This movie was done in two haves; the first showing the training and intensity in a boot camp and the other actually in Vietnam fighting the war. Kubrick comments on war in the first half with a character nick named Gomer Pyle. The drill instructor, Hartman, makes what he calls an example of Pyle by constantly punishing him for being socially awkward and not as fit as the others. Where Kubrick comments about the useless of war is when Pyle goes insane and kills Hartman and then himself. This act is one shown for the viewer to see how unimportant war is and the unnecessary things it can lead to.
When the men go to Vietnam in the second half of the movie again Kurbrick shows how useless the war is by having all the men wanting "trigger time," or wanting to shoot people. He furthers the point by making the men look a little insane and also by really never mentioning what they are fighting for. Later on Kubrick makes another point as the marines find the girl sniper and want to kill her slowly. This shows how dehumanized they have become and as a result of war want very bad things to happen to people
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Nelly, I agree with most of what you said. I think that the training camp sequence is very powerful and does show the uselessness of war through the eyes of the recruits. The way Kubrick uses the Vietnam part furthers that point. Although I don't think that war is unnecessary because it is always going to be a part of the world and the only way to keep ahead is to fight back
I agree with you and john, Kubrick's way of story telling really hits home, and gets his anti war point across.
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