Why do some people hate the 2nd half?
Is it really cause they wanted more Hartman/Ermey colorful abuse and lingo? It was enjoyable, but it could have worn out its welcome real fast.
If anything, without that 2nd half, all the stress and endurance conveyed on screen would have amounted to nihil. All the new characters, like Rafterman, Animal Mother and the interview scenes etc..... really drive home the whole point of the 2nd half, as well as a bit of the first: war is madness