I saw the sneak preview of "JarHead" tonight
11-05-2005, 02:02 PM
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I saw the movie last night. I have to say, it was not what I expected. Fairly decent movie I guess. They did one hell of a job editing the previews. I don't see it being number one on the box office next week.
11-06-2005, 01:42 PM
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saw the movie and just comming out of the sand box myself this past april It had me thinking of my experiecnes. This movie is really accurate to the way Marines Act and Think. You have everything from Normal Jarheads to extreme green machines. A lot of what swaford felt in the movie I went through as well. The ending was just an emotional thing for me as well. Also for the Antics that took place in the movie, It does happen even today. Depends on your command on how lienent they are or how strict.
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11-06-2005, 03:24 PM
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I will be going today sometime this night, i will be supporting wearing my USMC shirt. Hopefully I will enjoy the movie.
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I like this part of the movie!!
11-06-2005, 10:49 PM
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I just saw the movie tonite, and I thought it was great. I noticed a lot of people walked out disappointed, which is too bad. They missed the whole point of the movie.
11-07-2005, 01:57 AM
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i liked the movie. only thing i would have done differently is left out anything that was like Full Metal Jacket, such as the part showing recruit Swofford getting choked. they could've took the original of pyle being choked in FMJ and looped it into this movie without very many people noticing. it was almost the exact same shot. now i know some producers/directors are into paying "homage" to previous films, but it shouldn't be so obvious.so, isay its better than full metal jacket, about even with Rules of Engagement, but still has to bow down to the king of Marine movies, Heartbreak Ridge.
11-07-2005, 02:08 AM
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Originally Posted by | Powered by Satan |
I understand completely w/ the Hoorah comment as my family is full of marines so we always get earfuls of comments from them when movies like jar head come out. How long have you been in service. My cousin is going on year number 4 and he is now a corpral(sp) at age 21 and completed both OSC's, went through sniper school, and the marines pulled him out of going to iraq to send him to the citadel.
11-07-2005, 11:11 AM
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The movie wasn't supposed to be about death and killing! This movie was giving live accounts of how life was when they went to desert storm/shield. Very similar to the way I lived when I went to iraq. Just cuz they go to war and they don't kill doesn't make it bad. In my eyes if you go to war and you don't kill anyone your the lucky one.
11-07-2005, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by VsGonzo
The movie wasn't supposed to be about death and killing! This movie was giving live accounts of how life was when they went to desert storm/shield. Very similar to the way I lived when I went to iraq. Just cuz they go to war and they don't kill doesn't make it bad. In my eyes if you go to war and you don't kill anyone your the lucky one.
