Full Metal Jacket - Animal Mother

How depressing would this movie be without the soundtrack?

Back when "you talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?" was a potent come back.

The way Animal mother said "oh, you seen much combat?" is a masterpiece

Animal Mother is what they tried to turn Leonard into. Yes he's crazy but he's functional. He knows his way around a war zone and a firefight. The ideal soldier for the time.

Imagine a conversation between Animal Mother and Forrest Gump

I love how all the other Marines have taken off their gear and are relaxing but Animal Mother still has all his gear, his ammo, and weapon on.

"Now, you might not believe it but under fire, Animal Mother's one of the finest human beings in the world. All he needs is somebody to throw hand grenades at him the rest of his life"... what a fucking great line! AWESOME 👏👏

I met Adam Baldwin in person. He’s an absolute beast. He’s huge. I shook his hand and he crushed it. Lol

Everyone's talking about Animal Mother, but it's the guy soliloquizing over the corpse that I always remember from this part.

People asked Kubrick if this was an Anti-War or Pro-War movie, but Kubrick always said "Full Metal Jacket" was neither Pro-War or Anti-War. According to Kubrick, "Full Metal Jacket" was supposed to show exactly what war is supposed to be: Hell.

“Thank God for the sickle cell” has always cracked me up… just because it’s so off handed and 8-ball laughed it off. Animal Mother showed us his true strength later when went out after 8-ball; stood down Joker and forced him to see reality. He’s really an interesting character.

Animal Mother is what Private Pyle would have become if he could have mastered the stress.

Boy that vest he's wearing sure has a lot of ammo. It almost looks like he's wearing a Full Metal Jacket

when I was a boy I watched this movie and dreamed one day of becoming a man like animal mother.........but it was not to be. But I became the next best thing - an accountant with a fat wife and 3 kids.

“You seen much combat?” has the same energy as “you can’t fight in here, this is the war room!”

The song playing "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs was recorded in 1964 in Memphis, TN at Sam Phillips Recording Studio at 639 Madison Ave, the successor to Sun Studios. The studio was completely analog so the song was recorded in a single take, rather than using the more modern method of mixing where each individual instrument is recorded separately and then "mixed" together. Basically the entire band would play the song while being recorded so any mistakes would show up on the recording. The end result was a near flawless recording that charted all the way up to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was named Billboard's No. 1 Song of the Year for 1965 despite never coming in at No.1 position on any chart. Wooly Bully was the only song made at the all-analog studio to achieve national success.

Animal Mother is the perfect soldier. A near sociopath. He only needs to be able to differentiate between his colleagues and his targets. You simply need to provide him with an endless supply of targets.

Around the 3 minute marker, Kubrick wanted to add the line “I’m the joker baby” but thought it was too strange for 1980s audience to understand

i love how Animal Mother complied when 8ball pulled him to sit down....shows how close they really are

I love how Joker is absolutely ready to throw down with Mother in this scene. May not have ended well, but when he saw that things were escalating he was posturing up.