Posted on 11/10/2005 9:22:52 PM PST by smoothsailing
I believe that a more appropriate title would be, Jughead.
God bless our troops who have payed the ultimate sacrifice, for those who are currently serving in our Armed Forces, our retired vets, and all of their loved ones.
We salute you.
New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com
Send in Marines?
By ROBERT DOMINGUEZ
DAILY NEWS FEATURE WRITER
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
While "Jarhead" depicts U.S. Marines showing bravery in battle during the first Gulf War, it hardly earned a hearty hoo-waa! from the Corps.
The USMC refused to assist the producers with the making of the upcoming film, which is based on former Marine sniper Anthony Swofford's controversial memoir of his 1991 tour of duty in Desert Storm.
"In most cases, we do cooperate," says Lt. Tryiokasus Brown, deputy director of the U.S. Marine Corps Motion Picture and Television Liaison Office in Los Angeles.
"But we have particular instructions from the Department of Defense that we follow, and the original script [for "Jarheads"] did not meet D.O.D. requirements," adds Brown. "It did not show a feasible interpretation of military life or operations or policies, and those are the guidelines we follow."
Though Brown could not be specific about the reasons for the USMC's reluctance to aid the production, it's not hard to see why.
Published two years ago, Swofford's "Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles" was both lauded and lambasted for its brutally honest look at life in the modern military.
The movie, which opens Friday, likewise contains scenes of young Marines engaging in certain activities - ranging from silly to sexual to psychotic - that would make John Wayne wince with embarrassment.
"Those are [Swofford's] personal memoirs, and we understand it's totally entertainment," says Brown. "It's not meant to be a documentary."
Yet one Marine who has read the book and seen the film has no problems with the screen adaptation.
"I found a few things in the book to be maybe a little inaccurate, maybe embellished," says the corpsman, who wished to remain anonymous. "However, some of the relationships in the movie seemed to be true to life."
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Well this is one Corpsman that would like to find that coward of a Corpsman that won't even give his name. I apologize for the limp wristed sh*t head, Doc Johnson 3/7 1st Mar Division 1969-70. Thanks Marine for keeping me alive!
During and after World War II, every studio produced films that encouraged a war-weary nation -- and showed American soldiers, sailors, airmen, Guardsmen and Marines as committed, courageous and compassionate. But that was the "good war" --...thats because Hollywood knew it would be closed down if America lost the war.....They have fealt no threat since then.
Lance Corporal Aaron Mankin of Edmond, one of the Marines Kelso interviewed live on KRXO from Iraq was injured in the recent US offensive along the Syrian border. He is currently undergoing treatment at the US base in San Antonio. We are raising funds to assist Aaron's family with the costs of travel to and from San Antonio. A trust has been set up at any Mid First Bank "The Aaron Mankin Family Trust". A little, or a lot...your donations can be made at any Mid First Bank location.
Uncle Ollie Ping!!
God Bless you Doc, thanks for keeping Marines Alive.
Tet68.
Fictional movies based on current events vs. Fictional news based on current events. Same crap.
[ Mr. Swofford maintains it is an accurate depiction of his military experience, from boot camp -- where he claims to have been abused and belittled by a maniacal drill instructor --]
It's hard to break down elitist attitudes of overblown self worth and value and to make a man out of a girlie-boy.
Appantly, it did not work for Swofford.
Any chance we could provoke the Hollywood liberals into a riot so that we could send the National Guard in to smack them around for awhile?
USMC 81-85 and I personally think ol' Ollie ought to loosen his tie a little bit. I like the movie and saw nothing wrong or grossly inaccurate except field Marines do not look like they spend time in the weight room only the REMFs look like that. The price of the hooch seemed cheap, but it could have been some real crap.
The article fails to prove the title. I wish he had provided some examples.
Ollie for President!
FReepmail me if you would like to be added to, or removed from, the Oliver North ping list...
I have to say that from all I've read on FR this movie is awful. I refuse to go to movies because I'm not giving my money to Hollywierd. The funny thing is my son, a former Marine, loved the movie. I'm going to have him read this and see what he thinks.
You can't ascribe sensible, logical thought patterns to narcissistic Hollywood liberals. They think with their emotions, and if they don't "feel" in danger, they they aren't. Rent the 1965 movie Ship of Fools to get an idea of the degree to which self-deception can go.
Hollywood certainly couldn't have THAT happening!
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