saw Jarhead

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:10 am

good movie....I'm still digesting it, was quite intense.

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:22 am

Off to see it in a couple of hours! Can't wait!!

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:22 am

Awesome, Jack!!

Let us know what you thought, Chris.

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:45 am

it was really good. Not at all a preachy anti-war pink-O lefty propaganda film whatsoever. Just a very personal story about one mans exerience in the 'Corps in Desert Storm.

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:48 am

You mean they didn't make a special version for the Left Coast?

KIDDING!!!

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:50 am

Blisster wrote:it was really good. Not at all a preachy anti-war pink-O lefty propaganda film whatsoever. Just a very personal story about one mans exerience in the 'Corps in Desert Storm.

Why do I have to be liberal

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:55 am

Lefty wrote:Why do I have to be liberal

Too many hugs as a kid?

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:56 am

I knew hat would get a +1 outta you!

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:10 pm

Blisster wrote:I knew hat would get a +1 outta you!

Bravo Zulu

Leatherneck · Post by **Leatherneck** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:29 pm

Yeah, but does it show Michael Moore getting blown to pieces while eating an explosive twinkie

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:51 pm

I'll leave it for a Netflix night!

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:55 pm

I was reading that there isn't any action scenes. ANd that its more drama than war/drama....

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:58 pm

RoscoPColtrane wrote:I was reading that there isn't any action scenes. ANd that its more drama than war/drama....

Which is why I won't waste my money on it. My sister told me last night to not bother with it if you're expecting a good war movie.

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 3:41 pm

Blisster wrote:it was really good. Not at all a preachy anti-war pink-O lefty propaganda film whatsoever. Just a very personal story about one mans exerience in the 'Corps in Desert Storm.

Couldn't of said it better.

Exactly what Jack said to a T. Yeah, not a lot of action. Not really a war movie, but still a pretty good movie. Just don't go in thinking its a war movie and you'll enjoy it much better.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:01 pm

RoscoPColtrane wrote:There isn't any action scenes. Its more drama than war/drama....

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:09 pm

based on the trailer how could you NOT expect a war movie?

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:19 pm

dude it was awesome. It was a war movie told from one man's point of view. It was intense and definitely very thought provoking. It wasn't about a war, it was about a soldier.

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:20 pm

It's about a soldier...that's how the trailer sounded.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:37 pm

RoscoPColtrane wrote:I was reading that there isn't any action scenes. ANd that its more drama than war/drama....

Okay...and the downside is....?

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:14 pm

Jim wrote:Okay...and the downside is....?

I want to see a new WAR movie...thats the downside!

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:16 pm

Action movies make me.

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:37 am

ScottE wrote:Action movies make me.

LOL......ooooook.

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:36 am

ScottE wrote:Action movies make me.

Yet you watch old Cavs basketball games on ESPN Classics?

Hmm....

Leatherneck · Post by **Leatherneck** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:28 pm

This Jarhead wants nothing to do with the movie. I can't stand the trend in movie making these days. Filthy language, sexual content everywhere you look. No thanks.

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:30 pm

bigmo66 wrote:This Jarhead wants nothing to do with the movie. I can't stand the trend in movie making these days. Filthy language, sexual content everywhere you look. No thanks.

I'm not sure how you could make a realistic movie about a soldier and not fill the thing with cussing. Some things just go together.

PinkKitty · Post by **PinkKitty** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:30 pm

I cant wait to see it! Thanks for the heads up! Sam and I got free movie tickets from Albertsons so we might make this friday a jarhead night

aeonblue11 · Post by **aeonblue11** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:36 pm

bigmo66 wrote:This Jarhead wants nothing to do with the movie. I can't stand the trend in movie making these days. Filthy language, sexual content everywhere you look. No thanks.

what kind of marine are you?

