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Jarhead

Discussion in 'TV & Movie Discussion' started by sockittome16, Nov 1, 2005.

  1. Nov 1, 2005 at 11:35 PM #1
    sockittome16

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    Saw a sneak preview of Jarhead tonight. I thought it would be more serious than it was. More like a funny movie with serious parts than a serious movie with funny parts. I thought it was really good, but I didn't read the book. 3 of us who didn't read the book thought it was real good, but the two that read the book were dissapointed
     
  2. Nov 3, 2005 at 9:33 AM #2
    Willy

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    Looks good... I want to see it.
     
  3. Nov 7, 2005 at 3:30 PM #3
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    hasbeen99 Fighting the stereotype

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    It was... interesting.
     
  4. Nov 7, 2005 at 6:32 PM #4
    homer2k79

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    I thought it was pretty good
     
  5. Nov 7, 2005 at 7:47 PM #5
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    Explain what you mean by this please.
     
  6. Nov 8, 2005 at 12:35 PM #6
    hasbeen99

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    It was what it was -- a deep look into the mind of a young marine during Desert Storm. Knowing that, it wasn't what I expected. It reminded me a lot of movies like 'Platoon and to a lesser extent 'Apocalypse Now'. It was graphic, but the more disturbing parts of the movie were psychological -- especially what the Marine Corps has to do to those kids to make them marines.
     
  7. Nov 10, 2005 at 9:06 AM #7
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    We saw it last night and enjoyed it. Consider it more of a visual diary than a war movie, meaning, this is not anything like Saving Private Ryan or Platoon.

    It actually reminds me of the book "Johnny Got His Gun". Revised version.
     
  8. Nov 10, 2005 at 5:20 PM #8
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    Quick question, is this a movie or documentary?
     
  9. Nov 10, 2005 at 7:13 PM #9
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    Movie, based on the diary and book of a marine in Desert Storm.
     

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