TMR 066 – Full Metal Jacket

This week on Total Movie Recall, we go to the suck. Steve develops a thousand yard stare reserved for veterans of nightmare wars and mediocre podcasts. Ryan chalks up another point in the Irresponsible Father column, reflecting on his father’s prudent decision to let him watch this vision of insanity at a tender age yet again. If you listen to this episode, you can go to my house and fornicate with my sister.

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

d. Stanley Kubrick

w. Gustav Hasford based on his novel The Short-Timers

Starring:
Matthew Modine as Pvt. Joker
Adam Baldwin as Animal Mother
Vincent D'Onofrio as Pvt. Pyle
R. Lee Ermey as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Dorian Harewood as Eightball
Kevyn Major Howard as Rafterman
Arliss Howard as Pvt. Cowboy

Stanley Kubrick's take on the Vietnam War follows smart-aleck Private Davis, quickly christened "Joker" by his foul-mouthed drill sergeant, and pudgy Private Lawrence, nicknamed "Gomer Pyle," as they endure the rigors of basic training. Though Pyle takes a frightening detour, Joker graduates to the Marine Corps and is sent to Vietnam as a journalist, covering -- and eventually participating in -- the bloody Battle of Hué.

Things discussed in the show:

Willy Wonka

Godzilla vs. Kong (Adam Wingard, Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall)

Zack Snyder's Justice League (Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash, Cyborg, Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Ray Fisher, Jason Momoa, Ezra Mill