Full metal jacket is the best anti-war movie I have ever seen. As soon as the movie started, it depicted the real struggle of being in marines. I was shocked how recruits were verbally and physically abused believed to be as a part of preparation of getting into marine as a rough and tough. The scene in which Pyle shot General and himself made me really upset and scared at the same time. It made me feel that the bully and abuse in the platoon ended life of Pyle. The scene in which all recruits including Joker hits Pyle with a towel having soap in it is devastating. I didn’t like the prior motive as part of military brainwashing doctrine in which sergeant Hartman pathologically merges sex and violence as he systematically uses language to associate
