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"BTW, are you going to see the movie Jarhead? the previews that I saw the other day looked pretty good."

This is sure to disappoint you, Dolly, but I am *not* a moviegoer. In Greensboro, NC, for lower tax purposes, we in 1984 had built our house in beautiful, peaceful woods in Randolph County, 9 miles below the Forest Oaks Country Club area.
We were just 2 miles from a divided Super Slab into the city, and a little further on, Moses Cone Hospital where I worked 15 years. (20 miles door to door)

With such very limited time, rising at 0450 to get to work before 0730 - home, with a grocery stop, often being 1830 before reaching home - as a News Junkie, stayed up until the 2300 news and weather...to sleep by 0030 or 0100, usually.

NO TIME to go back into Greensoro and way up/over to any theater; long drive on weekend; exorbitant cost; *lack of real interest* in nearly all - still was not the Primary Reason we have NOT been to a single one since 1986 when we viewed Oliver Stone's disgusting version of The Nam Experience...Platoon.

So incensed by his drug-crazed portrayal of our military, and my husband being there in the THICK OF IT ALL - and the USA public move AGAINST our heroes - the Spitting Party reception by hippies in San Francisco, and was MADE to SIT AT THE BACK OF THE PLANES ascross the country so he "wouldn't UPSET THE CIVILIANS" - - I nearly self-immolated, finally letting the suppressed feelings out.
MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS THE GULF WAR VETS WHO DEMANDED NAM ONES BE HONORED, and finally said, "WELCOME HOME, BROTHERS."...

That brought out the tremendous anger and grief held within me since the year when he was fighting there and I was alone rearing 3 children, very careful in public places with a military decal on my car.

I am too much an American patriot and realist to need any _ _ _ _ from a twisted Hollywood producer/writer/star/whatever the source.They all eventually come to your televion set, especially with the advent of cable; and if we desire, turn movies on there.

One exception was buying for $10 a used DVD of The Passion of The Christ by Mel Gibson. We watched it in our living room, where we wore casual attire, could pause it - got food and drinks - took breaks - and did not have to bother with persons needing to get past you - TALK, distracting you - it all works fine for us!

We have a TV set in the living room, and one to the right of the computer here, both of us able to 24/7 keep up to speed on the important dramas of each day, between the TV and Free Republic..:))

In between, we choose to read a LOT of books...