A very interesting film, told in a kind of non-judgemental style. R. Lee Ermey turns in a fantastic if not common performance for him, but he made the first half of the movie. One especially interesting thing was the ever-present flames once the film moved its focus to Vietnam. This gave every scene shot there a sense as if it were being filmed in hell, which clearly helped to reflect some of the soldier's mentalities. Overall, a film that was unique for how routine it seemed. Kind of odd it took Kubrick 7 years to put this together, as it wasn't exactly an epic film of grand porportions or anything like that. Still solid though. My next Kubrick will be Barry Lyndon or Eyes Wide Shut.