64bit · Post by **64bit** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:13 pm

I can't wait to see this one. Tickets are still to bright in the middle and dark around the edges though

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:19 pm

bigmo66 wrote:This Jarhead wants nothing to do with the movie. I can't stand the trend in movie making these days. Filthy language, sexual content everywhere you look. No thanks.

These days? If this is such a recent occurance, why was there any need for groups like the Legion of Decency, which began in the 30's?

Leatherneck · Post by **Leatherneck** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:24 pm

aeonblue11 wrote:what kind of marine are you?

The Marine's Prayer
Almighty Father , whose command is over all and whose love never fails, make me aware of Thy presence and obedient to Thy will. Keep me true to my best self, guarding me against dishonesty in purpose and deed and helping me to live so that I can face my fellow Marines, my loved ones and Thee without shame or fear. Protect my family. Give me the will to do the work of a Marine and to accept my share of responsibilities with vigor and enthusiasm. Grant me the courage to be proficient in my daily performance. Keep me loyal and faithful to my superiors and to the duties my country and the Marine Corps have entrusted to me. Make me considerate of those committed to my leadership. Help me to wear my uniform with dignity, and let it remind me daily of the traditions which I must uphold.

If I am inclined to doubt, steady my faith; if I am tempted, make me strong to resist; if I should miss the mark, give me courage to try again.

Guide me with the light of truth and grant me wisdom by which I may understand the answer to my prayer.
AMEN.

Something wrong with that?

Contrary to what some folks in Hollywood would have you believe, not every Marine is a pud-whacking, foul-mouthed, hard drinking, womanizing animal.

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:17 pm

mountainman wrote:Yet you watch old Cavs basketball games on ESPN Classics?

Hmm....

I'm talking about the mindless action movies where 99.9% of the movie is stuff blowing up or people shooting at eachother.

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:49 pm

ScottE wrote:I'm talking about the mindless action movies where 99.9% of the movie is stuff blowing up or people shooting at eachother.

Sounds like my kind of movie!!

DaddyLongLeg · Post by **DaddyLongLeg** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:16 pm

Blisster wrote:good movie....I'm still digesting it, was quite intense.

Nice to know it's worth seeing. I'll probably check it out this weekend

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:21 pm

Saw it...liked it. I would recommend it.

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:38 am

OK, most of the guys that saw the movie that i know liked it. The one that i saw it with tonight had already seen it, and he said he really didnt like it.

It was a good movie, showed parts of a war that a lot of war movies dont show.. It was very 'american beauty' in a lot of parts.. but that makes sense. Heres my big problem with it... If i had fought in desert storm i would be offended.. and even though i didnt i still kinda do. I think it gives a warm fuzzy to joe average citizen about whats going on over there. Call up any soldier/marine in iraq today and ask them how often they play football or throw parties in tshirts.. ask how often they discharge their weapons in the air...

It kinda makes a joke of it all.. granted, there were serious parts but it kinda made the marines out to look like a joke. Just my opinion.. even if it is a 100 percent acurate account of what this one marine went though. I think its giving the general public a bad idea of whats going on over there, and what went on over there in desert storm.

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:23 am

To me, it didn't look like they were "a joke", but keeping their sanity however they could.

But than again, it was just a movie and I've never been in the military, so...

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:28 am

Probably was a good movie, gotta say we need more of these since enlistment is down.

Blisster wrote:good movie....I'm still digesting it, was quite intense.

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:36 am

knightmare wrote:Probably was a good movie, gotta say we need more of these since enlistment is down.

... ya really think that movie would boost enlistment? movies that are actually showing what goes on over there, i think would be counterproductive in the enlistment dept.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:40 am

I had a large popcorn with my daughter. She didn't share her Coke. And something sticky was on the floor.

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:44 am

you are thinking like a woman, a civilian male in a area with higher than average unemployment, exhibiting or wanting to play out his macho desires-- could be influenced to embrace such a lifestyle.

Meggie wrote:... ya really think that movie would boost enlistment? movies that are actually showing what goes on over there, i think would be counterproductive in the enlistment dept.