< Jarhead
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- blackspade0
so you can make a movie about the war, ..but u cant broadcast 'actual' footage of the war & soldiers
while real people give their lives, actors get rich playing their roles~ then go home to their homely comforts & family
whats next? ..the movie & game as precursers to the actual events ?
its a mindfuck to think how rediculous this whole thing is
- jevad0
Republican - you are obviously too much of a fucking moron, and too much of a pussy hiding behind a screen name, to admit that challenging a governing cabinet that is destroying the country you love is more patriotic than blindly supporting it.
America and it's people deserve better.
- digitalswarm0
You guys really need to read the book so you know what it's actually about.
- sherman0
so you can make a movie about the war, ..but u cant broadcast 'actual' footage of the war & soldiers
while real people give their lives, actors get rich playing their roles~ then go home to their homely comforts & family
whats next? ..the movie & game as precursers to the actual events ?
its a mindfuck to think how rediculous this whole thing is
blackspade
(Aug 24 05, 15:54)Well put
- peteski0
Full Metal Jacket with all the interesting parts cut out so the kiddies wont have to think too hard.
- prodigalslacker0
good read rand. good read indeed.
i thought jarhead was fabulous. really showed what sort of mentality the media and the army put into the headsa of these kids.
- 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.
- horton0
yup... actors replaying the Gulf War on a set probably somewhere in a safe zone of Saudi (with heavy military protection i'm sure).. while the current war carries on endlessly just next door. seriously fcked.
you'ld think they could have at least saved a few million$ in pyrotechnics and shot some stunts in Iraq ;)
- prodigalslacker0
Republican - you are obviously too much of a fucking moron, and too much of a pussy hiding behind a screen name, to admit that challenging a governing cabinet that is destroying the country you love is more patriotic than blindly supporting it.
America and it's people deserve better.
jevad
(Nov 7 05, 10:25)
-------------wasn't it zinn who said the highest form of patriotism is dissent?
also rand do you have a link to that article, i can't find it for some reason.
- blackspade0
why not use the millions to fund the best war documentary ever made
& give a real perspective
that would paint the ugly picture needed
- jevad0
Thomas Jefferson:
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism"
- sherman0
because the documentary would be about blood money not about freedom and democracy.
//sounds like a documentary that only a terrorist would want to make
- StratusGD0
Ah yes, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, FMJ, Apocalypse Now...should only be watched by 13yr olds, right?
::sigh::
If you don't like it, don't watch it. BTW, Republican, Japan attacked us, then Germany declared war on us. It's ok that you didn't read your history books.
- pascii0
everyone loves heroes.
heroes = money.
- 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
- fullerc0
actors replaying the Gulf War on a set probably somewhere in a safe zone of Saudi
horton
(Aug 24 05, 16:01)
Trivia: Filmed in the Imperial Valley in Southern California, which features conditions very similar to Iraq. Marines did use one of the local towns, Brawley, for training purposes due to similarities to Iraq.
- fullerc0
I watched Three Kings for the first time a few months ago. I've watched 3xs since then. Great f'in movie.
- sdrawkcab0
Will have to see it before i can Judge, but it looks like full metal jacket meets Three kings.
- Republican20
So what's the deal here? Let me guess. Anything that has a glimmer of making America look good makes you all angry. Iraq is like WWII all over again. Another war that was unpopular by the masses but in the end...
when will you learn?
The Germans didn't attack the US - Japan did. WWII.
Iraq didn't attack the US - Al Qaeda did.
Nothing is more sad then envy mixed with ignorance.
- ethios0
i wonder if michael more will make a cameo