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FelixFlow · 10-11-2005, 09:36 PM

i like the trailer for this movie, i can't wait to see it Nov. 4th !

OOOhh fucking Rah !!

Donny · 10-11-2005, 09:38 PM

"I thank God for every day he gives me in the Corps!"

potter · 10-11-2005, 09:38 PM

yup, looks pretty damn good

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Mako · 10-11-2005, 09:41 PM

Looks good. A bit too much melodrama in those trailers, no matter what the book it's based on said the first Gulf War is a "one" out of "ten" on the true horror scale, with Vietnam being the "ten".

Claiming that Gulf War soldiers "saw too much" is a joke, at least it is according to the half dozen friends I have who served in it and saw light action. And all of them said there was no such name for the gulf as "the suck" among troops. Another cute invention to tie it to Vietnam.

Still looking forward to seeing Foxx, that guy can do no wrong lately.

Babagirls · 10-11-2005, 11:03 PM

kinda anxious to see that one as well.

Greg B · 10-11-2005, 11:14 PM

I Will Be The First In Line!

Rochard · 10-11-2005, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mako

Looks good. A bit too much melodrama in those trailers, no matter what the book it's based on said the first Gulf War is a "one" out of "ten" on the true horror scale, with Vietnam being the "ten".

Claiming that Gulf War soldiers "saw too much" is a joke, at least it is according to the half dozen friends I have who served in it and saw light action. And all of them said there was no such name for the gulf as "the suck" among troops. Another cute invention to tie it to Vietnam.

I disagree. My Grandfather died a US Marine in the South Pacific in WWII, and my father died in Vietnam as a US Marine. I also served four years as a US Marine.

War is not defined in "degrees" as one war being worse than another to the soldiers coming home. It doesn't matter if you saw one person die or one hundred people die. It's just the fact that you lived in a warzone where you and you friends could die at any moment. It cheapens life. And some don't receover from it.

Years ago an accident happened in front of me which ended with a mini van loaded with four teenagers turning upside down and catching on fire. Myself and a handful of other people were able to rescue two kids out of the back before the fire got too intense. The two kids in front died - burned to death right in front of us, and there is nothing any of us could have done. Trust me when I tell you that moment changed my life forever.

Mako · 10-12-2005, 12:19 AM

RH, you're correct obviously, but there are degrees of scale. Scale-wise, very few soliders had anywhere near the hyper-dramatic experience that is portrayed in Jarhead, particularly not the non-combatant screen writer who "massaged" the book for the bigscreen adaptation.

They want this to be the "Platoon" of Gulf War movies, and frankly that's just silly. Whereas you could say the majority of Vietnam Vets had situations that were eerily similar to Platoon (my father being one of them), there will be very few Gulf War vets who can relate to the more intense emotional events in Jarhead. Basic training? Yes. Deployment? Yes, they all went through it. The terror of war? Of course, even if they never fired a round and rounds were never fired at them. Again, this is the majority.

But the hardcore "soul searching" and overlydramatized reactions of the lead charater being under massive fire with his unit? Not likely. Very few Gulf War vets participated in live fire exchanges, and even fewer were fired back at, according to Pentagon statistics the Army logs. Those statistics may be wrong, or manipulated, but the friends I keep who were there echo the same.

Regardless, seen as entertainment, and not a non-fictional work that attempts to attribute general events to every common solider that simply weren't on the scale that the studio would have us belive, I'm sure it will stand as a good work. I'm looking forward to it myself.

Red Ezra · 10-12-2005, 12:58 AM

hey - i dont know shit but I will comment - I do pay attention enough to make observations - war degrees? this war is another mistake where our boys and girls are killed everyday (almost 2,000 soldiers now) from bombs and boobytraps - snipers, etc - it's fucked - I can only imagine being in that country knowing I could die any minute and for what? all the wrong reasons - Bush - what a genious - and now he gets to pick two supreme court conservatives to continue the censorship and pro-life red state agenda - nice.

Lev · 10-12-2005, 01:07 AM

looks like a good movie to see

nofx · 10-12-2005, 01:09 AM

it was a badass book

camouflaged123 · 10-12-2005, 01:10 AM

I am gonna see it for sure, loved the trailers!

Mako · 10-12-2005, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Ezra

hey - i dont know shit but I will comment - I do pay attention enough to make observations - war degrees? this war is another mistake where our boys and girls are killed everyday (almost 2,000 soldiers now) from bombs and boobytraps - snipers, etc - it's fucked - I can only imagine being in that country knowing I could die any minute and for what? all the wrong reasons - Bush - what a genious - and now he gets to pick two supreme court conservatives to continue the censorship and pro-life red state agenda - nice.

Wrong war. We're talking about the 1991 conflict that Jarhead is based on, not today's current Iraq conflict.

And please keep politics out of it, for once. Lets just talk about the move please.

reynold · 10-12-2005, 02:13 AM

that movie looks pretty good.

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Mako Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The OC baby! Posts: 1,986	Looks good. A bit too much melodrama in those trailers, no matter what the book it's based on said the first Gulf War is a "one" out of "ten" on the true horror scale, with Vietnam being the "ten". Claiming that Gulf War soldiers "saw too much" is a joke, at least it is according to the half dozen friends I have who served in it and saw light action. And all of them said there was no such name for the gulf as "the suck" among troops. Another cute invention to tie it to Vietnam. Still looking forward to seeing Foxx, that guy can do no wrong lately. __________________

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10-12-2005, 12:19 AM	#9
Mako Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The OC baby! Posts: 1,986	RH, you're correct obviously, but there are degrees of scale. Scale-wise, very few soliders had anywhere near the hyper-dramatic experience that is portrayed in Jarhead, particularly not the non-combatant screen writer who "massaged" the book for the bigscreen adaptation. They want this to be the "Platoon" of Gulf War movies, and frankly that's just silly. Whereas you could say the majority of Vietnam Vets had situations that were eerily similar to Platoon (my father being one of them), there will be very few Gulf War vets who can relate to the more intense emotional events in Jarhead. Basic training? Yes. Deployment? Yes, they all went through it. The terror of war? Of course, even if they never fired a round and rounds were never fired at them. Again, this is the majority. But the hardcore "soul searching" and overlydramatized reactions of the lead charater being under massive fire with his unit? Not likely. Very few Gulf War vets participated in live fire exchanges, and even fewer were fired back at, according to Pentagon statistics the Army logs. Those statistics may be wrong, or manipulated, but the friends I keep who were there echo the same. Regardless, seen as entertainment, and not a non-fictional work that attempts to attribute general events to every common solider that simply weren't on the scale that the studio would have us belive, I'm sure it will stand as a good work. I'm looking forward to it myself. __________________

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Red Ezra redezra.com Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Location: Vegas Baby! Posts: 4,680	hey - i dont know shit but I will comment - I do pay attention enough to make observations - war degrees? this war is another mistake where our boys and girls are killed everyday (almost 2,000 soldiers now) from bombs and boobytraps - snipers, etc - it's fucked - I can only imagine being in that country knowing I could die any minute and for what? all the wrong reasons - Bush - what a genious - and now he gets to pick two supreme court conservatives to continue the censorship and pro-life red state agenda - nice.

10-12-2005, 01:07 AM	#11
Lev Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,545	looks like a good movie to see

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