Lando 
Posted on 11/11/2005 12:14:48 PM PST by neverdem
Remember those black and white WWII movies...They might not have been realalistic in terms of the "feel of war" (which I cannot attest to), but at least they were pro-militiary and pro-America.
Hollywood has sh1t for brains and they disregard most of "real America." Some enterprizing filmmaker will someday make a pro-militiary movie about this struggle, and it will be enormously successfull. (Just like they said "passion of the christ" would do poorly and were completely wrong, they're making a the same mistake here).
Most people just don't watch movies anymore, or rarely. You can tell all the movies stink, because "critics" always talk about them now in terms of "dollars drawn," and never in terms of substance.
Ping to a bad review of "Jarhead"...
Semper Fi
I will never see it because the trailer reeks with hip-hop, rap crap, so the movie must contain the same garbage.
You need a caveat to your question. With the exception of Bob Hope and those of the entertainment industry that work with the U.S.O. what has hollywierd done for the troops.
I had the priviledge of seeing Bob Hope and Raquel at Danang (freedom hill) during the Christmas tour of 1967. He was telling some of the same jokes he told the troops in WWII with some minor variations to the then current war. Semper Fi.
Green Beret was probably the last movie made by Hollywood that praised the military. Havent seen a decent hero since John Wayne died. Willis is a nice guy but the roles he plays are sometimes a lot over the top.
The one I constantly laugh at is when the planes couldnt get into Dulles.Terrorists had shut down communications and the runway. LOL the funny thing is Richmond, National, Andrews, the Pax River Naval station, BWI are all within 50 miles which is nothing when you are in a plane.
I always thought it was a blessing that Bob Hope passed on between Dessert Shield/Storm and OEF/OIF. He would have been too frail to go, and it would have broken his heart that he could not go. Veterans of 4 wars have a special place in their hearts for Bob.
And of course each contingent has their own favorites among the ladies who went with him. I'm kinda partial to Ann Margret myself.
Lando
I too have fond admiration for Ms. Margaret. But the first American woman I ever saw in a "mini" skirt was Raquel. Gotta admit it set the bar to high for most of the women I saw after I got back.
See this article makes me wonder what his take on the movie "Annapolis" will be. Since I have a feeling it will be based on Jim Webbs novel "A Sense of Honor." However if hollywood does what they did with jarhead with annapolis there will be a lot of un happy grads. Among whom is Ollie North.
True. I forgot that Hope had entertained the troops in Veitnam.
Thank you both....I will rent that this weekend.
Sounds like Annapolis is a boxing movie set at the academy....
You made the only positive comment about "Jarhead", IIRC.
How does it compare to "Platoon"? BTW, I believe that "Platoon" was the first realistic movie about grunts in Vietnam.
Well, of recent war films:
1) We Were Soliders - Best film about the Vietnam War, IMHO. Mel Gibson. Wonderful, underrated film.
2) Gettysburg - Admittedly about the Civil War, but still a great movie, one of my favorites.
I agree that We Were Soldiers is a great film...it doesn't focus on the politics at all really...just the soldiers and their families. Plus..the soundtrack is wonderful. It has the song, "Mansions of the Lord" sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral. Very moving!
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Thanks for the ping.
Didn't see the movie and won't. Did see some of the trailers on TV.
I could tell that it would be anti-USMC. I was there, we didn't talk like that. We didn't talk jive. We were all business.
I was fortunate to serve with some of the most supremely well-educated and thoughtful men I have ever known... and they are still good friends.
Platoon was half about boot and half about the war. The part about boot was as close to 100 percent as I've seen - the other half I didn't think was that great.
I think Jarhead was funnier than platoon and concentrates more on the time after boot. It is also geared to the young folks that are of military sign-up age.
Our priest last Sunday said he saw it (he's a former military man) and it should be re-named Air Head not Jar Head. He said it was the worst movie he had ever seen.
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