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Message: [QUOTE="Deepster, post: 5354439, member: 25"] [B]Full Metal Jacket (1987) - [/B] I listed to Charlie Sheen on the Joe Rogan podcast and he talked about being 10 and on the set of Apocalypse Now, then filming Platoon himself. That got me interested in rewatching those two, then I went on a plane trip and saw Full Metal Jacket as an inflight movie option and watched it. Obviously, if you've seen it there are two halves to it. The basic training first half with Vincent Donofrio as Private Pyle didn't really hold up for me. Very over the top and a little overacted. I imagine that would be much different and more watchable if it were done now. The second half was the opposite for me. I thought it was raw and gritty. There was no CGI. I kept imagining how they went about creating that set for the gun fights. The second half really hit me and held up much better and thought that was brilliant filmmaking that we don't get anymore. [/QUOTE]