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Jarhead Movie: Yes or No?
Posted on 11/06/2005 2:32:55 PM PST by angloamerican
JARHEAD, the movie based upon Anthony Swofford's book, came out on Friday, 4 November.
Any word on whether the movie supports the War Effort or if it is another Hollywood attempt to undermine the military?
I don't want to vote with my dollars and see it if it turns out to have an agenda.
Please advise!
TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; jarhead; marines; moviereview; waronterror
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To: angloamerican
The movie is about the first gulf war. As for pro or against, haven't seen it. Figure it'll make something nice to watch via NetFlix in April.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:34:53 PM PST
by
kingu
(Draft Fmr Senator Fred Thompson for '08.)
To: angloamerican
It is about the first Gulf War I believe.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:35:41 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
To: angloamerican
I've heard good things about it from conservative friends. Planning on seeing it for myself sometime soon.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:36:19 PM PST
by
Firefigher NC
(Volunteer firefighters- standing tall, serving proud in the tradition of Ben Franklin.)
To: angloamerican
save your money
Semper Fi,
Kelly
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:36:30 PM PST
by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: angloamerican
You signed up today to ask this?
Thumbs down on the movie per those who were actually there.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:37:16 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not all problems can be solved with a sledge hammer. Sometimes nitroglycerin is required. Or a Nuke)
To: angloamerican
I haven't seen it but it had bad reviews here from a lot of Freepers on an earlier thread.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:37:18 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Firefigher NC
Me too. Sounds to be good. I haven't seen it though.
To: angloamerican
For what it's worth, my nephew, and 2 of his friends, all Marines and all 2 tour Iraq veterans, saw it last night. They all liked it very much.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:37:43 PM PST
by
looloo
To: angloamerican
I don't think I'd bother. It is hollyweird, after all.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:38:20 PM PST
by
RushCrush
(Now for sale at your nearest gift shop, refrigerator magnets for boys on 'how to grow up and be gay')
To: angloamerican
I'm hearing good things, the Weekly Standard liked it.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:38:34 PM PST
by
Mr.Clark
(From the darkness....I shall come)
To: angloamerican
Welcome to Free Republic.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:39:20 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: kingu
nothing to do with the movie, but the Netflix CEO is one of the most outspoken democratic CEOs in the state. It's the sole reason I won't do Netflix, shame too b/c it's a very local company to me.
To: angloamerican
I have been seeing ads which say it is made by the same guy who made "American Beauty".
That pretty much makes me want to avoid it since I think that may have been the most disgusting movie I have ever seen.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:42:56 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: angloamerican
It's from the same moron that made "American Beauty." The "Jughead" character and author of the book from which the movie was made claims he was a "sniper" during Gulf War I and is proud of the fact that he never "hurt or killed anybody." I'm gonna pass.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:43:39 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(When I was a kid, the national news media was the GOOD GUYS.)
To: angloamerican
Micheal Medved reviewed this flick on Friday.
He said 2.5 stars...and not to bother with it...
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:46:23 PM PST
by
GRRRRR
(America is a better place because of people like us...)
To: angloamerican
I started to watch the author on Booknotes,on C-Span.
I turned it off,I will not be seeing the movie.
P.S.,my brother served in Desert Storm.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:48:07 PM PST
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served, to keep us free.)
To: angloamerican
For what it's worth, the liberal movie critics hate it. Mostly because there's no strong anti-war message in it. Look what they wrote, as compiled by IMDB.com:
Several critics are faulting Jarhead for presenting an elegant view of America's soldiers during the first Gulf War without any sort of social viewpoint. "It is a movie that walks up to some of the most urgent and painful issues of our present circumstance, clears its throat loudly and, with occasional flourishes of impressive rhetoric, says nothing," writes A.O. Scott in the New York Times. Rick Groen in the Toronto Globe and Mail puts it this way: "The result is a war picture that, trying to pass off fidelity to the book as objectivity, sacrifices any voice of its own, and ends up not knowing what to think."
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:48:29 PM PST
by
paudio
(Four More Years..... Let's Use Them Wisely...)
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To: angloamerican
Haven't seen it but it got rave reviews from Bill Mccuddy on Fox news this morning.
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posted on
11/06/2005 2:56:51 PM PST
by
Clint N. Suhks
(If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
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