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To: angloamerican
The movie is about the first gulf war. As for pro or against, haven't seen it. Figure it'll make something nice to watch via NetFlix in April.
2 posted on
11/06/2005 2:34:53 PM PST by
kingu
(Draft Fmr Senator Fred Thompson for '08.)
To: angloamerican
It is about the first Gulf War I believe.
3 posted on
11/06/2005 2:35:41 PM PST by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
To: angloamerican
I've heard good things about it from conservative friends. Planning on seeing it for myself sometime soon.
4 posted on
11/06/2005 2:36:19 PM PST by
Firefigher NC
(Volunteer firefighters- standing tall, serving proud in the tradition of Ben Franklin.)
To: angloamerican
save your money
Semper Fi,
Kelly
5 posted on
11/06/2005 2:36:30 PM PST by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
To: angloamerican
You signed up today to ask this?
Thumbs down on the movie per those who were actually there.
6 posted on
11/06/2005 2:37:16 PM PST by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Not all problems can be solved with a sledge hammer. Sometimes nitroglycerin is required. Or a Nuke)
To: angloamerican
I haven't seen it but it had bad reviews here from a lot of Freepers on an earlier thread.
7 posted on
11/06/2005 2:37:18 PM PST by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: angloamerican
For what it's worth, my nephew, and 2 of his friends, all Marines and all 2 tour Iraq veterans, saw it last night. They all liked it very much.
9 posted on
11/06/2005 2:37:43 PM PST by
looloo
To: angloamerican
I don't think I'd bother. It is hollyweird, after all.
10 posted on
11/06/2005 2:38:20 PM PST by
RushCrush
(Now for sale at your nearest gift shop, refrigerator magnets for boys on 'how to grow up and be gay')
To: angloamerican
I'm hearing good things, the Weekly Standard liked it.
11 posted on
11/06/2005 2:38:34 PM PST by
Mr.Clark
(From the darkness....I shall come)
To: angloamerican
Welcome to Free Republic.
12 posted on
11/06/2005 2:39:20 PM PST by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: angloamerican
I have been seeing ads which say it is made by the same guy who made "American Beauty".
That pretty much makes me want to avoid it since I think that may have been the most disgusting movie I have ever seen.
14 posted on
11/06/2005 2:42:56 PM PST by
yarddog
To: angloamerican
It's from the same moron that made "American Beauty." The "Jughead" character and author of the book from which the movie was made claims he was a "sniper" during Gulf War I and is proud of the fact that he never "hurt or killed anybody." I'm gonna pass.
15 posted on
11/06/2005 2:43:39 PM PST by
FlingWingFlyer
(When I was a kid, the national news media was the GOOD GUYS.)
To: angloamerican
Micheal Medved reviewed this flick on Friday.
He said 2.5 stars...and not to bother with it...
16 posted on
11/06/2005 2:46:23 PM PST by
GRRRRR
(America is a better place because of people like us...)
To: angloamerican
I started to watch the author on Booknotes,on C-Span.
I turned it off,I will not be seeing the movie.
P.S.,my brother served in Desert Storm.
17 posted on
11/06/2005 2:48:07 PM PST by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served, to keep us free.)
To: angloamerican
For what it's worth, the liberal movie critics hate it. Mostly because there's no strong anti-war message in it. Look what they wrote, as compiled by IMDB.com:
Several critics are faulting Jarhead for presenting an elegant view of America's soldiers during the first Gulf War without any sort of social viewpoint. "It is a movie that walks up to some of the most urgent and painful issues of our present circumstance, clears its throat loudly and, with occasional flourishes of impressive rhetoric, says nothing," writes A.O. Scott in the New York Times. Rick Groen in the Toronto Globe and Mail puts it this way: "The result is a war picture that, trying to pass off fidelity to the book as objectivity, sacrifices any voice of its own, and ends up not knowing what to think."
18 posted on
11/06/2005 2:48:29 PM PST by
paudio
(Four More Years..... Let's Use Them Wisely...)
To: angloamerican
Haven't seen it but it got rave reviews from Bill Mccuddy on Fox news this morning.
20 posted on
11/06/2005 2:56:51 PM PST by
Clint N. Suhks
(If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
To: angloamerican
I've seen it.
The movie had very little politics(unlike "Over There") but I thought it portrayed Marines as bloodthirsty, undisciplined hooligans. It did have some interesting scenes but not much that we haven't seen in "Full Metal Jacket".
On the other hand, some guys I know from ROTC enjoyed most of it.
23 posted on
11/06/2005 3:06:33 PM PST by
varyouga
(Reformed Kerry voter (I know, I'm a frickin' idiot))
To: angloamerican
Please advise!
Don't post a vanity on your first day and first post....
26 posted on
11/06/2005 3:28:49 PM PST by
deport
To: angloamerican
I saw it last night. I wanted to see it because I recall how much thought Sam Mendes put into every scene in American Beauty- a film that I liked. The scenes in Jarhead were also well done but the story seemed to fall flat. I'd see American Beauty again. I don't think I would see this film again.
To: angloamerican
My friends who saw it said it wasn't that good. No fighting. Which when you go to a war movie you have some expectations.
38 posted on
11/06/2005 8:17:38 PM PST by
Mr. Blonde
(You know, Happy Time Harry, just being around you kinda makes me want to die.)
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