If the measure of the greatness of a movie is remembering much of it as the years pass then Full Metal Jacket is one of the greatest movies ever.
Certainly a well done film, for sure.
Always wondered what Vietnam combat vets thought of it. That’s the real measure of it, the only yardstick worth measuring. They lived through it.
Much in the same fashion as “Saving Private Ryan” and the Omaha beach landing, and those gentlemen that lived through that.
I noticed one thing about Kubrick’s movies a long time ago. Many scenes really stick in your consciousness.