Posted on 11/11/2005 4:25:39 PM PST by dynachrome
Joel Turnipseed, a former marine who wrote "Baghdad Express," a memoir of the first gulf war, was sitting in Minneapolis
watching "Monday Night Football" with his wife last week when a commercial for the film "Jarhead" came on the television.
"Jarhead" was directed by Sam Mendes and is based on Anthony Swofford's memoir of the first gulf war. The commercial showed
marines in the desert hurrying to don their chemical protection gear. One of the characters, Troy, played by Peter Sarsgaard,
put on his hood and turned to another, Swoff, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, and in his best Darth Vader voice invited him to
"come to the dark side."
Mr. Turnipseed said he was shocked. "I turned to my wife and said, 'Honey, there is something funny about that,' " he said in
a phone interview. "That scene is in my book, not Tony's," he added, referring to Mr. Swofford.
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Saw some other hints there were problems
with the origins of this flick.
Apparently, there is a scene where our troops, in full gear, are playing football in 112 degree heat. Nice touch of realism, there.
Has anyone here seen "Jarhead"? The TV ads looked pretty good to me. But I've heard descriptions of the movie from others that make me shy away from it.
Yeah, that's it. You know, I wrote a song called "Stairway to Paradise", but some guy named Robert Plant stole it.
Ya I saw it. Save your money and stay home. It is trash.
I have not seen it and based upon the pieces written about it by Col. North and another Marine out of Co. I don't think I will.
The full article was in the Rocky Mountain Snooze, but not on their website of course.
I saw it. it was ok. nothing fabulous.good cinematography.
the "stolen" line is about as original as someone saying "DOH!" to imitate Homer Simpson . anyone having ever worn a gas or had to drill for NBC attacks has said that line.
Talked to someone who saw it. He said it was trash. He cited cynicism, god-awful language and homosexuality. Sounds like a winner, eh?
Bet the farm it is not PRO MILITARY!!!
Yeah, Mr. Turnipseed had deja vu over that scene along with about 2 million other service members who have done and said the same thing. Sounds like grounds for a lawsuit. NOT!
"Jarhead" is directed by Sam Mendes, who directed the gay-themed movie "American Beauty"
I've seen it. I was only lukewarm on the movie. There was no real story or adventure to it.
The entire movie is summed up as follows: "Code Red - Desert Shield, Desert Storm, wait, think of things to do, get into trouble out of sheer boredom.............oh, it's over - damn, I never fired a shot."
It really dragged since there was no real story line to it. Although it did have it's amusing parts & lighthearted parts, there were plenty of dark scenes that could be disturbing to some folks. And, of course, the language was typical for Marines (used to it - my brother was a Marine).
All that homo crap just creeps me out. Hollyweird just can't seem to understand that martial bonds do not imply a wish for marital bonds.
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