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Jarhead (2005) - Prime Video
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:07 pm
Not the greatest war film but Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx are fantastic in this film.
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:13 pm to bad93ex
Remember the trailer & the music for this movie as it came out about the same time as Serenity. Big Firefly fan, so it was a thing.
Never saw this one though.
Never saw this one though.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:45 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
Took me YEARS to watch this all the way through. After I finally had finished it I was pretty disappointed. I don’t remember much about it now but I remember it being boring as frick and just not really very good at all.
Am I misremembering?
Am I misremembering?
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:49 pm to CocomoLSU
IDK, but it seems like there was a flurry of (mostly anti-war) movies out of Hollywood, all Middle East themed, so my interest wasn't all that high. If it was good, maybe I'd have given it a chance, but I never heard any buzz, so I didn't bother.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:51 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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Remember the trailer
The “Jesus walks” in the trailer was so badarse
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:53 pm to CocomoLSU
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Took me YEARS to watch this all the way through. After I finally had finished it I was pretty disappointed. I don’t remember much about it now but I remember it being boring as frick and just not really very good at all.
Am I misremembering?
If you're looking for a rah-rah frick yeah Marines killing everything on sight film then yes it would be absolutely boring.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:54 pm to Lawyered
EXACTLY!!
Posted on 4/7/24 at 5:58 pm to bad93ex
IMO despite some warts, it somehow gets it together and makes a good, possibly great watch.
The cinematography depicting some of the oddest moments of modern times was a gift.
The cinematography depicting some of the oddest moments of modern times was a gift.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 6:00 pm to bad93ex
It's based on this & pretty good if you haven't read it.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:38 pm to bad93ex
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If you're looking for a rah-rah frick yeah Marines killing everything on sight film then yes it would be absolutely boring.
I wasn’t looking for that at all really. Just wanted a good movie that entertained me. And IIRC, it didn’t at all.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 8:43 pm to bad93ex
It has a couple of good scenes that are funny af but overall, from what I’ve heard it captures the boringness of the Gulf War pretty good.
Majority of those guys didn’t do shite because it was over so fast
Majority of those guys didn’t do shite because it was over so fast
Posted on 4/7/24 at 8:55 pm to bad93ex
I like it, but I’ll take Three Kings over Jarhead.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:48 pm to bad93ex
I actually love this movie. I think it captures how most of the military is young idiot men acting like young idiot men pretty well. The scene with the reporter kills me everytime.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:39 pm to bad93ex
20 years just like that. Damn
Other than that yes definitely a good one.
Other than that yes definitely a good one.
Posted on 4/7/24 at 11:45 pm to bad93ex
I talked to someone who fought in the Gulf War and said it was a pretty accurate depiction of what went down
Posted on 4/8/24 at 7:12 am to CocomoLSU
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After I finally had finished it I was pretty disappointed.
Sort of like military service, no?
Posted on 4/8/24 at 8:41 am to bad93ex
Great movie reminded me of Three Kings. The trumpet scene w/ Fox and Gyllenhaal was hilarious.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 9:45 am to rebelrouser
i was in the officer candidate pool at A&M when this movie came out, and i remember the OSO (recruiter) sent out an all-hands email basically cautioning us about this movie. i guess the concern was that it didnt paint the Marine Corps in a great light. i thought it was a pretty decent flick though, and now, with hindsight, i think it probably captures the junior enlisted experience in training and a war zone pretty well. i really liked Chris Cooper's appearance as the battalion commander and the moto-speech he gives.
one major annoyance - the heavy-handed scene burning the desert cammies at the end along with the line "we're not gonna need these anymore" was so obnoxiously on the nose in a 2005 film.
i thought Jamie Foxx stole the show - played a Marine SNCO beautifully.
one major annoyance - the heavy-handed scene burning the desert cammies at the end along with the line "we're not gonna need these anymore" was so obnoxiously on the nose in a 2005 film.
i thought Jamie Foxx stole the show - played a Marine SNCO beautifully.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:55 am to CocomoLSU
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Took me YEARS to watch this all the way through. After I finally had finished it I was pretty disappointed. I don’t remember much about it now but I remember it being boring as frick and just not really very good at all.
Am I misremembering?
You aren’t.
It is the Seinfeld of war movies… it is about the experience of being trained and deployed for a war where you do absolutely nothing of what would normally be considered part of a war.
Main part I consider memorable is The Deer Hunter being screened for the troops.
Posted on 4/8/24 at 1:47 pm to bad93ex
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