In the review of Full Metal Jacket by Roger Ebert, Ebert does not provide a whole lot of the plot synopsis. Ebert mentions that the movie is about the Vietnam War. Ebert refers so a couple of scenes in the movie but does not go into depth to the point where it can spoil the movie for someone who has not seen it. Ebert provides some criticism toward the director and screenwriter of the film, Stanley Kubrick although he does consider it the best-looking war movie made on sets and stages. After reading this review, I wouldn’t necessarily be dying to see this movie. Although Kubrick does refer to important scenes, overall the review includes more negatives points than positive. Ebert did praise the character the gunnery sergeant and the tubby misfit, as Ebert would say, for their performances. He considers them to be the best performances of the film that never recovers after they leave. Ebert points out how Kubrick likes to show close up of the man glowering up at the camera insinuating that something may happen, ruining the suspense of the film. Ebert does an excellent job on emphasizing how Kubrick uses different angles of the movie to show the same scene and how that loses the audiences focus. Ebert also pointed out the fact that at the beginning of the movie there is a war/sex connection that is very noticeable. I had actually pointed that out myself while watching the movie. This review does indicate that Ebert is “literate” in the visual literacy of movies. In my opinion, Ebert reviewed the movie not just with a plot synopsis but went further into speaking about the films style and structure. Ebert also took into account other movies Kubrick has directed into account when reviewing this film.
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