FMJ Born Again Hard

[williamkreis]

This was Private Pyle's Finest Hour

[vilhelmvilhelm]

Pyle was that close to joining the marines.

[AlKey-kzfh]

Hartman is ecstatic but cannot show it. Marines don't smile. Hartman's words are the Marine equivalent to "I'm so proud of you!!"

[_Matsimus_]

“SIR The privates weapons name is Belle Delphine SIR!” - 2021 FMJ

[privatepyle]

7.62 millimeter. Full.... Metal... Jacket...

[BlotRorschach]

That little hop Ermey does at 0:28 is fantastically subtle physical acting. He can't say it, but he's absolutely impressed with how far he's come.

[TheCoolProfessor]

"Private Pyle, you are definitely born again hard. Hell, I may even allow you to serve as a rifleman in my beloved corps."


That's about as close to a compliment from Hartman as you'll ever get.

[SpeedMotionSamic]

Somewhere in an alternate universe, Private Pyle didn't blow his brains out, and became the Kingpin of crime

[jackbauer]

Notice Private Pyle's face after this interaction. You'd think given this VERY high praise from Sgt Hartman he'd at least show something even if he wasn't meant to like during the intro when he's smiling. Instead, nothing. He'd already made up his mind

[LexEllis]

The funny thing is, if he didn't blow his own brains out, Pyle would have been a walking TANK of a marine!

Would have been interesting to see him and Animal Mother going at it with each other to see who was the meanest killer.

[codename]

"Sir! The Private's weapons name is Lady Dimitrescu, Sir! - Full Metal Jacket 2021

[PunkSlapper]

Drill Instructors want their recruits to succeed.

[jimmyjohnson]

This was filmed on the airfield at Bassingbourn Barracks near Cambridge. I was a recruit there during filming.

[sikujacob]

I swear, this movie is what scared me about the idea of joining the military.

[gijoe]

Pyle was pretty squared away and had his shit together right here

[davidmunoz]

Hartman got a taste of what Charlene can do in the Latrine!

[stevefowler]

I went through Marine boot on Parris Island in '74, there are many things in this movie that are spot on (the whole Joker mentoring Pyle is however complete B.S., that ain't happening in Marine boot). We had one of the best recruits in my platoon (he won his first pugil stick fight and showed some other good leadership traits and was made a fire team leader and I had been watching him and expected the DI's to give him a shot at squad leader) crack and jump from our third story barracks down to the hard deck. We all heard the ambulances come and go but our DI's never said a peep about it. We just went on with our training day like nothing had happened, we never did hear if he lived or died. The reason I wrote this post was how Pyle got some nice praise from the DI. I was on the Island for 13 weeks 3 days and the only positive words I had spoken to me was after Rifle Range Qual day; I had consistently been shooting well and shot Expert on pre qual day and on Qual day I had high score in our entire Series. My Sr. DI handed me my card and said "You had high score in the Series, Nice shootin".

[PlanetShlorpian]

By the end of Pyle's training, you could tell he improved vastly and would've been amazing friends with the marines that fought over in Saigon. It's a shame he blew his brains out though.

[lyxnick]

This was the moment Hartman should have started calling him Private Lawrence...

[rikosaikawa]

I’m a United States Marine. My weapon was Black Betty.