could go off. Both were fine, but his name was shit with the drills for the next week or two.

[@firemedic5100]

Stanley Kuberick had already cast the roll of the drill instructor to Tim Colceri, who then played the helicopter door gunner, and R. Lee Ermey, originally a technical advisor was cast as Gunnery Sergent Hartman. And the rest is history.

[@lucentaunisage]

Watching reactors during the Gunnery Sargent's monologue cracks me up, I think I basically know every word thanks to many samples of that dialogue in music, etc.

[@grumpyoldman7562]

Back in the olden days, the Marines only took men who volunteered to be in the Marines. The other services complained that the Marines were taking all the best men and leaving the worst for everyone else, and by Vietnam the Marines were forced to take recruits and draftees like Leonard. Old-school Marines like Sgt. Hartman wanted the best of the best, and weren't too happy about having recruits like Leonard. Unofficially, if you asked to be in the Marines, the recruiters would make sure that happened, but officially it was against policy. Technically Sgt. Hartman wasn't allowed to physically strike the men, but according to a friend of mine that was in the Marines during Vietnam said that what they show in the movie during training did happen, even though it wasn't supposed to. "This is my rifle, this is my gun, this one's for fighting, this one's for fun" is a real armed-services cadence. Its purpose is to stress proper military terminology and discipline, and to emphasize that they are professional soldiers, not un-educated street thugs who call everything a gun because they don't know any better. Another friend of mine who was in the Army said that they did the "this is my rifle this is my gun" thing when he was in boot camp as well, so it wasn't just the Marines who used it.

[@jxg5448]

8:13 "Either Leonard is gonna get kicked out soon, or he's gonna end up saving all of their lives. I don't know, I don't know what's gonna happen." No, no you don't know what's going to happen.

[@carlosspeicywiener7018]

Hi Addie. Thank you for coming around and brightening an otherwise very bleak day. Your presence and disposition are very relaxing.

[@robpr315]

When you see R. Lee Ermey in other roles, specifically one like Fletch Lives, you can appreciate his "acting" in this role.

[@jonmacleod7137]

Now watch CLOCKWORK ORANGE.

[@scottbbt81]

This is a strange take but my favorite R. Lee Ermy role is the police chief in Se7en. He's so good at playing a world-weary cop who has seen everything and is resigned to watching his city damn itself to hell.

[@EricP-xq4jx]

Watch "Hamburger Hill" Addie, it will give you a whole new fresh perspective on the real life experiences of the Vietnam War.

[@jeromedeparis]

There is another great Stanley Kubrick film, "Barry Lindon". I recommend it to you.

[@MrSiriusAB]

"Private Pyle, whatever you do dont fall down, that would break my fuckin heart" 😭😂

[@Cifer77]

Oh HELL YEAH! This movie is quite the experience

[@pasteye1671]

Beautiful Addie. All this was filmed in England. This is why Westland helicopters were seen here, when the US used Bell Hueys.

[@shawnmiller4781]

depends on the era. There where a lot of Ch-34’s around. That is what the Wessex is based on

[@timlong7787]

Its the look of shock. That cracks me up

[@laurencaulton103]

"Private Pyle" refers to the TV show "Gomer Pyle, USMC." It starred Jim Nabors as a goofy private.

[@BM-hb2mr]

Everyone. Said this drill sergeant was tough and too maybe, but he was getting them ready for war. It's a little different when people say well, we're gonna join the Army, they're not too much me when they're not at war, but if they're at war, these drill sergeants are mean tough. The way they should be, for Christ's sake. He's getting them ready for war.

[@davidedwards1705]

3:23 The previous scene is what is known as Tearing Down. The Drill Instructors job is to destroy your preconceptions so they have a blank slat to imprint you War Instructions onto. It looks harsh sure a small percentage of recruits will quit and very very few do harm to themselves or others. The remainder become hard soldiers.

[@Niinsa62]

Don't worry, this movie won't scar you at all. It is all warm and cuddly. Mwoah-hah-hah!

[@doctor8342]

Vincent D'Onofrio is one of the greatest actors ever. This, Chin Gigante, and Kingpin he was amazing in all of them.

[@TerryNationB7]

5:54 On all my rewatches of this movie, this is the first time I noticed the background that reminds me of the carpet in The Shining.

