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Jarhead hits harder than most war movies
- Thread starter Senator Toadstool
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I watched before I joined. Back then the movie made me uncomfortable.
After all that happened when I did join, not sure I could watch it because of how uncomfortable it'd make me for different reasons.
Looking back, it's a good movie.
After all that happened when I did join, not sure I could watch it because of how uncomfortable it'd make me for different reasons.
Looking back, it's a good movie.
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I saw it ages ago when it was first released. Only thing I remember was the "latrine duty" scene. So disgusting I never wanted to go back and watch it again because of it.
Love how misleading the trailer was, made it look like a high octane action movie.
I enjoyed it for what it was.
I enjoyed it for what it was.
Yeah I remember seeing this in the theater when it came out and expecting something completely different. I liked it then, but I think I'd enjoy it much more on a rewatch today.
Yeah it's a pretty damn good film. The book is actually a lot better not to diss on the movie in anyway but just a lot more expanded than what a 2 hour movie could do. But he talks a lot more about the isolation....the suffocating heat. The scorned lovers and the hate he got from people who despised the military. The blatant alcoholism that a lot of guys had (or at least using it to get through really hard shit like burying a friend)
For no better terms it just felt very "how it was" which obviously I have no idea about but it just does. Really nails that empty, nihilistic feeling of wartime and the movie does that really well too. Specifically also that environment of watching air power just destroy everything and not really ever being "needed" or seeing heavy combat. Which these guys trained for and lusted after......and then you basically do not see it, and it just drove these guys crazy.
It stuck with me.
For no better terms it just felt very "how it was" which obviously I have no idea about but it just does. Really nails that empty, nihilistic feeling of wartime and the movie does that really well too. Specifically also that environment of watching air power just destroy everything and not really ever being "needed" or seeing heavy combat. Which these guys trained for and lusted after......and then you basically do not see it, and it just drove these guys crazy.
It stuck with me.
it's because Jarhead wasn't about the war. It was about the expectations of those who served and acclimating to people who haven't. At least that is how I saw it and the people I know(including family) who went out and joined the military, not exactly the army always.
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Saw it when it first released. Can hardly remember a thing about it. Thought it was pretty forgettable.
They are some straight to DVD hot garbage, from the looks of them.
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I haven't seen the film since it released in theaters but I remember really enjoying it. I own the DVD so I should pop that in and rewatch it sometime soon.
They're cheap action movies that completely miss the point of the original.
Yeah based off a real like 2003 memoir. Really fantastic I'd highly recommend it. Goes a bit deeper into the friends death and stuff as well
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If you liked Jarhead I'd recommend watching the miniseries Generation Kill.
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