Full Metal Jacket-sleepless night

I watched full metal jacket last night. It is safe to say, I did not sleep last night.

This movie was painful, upsetting, tragic, disturbing, moving, eye opening, sad, and worst of all, based on real life.

While it is a movie, it didn’t seem to stray very far from the reality of the Vietnam experience. There were about three times through out the film that I almost turned it off. I definitely have a weak stomach for violence, but I also have a weak stomach for the Vietnam War. It is so perplexing in its very nature and just so hard to grapple how people made it through those times. The trials of the individual marines are what strike me the most. The director really addressed the harsh details of what it is like to be fighting in a war that no one supports, that is a challenge to justify, that people are openly and explicitly trying to bring to an immediate end. Can you even imagine? Killing thousands as a means to defend your cause when you hardly know what your cause is. It was just such a horrific time and the director really appropriately captures the emotions of it all.