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on 7/29/2009
While i have a deep respect for Platoon and the message it puts forth there is just something more personal about Kubrick's take on Vietnam, not to mention the grizzly realism.
on 8/3/2009
Classic match-up!
on 8/4/2009
The last 20 minutes of FMJ alone make this no contest. It took Oliver Stone at least three films (depending if you count NIXON) to come to terms with the Vietnam conflict; Kubrick reduced the whole thing to a perfect microcosm with the climactic scene. Because they cannot admit defeat, they send in guy after guy and... well, just watch the film. In the first 20 minutes he tells us more than APOCALYPSE NOW and PLATOON combined. And after both of those films told us Vietnam was incomprehensible... Kubrick decodes it for us. Possibly the most intelligent film ever made in English.
on 8/10/2009
Protozoid--you are very intelligent. "FMJ" is so far superior to "Platoon" or any other Vietnam movie (Really almost any other war movie period.) that comparisons are, well, odious.
on 8/11/2009
both are excellent movies
I enjoy watching FMJ more than Platoon. Great separation between the different acts, and fantastic character development. I don't know but I've been told, watching Full Metal Jacket never gets old.
on 8/23/2009
After seeing both for the first time decades ago, I favored P over FMJ. But after some growing up and many repeat viewings of both, my still developing concept of the Vietnam Conflict has compelled me to choose Full Metal.
on 9/13/2009
Classic match up, was pleased to see this. Both great films. I go with FMJ. And I totally agree with "dystopia".
on 9/18/2009
No contest. Platoon is completely forgettable, and FMJ is a freakin' classic.
on 10/26/2009
No contest, FMJ.
on 11/16/2009
seriously? its FMJ obviously.
on 11/22/2009
Full Metal Jacket is slightly better in my opinion.
on 12/4/2009
Platoon is good yet since the first viewing I have never been compelled to go back to it. Full metal Jacket planted itself deeply in my film lexicon and I have enjoyed it several time since my first viewing when it came out. It is iconic and D'onofrio's portrayal of Private Pyle is mezmerizing. No contest.
on 3/16/2010
Platoon is a good movie and I'm glad I saw it but in a battle against Full Metal Jacket it will lose every time.
on 8/31/2010
Two of greatest films about the Vietnam War ever made, Full Metal Jacket being the greatest (of them all).
on 4/15/2011
In my opinion, Platoon is the better movie. The first half of Full Metal Jacket is brilliant, but the second half is not that great. Platoon is great all the way through. Also, with Platoon I really have the feeling like I am in Vietnam. With Full Metal Jacket, the battle scenes feel more like that of a World War II movie than a Vietnam War movie. Both movies are great, however.
on 6/27/2011
FMJ is on a whole other level.
on 10/28/2011
I'm not that fond of Full Metal Jacket. The first half is interesting, but after that it feels like it just drags on and lacks pace. Platoon keeps me interested the whole way, yet it manages to convey a message without lacking enjoyment.
on 2/12/2012
The first half of Full Metal Jacket beats Platoon
on 6/4/2012
FMJ wtf is wrong with people
on 6/21/2012
I respect FMJ, and the first half is both entertaining and deplorable at the same time, which works very much to it's advantage. But the second half drags and overall the film didn't mean much to me. Platoon, as I have mentioned in other match-ups has the advantage of having been filmed by someone who was actually in Vietnam (this goes for all the other classic war films out there as well). Kubrick might be a perfectionist, and a damn fine filmmaker (even if his films aren't necessarily to my taste), but Platoon has much more interesting, entertaining and convincing characters (although R. Lee Ermey in FMJ trumps them all IMO), and naturally the Philippines works much better as a convincing backdrop for Vietnam than some abandoned land on the Isle of Dogs in London. And of course the scene in the village is one of the most harrowing things that I watched growing up and is still pretty horrifying to this day. Platoon for me.
Full Metal Jacket all the way. Even though the second half isn't as good as the first, it is still very entertaining and well made.
on 6/29/2012
FMJ is the greatest Vietnam film. Kubrick is a mastermind. I knew Sgt. Hartman was gonna die by Pvt. Pyle, and the sniper scene at the end, awesome
Neither is a masterpiece, but Platoon is WAY more overrated. Full Metal Jacket wins.
on 7/10/2012
Apocalypse Now beats the crap outta both these films.
on 7/11/2012
Paraphrasing meanbobs , "I don't know but I've been told, watching Full Metal Jacket never gets old." True dat.
FMJ's both 1st and 2nd acts were great, and the ending never gets old.
on 7/13/2012
Platoon wishes it could be Full Metal Jacket.
on 12/29/2012
Both are outstanding, but Full Metal Jacket is more entertaining in a sense that it has more replay value, imo.
Damn im suprised i gotta go Platoon some amazing scenes in that movie that still stick with me i dont recall Full Metal Jacket very much. Platoon wins!
on 1/4/2013
I really liked Platoon and didn't enjoy Full Metal Jacket. I've only seen both once so I feel like it's an equal playing field in my comparison. I just don't understand how Full Metal Jacket has been so highly favoured here. Platoon is excellent.
on 2/22/2013
Platoon is good but it's Full Metal Jacket easily for me
