Full Metal Jacket

I was trying to find a movie to watch last night and i came up to vision Quest, and was realizing because of matthew modine (what happened to him anyway?) that i hadn't watched full metal jacket for years. I used to love it when i was in high school. But i watched it with a fresh pair of eyes and it's not a funny movie anymore. holy shit, i can't believe i was ever so young. This movie is full of sorrow, pain, huliliation, and regret. i totally missed the whole point of the movie when i was younger, i was too busy laughing at the drill sgt. who really is not the main character in hind sight. The book and it's sequel made me think a little. especially the sequel which if you have never read it and you liked the movie you owe it to yourself to find it. it's hard to find but worth it. it's called "the phantom blooper" by gustav hasford who also wrote the book the first one is based on called "the short timers". anyway this movie is good, really fucking good but really depressing.