What does Semper Fi mean? [It's a shortened version of the Latin phrase 'Semper Fidelis', which means 'always faithful'.]
Answered by Tailkinker
Full Metal Jacket (1987) - 2 questions
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Adam Baldwin, Arliss Howard, Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio (add more)
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What does Semper Fi mean? [It's a shortened version of the Latin phrase 'Semper Fidelis', which means 'always faithful'.]
Answered by Tailkinker
Private Joker asks the gunner on the chopper about how he is able to shoot women and children, and the gunner replies by saying 'it's easy, you just don't lead them so much'. Does anyone know what that means? [To lead means to aim ahead of a moving target. His statement means that women and children don't run as fast as men, so you don't need to aim as far in front of them to hit them.]
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