Kubrick’s Use of Mickey Mouse Song in ‘Full Metal Jacket’ is Genius!

[1srelluc]

Kubrick’s Use of Mickey Mouse Song in ‘Full Metal Jacket’ is Genius!

[SPOILER ALERT: If you ever plan on watching “Full Metal Jacket,” don’t read this. You probably shouldn’t watch the embedded video, either.] Just watched Kubrick’s &#8…

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When I was little, my grandfather would play an old Mickey Mouse Club record. I remember marching around, gleefully raising my mom’s old baton up and down while singing the theme song with joy. There isn’t that same vigor in the voices of these soldiers. They have to make themselves joyful. By singing this particular song, they are able to grasp on to any last scrap of humanity or any distant memory of innocence. Brilliant.



I posted this scene in jest to a thread last evening and got to wondering more about it.....Damn, it was brilliant!

 

[odanny]

Stanley Kubrick was brilliant, if you have not seen Paths of Glory you should, it is one of my favorites by him.

 

[tyroneweaver]

my basic was just like in the movie. Our freak out soldier started smashing windows with a entrenching tool(I ain't going to vietnam)
And we even had the doughnut situation. Only in our case he was stealing small boxes of cereal from the mess

 

[1srelluc]

Stanley Kubrick was brilliant, if you have not seen Paths of Glory you should, it is one of my favorites by him.

Oh yeah, great movie.....I still think Clockwork Orange sucks monkey cock.

 

[Woodznutz]

Mickey Mouse was a common slang term when I was in the Army. The cold weather boots issued to us in Korea were called "Mickey Mouse boots".

 

[Dr.Destructo]

Probably the ONLY movie to actually scare the holy fucking shit out of me!!!!

I do not remember them singing the MMC song though.

 

[odanny]

Mickey Mouse was a common slang term when I was in the Army. The cold weather boots issued to us in Korea were called "Mickey Mouse boots".

I remember that. Some of the old timers called them that.

FMJ was one of Kubrick's best films, this guy was in the 1% of great filmmakers.

 

[Woodznutz]

I remember that. Some of the old timers called them that.

FMJ was one of Kubrick's best films, this guy was in the 1% of great filmmakers.

One of the favorite things that the Korean "slicky boys" stole.

 

[odanny]

One of the favorite things that the Korean "slicky boys" stole.

How the hell could you have fought in this things? I can't imagine trying to move around under fire wearing those boots. Guess they work well standing in a foxhole.

 

[Woodznutz]

How the hell could you have fought in this things? I can't imagine trying to move around under fire wearing those boots. Guess they work well standing in a foxhole.

They weren't that heavy.

 

[Woodznutz]

How the hell could you have fought in this things? I can't imagine trying to move around under fire wearing those boots. Guess they work well standing in a foxhole.

We didn't use them much, and when we did we didn't move around much in bitter cold weather. They are meant for extended stays in the field, and of course bitter cold in combat.

I was surprised that they are still around and are still called Mickey Mouse boots.

 

[Woodznutz]

Mickey Mouse was a common slang term when I was in the Army. The cold weather boots issued to us in Korea were called "Mickey Mouse boots".

The irony is that while those boots were incredibly warm the other cold weather clothing the Army issued was worthless against the bitter cold of Korea. It was all WW2 issue that they apparently wanted to 'use it up'.

We also were using up WW2 ammo and WW2 C-Rations. About once a month we would go the mess hall only find rows and rows of green C-Ration cans on the steam tables, and those damned P-38 can openers were useless. Thankfully there were good can openers on every table. In the field however we were stuck with those P-38s. In the mess tent the cans were heated, but in field we would put them on the exhaust manifold of our vehicles to heat them up.

 

[1srelluc]

We didn't use them much, and when we did we didn't move around much in bitter cold weather. They are meant for extended stays in the field, and of course bitter cold in combat.

I was surprised that they are still around and are still called Mickey Mouse boots.

