Death in a Movie

Have you seen a movie where someone dies that is so moving that you try and block it out of your mind?

Movies like Bambi, Titanic, and Star Wars.

You recall the joy of the characters performance with fond memories and just block out their death. For a long time I’ve been blocking out this characters death so much so that I had forgot that he died. Then one night you’re watching TV and the scene comes up. You watch with horror as they die again and you realized that you’ve been blocking it out for all these years and it hits you like a Mac truck.

You think to yourself, was there a dream sequence in the movie or maybe this is the directors cut?

So whose death is so traumatic for APR to have such a shocking experience?

Why I’m taking about Gunny from Full Metal Jacket.

When he died I wanted to scream...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Stupid F-ing Pyle!!!! Why did you shoot Gunny? Why Pyle!!!!

I think that Stanley Kubrick’s point of Full Metal Jacket was if Gunny wasn’t killed America would have won the war in Vietnam.

This movie also had some great sound bits and phrases:

Me so horny.

Me love you long time.

But my favorite is still the opening with Gunny.

So from now on Gunny will be the official representative of APR!!!

Also if you can’t get enough of Gunny you can find R. Lee Ermey doing a lot of voice work in cartoons and playing a military/law enforcement character in movies.

Here’s my favorite non military Gunny moment from Saving Silverman.

Coach Norton: Remember, boys! STAY AWAY from women! All they want from you is your man-juice! If you ever get the kind of urges that cannot be suppressed by hard liquor, then use this! [showing them his right hand]