< Jarhead
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- prodigalslacker0
i'm amazed at all the negative comments. it's an absolutely brilliant character movie.
it's not a typical war movie but the first gulf war wasn't typical... itw as just point and click, use some stealth bombers, out like that.
it's about people being in this position and it's out of their control what happens.
- wadafa0
Sounds like the films the suck
- jimeeboy510
welcome to the suck!
- pepe0
there is no comparison to 3 kings, its two completely different stories and contexts. i think it stands alone from any typical war movie if nothing else for lack of combat.
- jimeeboy510
saw it last night. i thought it was pretty good. a friend's friend that was with us was actually a marine sniper similar to the main characters. he said that it was a pretty close interpretation of things that went on out there, but in reality, tons more happened. its hard to compare it to other war flicks tho.
- wadafa0
Yeah but it was also before the second war...change of atmosphere no doubt
- citizen0
Three Kings at least tried something new -
- wadafa0
I havn't seen it yet but can anyone compare it to Three Kings?
- citizen0
I saw it last night - got sucked in by all the comparisons the quality war movies - so i was disapointed.
mundane.
- travisbarto0
I saw it last night. I found it pretty interesting.
- Jaline0
I'm hoping it isn't too bad, b/c Sam Mendes (the director) is married to Kate Winslet, and I like her. Hahaha, I'm such a weirdo.
- Jaline0
It got mixed reviews. Most men seem to like, and women seem to dislike it (b/c of the way it portrays the army portraying women, which could be true, but it's still really negative), and then there are ppl who are offended by it.
- PonyBoy0
the gulf war did not happen..
imakedesign
(Nov 7 05, 14:15)
---Jake Gyllenhaal doesn't exist either...
... that shit's all CG.
- peteski0
Full Metal Jacket with all the interesting parts cut out so the kiddies wont have to think too hard.
- loaf0
I thought the movie was great.. i thought it was a interesting perspective of modern volunteer army . these guys are all hopped up to kill and technology ends up doing all the fighting.. i think it was a great viewpoint..
- imakedesign0
the gulf war did not happen..
- skt0
i dont know what the movie was trying to depict...if it was trying to show the brutality of war, it didnt. if it was trying to show the psychological effects, it wasn't as good as a full metal jacket or even saving private ryan...i know they are all completely different wars--technologicall y advancements-- but still, c'mon
quoined
(Nov 7 05, 13:50)It was about loneliness and futility. Different wars, different films.
- pepe0
i saw this movie last night and really enjoyed it. it was a movie about nothing and waiting for something that didnt happen. pretty rad that they extended an entire film around this. as oppose to something expected.
- quoined0
i dont know what the movie was trying to depict...if it was trying to show the brutality of war, it didnt. if it was trying to show the psychological effects, it wasn't as good as a full metal jacket or even saving private ryan...i know they are all completely different wars--technologically advancements-- but still, c'mon
- jevad0
Thomas Jefferson:
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism"