Jarhead
Welcome to the suck. Hoo-rah.
Yesterday we went to see this movie and I have to say that Sam Mendes has yet to really disappoint me.
I was moved by how accurate a lot of the scenes in this film were. Having spent time in the Army and not the Marine Corps, I cannot honestly say that I went through everything that they went through- after all, the Marines are a lot tougher than the Army. But I can say that historically, it seemed to be very accurate. The same way the the war seemed to end so abruptly in the film was the way I remember it ending while I was in. I was supposed to go to Desert Storm, and I guess you can say this is a main reason why this movie meant so much to me.
A lot of the things that happened in the movie you truly need to have experienced a portion of the military in the early 90's to appreciate. Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Christmas overseas... all of these things mean a lot more when there was a true threat that they could happen to you.
One thing that I did see that probably could be considered inaccurate (although not having been actually sent to Desert Storm I can't say for certain) is this: I cannot see the whole bottled water thing. I can completely see the whole "hydrate hydrate hydrate" thing, but what we did was empty our canteens and then held them upside down over our heads to show that they were empty. I can't see the armed forces sending over bottles of water and actually taking the time to find somewhere to put the trash. But I guess if it isn't accurate, we can overlook it because of everything that was so good about the film. There were all sorts of little things that a soldier could see. One in particular was the NBC drills and the fact that half of the guys had broken equipment. Nobody gave a shit whether your equipment was broken when they issued it to you, but if it was damaged when you turned it back in- God help you... they would charge you for that shit so fast your head would spin.
Overall, I really enjoyed this film and though that Peter Sarsgaard and Jake Gyllenhall were both fantastic, and it was pretty cool to see other people like Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper (in a much smaller role that I expected), Dennis Haysbert (from TV's 24 and Allstate commercials), and surprisingly, Lucas Black (aka the kid Frank from Sling Blade)!!!
Great movie.
Predictions: Oscar win for Best Adapted Screenplay
Oscar nomination for Peter Sarsgaard
Oscar nomination for Jake Gyllenhall (and he'll lose to Joaquin Phoenix or Phillip Seymore Hoffman)
Yesterday we went to see this movie and I have to say that Sam Mendes has yet to really disappoint me.
I was moved by how accurate a lot of the scenes in this film were. Having spent time in the Army and not the Marine Corps, I cannot honestly say that I went through everything that they went through- after all, the Marines are a lot tougher than the Army. But I can say that historically, it seemed to be very accurate. The same way the the war seemed to end so abruptly in the film was the way I remember it ending while I was in. I was supposed to go to Desert Storm, and I guess you can say this is a main reason why this movie meant so much to me.
A lot of the things that happened in the movie you truly need to have experienced a portion of the military in the early 90's to appreciate. Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Christmas overseas... all of these things mean a lot more when there was a true threat that they could happen to you.
One thing that I did see that probably could be considered inaccurate (although not having been actually sent to Desert Storm I can't say for certain) is this: I cannot see the whole bottled water thing. I can completely see the whole "hydrate hydrate hydrate" thing, but what we did was empty our canteens and then held them upside down over our heads to show that they were empty. I can't see the armed forces sending over bottles of water and actually taking the time to find somewhere to put the trash. But I guess if it isn't accurate, we can overlook it because of everything that was so good about the film. There were all sorts of little things that a soldier could see. One in particular was the NBC drills and the fact that half of the guys had broken equipment. Nobody gave a shit whether your equipment was broken when they issued it to you, but if it was damaged when you turned it back in- God help you... they would charge you for that shit so fast your head would spin.
Overall, I really enjoyed this film and though that Peter Sarsgaard and Jake Gyllenhall were both fantastic, and it was pretty cool to see other people like Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper (in a much smaller role that I expected), Dennis Haysbert (from TV's 24 and Allstate commercials), and surprisingly, Lucas Black (aka the kid Frank from Sling Blade)!!!
Great movie.
Predictions: Oscar win for Best Adapted Screenplay
Oscar nomination for Peter Sarsgaard
Oscar nomination for Jake Gyllenhall (and he'll lose to Joaquin Phoenix or Phillip Seymore Hoffman)
posted by Susan at
11/13/2005
2 Comments:
Jake is hot. I'd fuck him hard.
By
Vickie, at 1:04 PM
apparentlty, vicki... so will Heath Ledger.
I do want to see Brokeback Mountain. The same lady who wrote Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx, wrote "The Shipping News", and even though it's neither Spacey's, Blanchett's, nor Moore's best, it's still pretty good. The book is a LOT better than the movie.
By
Susan, at 10:28 AM
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