I used them in late deer season because they worked. They were great for stand hunting. The trick was just wearing a pr of the thin wool .mil socks. No worries with cold feet. I hear ice fishermen (the ones that stay out in the open) still use them to beat the cold.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Kubrick’s Use of Mickey Mouse Song in ‘Full Metal Jacket’ is Genius!

[SPOILER ALERT: If you ever plan on watching “Full Metal Jacket,” don’t read this. You probably shouldn’t watch the embedded video, either.] Just watched Kubrick’s &#8…

chrisapollolynn.wordpress.com

When I was little, my grandfather would play an old Mickey Mouse Club record. I remember marching around, gleefully raising my mom’s old baton up and down while singing the theme song with joy. There isn’t that same vigor in the voices of these soldiers. They have to make themselves joyful. By singing this particular song, they are able to grasp on to any last scrap of humanity or any distant memory of innocence. Brilliant.



I posted this scene in jest to a thread last evening and got to wondering more about it.....Damn, it was brilliant!

Genius.

 

[whitehall]

I thought it was disrespectful to the Troops but typical of Tinsletown.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Kubrick is awesome, with one exception (for me) - Clockwork Orange. Don't get it, don't want to.
Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick once said was his best contribution. It is an intense story, but I think Marriage Story is better.

 

[Woodznutz]

I thought it was disrespectful to the Troops but typical of Tinsletown.

You apparently were never in the Army. "Mickey Mouse Shit" was a common expression for military duty that was petty, stupid, and unnecessary. That's what those soldiers were expressing in that song as they marched along. They were expressing disrespect and disdain for the commanders who sent them there.

Another similar expression soldiers used was, "The unwilling, led by the unqualified, to do the unnecessary."

 

[martybegan]

Kubrick’s Use of Mickey Mouse Song in ‘Full Metal Jacket’ is Genius!

[SPOILER ALERT: If you ever plan on watching “Full Metal Jacket,” don’t read this. You probably shouldn’t watch the embedded video, either.] Just watched Kubrick’s &#8…

chrisapollolynn.wordpress.com

When I was little, my grandfather would play an old Mickey Mouse Club record. I remember marching around, gleefully raising my mom’s old baton up and down while singing the theme song with joy. There isn’t that same vigor in the voices of these soldiers. They have to make themselves joyful. By singing this particular song, they are able to grasp on to any last scrap of humanity or any distant memory of innocence. Brilliant.



I posted this scene in jest to a thread last evening and got to wondering more about it.....Damn, it was brilliant!

You can tell how iconic the moment was because many people think of this scene when they hear the song, not actually Mickey Mouse.

 

[1srelluc]

You can tell how iconic the moment was because many people think of this scene when they hear the song, not actually Mickey Mouse.

(it was also used as a) slang expression meaning small-time, amateurish or trivial.

It alludes to the cartoon character appearing in Walt Disney films which by the mid-1930s had become childish and silly.

The term acquired widespread use during World War II, when soldiers used it to describe absurd regulations and petty discipline, and thereafter was applied to almost anything.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it also means poor quality or counterfeit.

In Poland, the phrase "mały Miki", which translates to "small Mickey", means something very simple and trivial.

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As in....."Damn, that's some Mickey Mouse shit right there".....I used to hear that used all the time in my AO and even in prison slang. "You Mickey Mouse-ass motherfucker".

 

[martybegan]

(it was also used as a) slang expression meaning small-time, amateurish or trivial.

It alludes to the cartoon character appearing in Walt Disney films which by the mid-1930s had become childish and silly.

The term acquired widespread use during World War II, when soldiers used it to describe absurd regulations and petty discipline, and thereafter was applied to almost anything.

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it also means poor quality or counterfeit.

In Poland, the phrase "mały Miki", which translates to "small Mickey", means something very simple and trivial.

wikipedia.org+1



As in....."Damn, that's some Mickey Mouse shit right there".....I used to hear that used all the time in my AO and even in prison slang. "You Mickey Mouse-ass motherfucker".

I think the song was also used for the opening phrase to reference the brotherhood of the Marine Corps

"who's the leader of the club who's made for you and me"