[@teambanzai9491]

Vicent D’Onofrio is such an excellent character actor. You should check him out in Household Saints (1993) and The Whole Wide World (1996), his own passion project on author Robert E. Howard, which he stars with unknown Renée Zellweger (her work in this film ultimately got her hired by Cameron Crowe for the role that made her famous, in Jerry Maguire (1996), opposite Tom Cruise). It is a testament of the quality of actors that were hired by Stanley Kubrick. James Earl Jones, ultimately known as the voice of Darth Vader, debuted on the big screen in the 1964 Kubrick film: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Jack Nicholson in The Shining (1980) and Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1972).

[@tulacagas]

I saw this movie very young and I always felt like Animal Mother is Private Pyle “Born Again”. When he meets Joker he doesn’t like him like if Private Pyle would have lived and ran into him and looked down on him like”look at me now and look at you, a writer, I got the big gun now”. This a great movie.

[@joshualandry3160]

The original M-16s where very prone to jamming as shown in the last scene. It was the result of a lot of cost cutting measures that where fixed in later models. The M-16 was only supposed to be a temporary measure that was going to be replaced with a "do everything" rifle that ran into development problems and was never completed.

[@giodagrate5369]

Joker gets the 1,000 yard stare at the end. A difficult movie to watch, but an important one nonetheless.

[@cyclone8974]

Why it's total BS. It was made to slander the Vets so people could feel justified in abandoning South Vietnam.

[@MrGadfly772]

I've seen a few reactors think that the drill sergeant is funny, and they giggle. I'm glad you see the character for the monster that he is. It's interesting to see Joker's contrast to the drill sergeant and much of the military. the sad thing is by the end the military has broken him. You got the message where many don't. The evil here isn't just Vietnam but the military itself and how it turns average people into psychotics. Kubrick makes some great movies. You should try to watch as many of them as you can. "2001: A Space Odessey", "Paths of Glory," "Clockwork Orange," "Dr. Strangelove," and others. There's some very dark themes in those films and yet they are very varied. He was an incredible director and all his movies are quite memorable.

[@gazoontight]

All military training used to be like this. If you can't survive training, you won't survive combat. They want to weed out the physically, mentally, emotionally, socially unfit, before they get themselves or someone else hurt or killed. Very critically, the most important thing you can learn in training, and if you learn nothing else, is to make good decisions in highly stressful environments. The US government relaxed physical and mental standards during the Vietnam War. Pyle should not have been in service, with his physical unfitness and obvious mental deficiency, but he met the relaxed criteria. Joker was promoted to squad leader because he stood up for himself. He didn't change his answer under pressure. That's what the sergeant saw. Pyle got a blanket party, corrective action for chronic ineptitude. They were all in on it so that no one could tell because he would implicate himself. Section 8 is discharge due to mental problems. Lime suppresses the odor of decomposition. Toy commercials back in the 1960s used the line, "Be the first kid on your block to have a [whatever was being advertised]."

[@realBkay]

Yeah Adds, this is a classic!!

[@edwardimhoff3106]

Vincent D'. was a rock. a Buff young giant when he tried for this part. The Director made him get fat to land the roll. When you watch a movie like this you should watch it with a Veteran who knows the training we went through and the kind of world the movie depicts. When they were hitting Lenard with the soap in the towels at night that is called a "Blanket Party" I was a squad leader in Basic training. I stopped and stood in the way of a couple of them. This action put me at risk. The whole damn experience is a risk. Your time in Military service changes you. It is unavoidable. There is no way to explain to those who have not been through it. For those who have, No explanation is necessary. It is the difference between the Protector class and the Protected class. about 1% of all Americans have done a tour in Military Service. 1%. That's the Protector Class. We stood our watch for you. ... You're Welcome

[@LordVolkov]

Adventures In Babysitting, which came out the same year, shows Vincent at his pre-FMJ buffness. It's a wild transformation into Leonard.

[@lurkerrekrul]

1:09 - "None of them really seem happy about it." - Most of them were probably drafted. In other words, they didn't have a choice. 9:35 - "Section 8?" - Many people were familiar with the term section 8 from the TV show M*A*S*H, which was a comedy/drama set during the Korean war. One of the characters, Corporal Klinger, wore women's clothing in an effort to get himself discharged under section 8. It didn't work.

[@MasterBiffPudwell]

The Viet Cong and the NVA were infamous for setting booby traps.

[@lw3918]

"We Were Soldiers" is a much better depiction of the Vietnam War.