His film "jarhead" was an insult to every American Soldier, Sailor and Marine. This guy is a walking latrine.
2. Never saw "Brokeback Mountain." Don't know, don't care.
3. "Jarhead" is insulting to a point, but it's also a movie...therefore w/ a marginal claim on reality, despite the basis on a book by a first-person observer. A certain amount of Hollywood hype should be expected.
4. "Jarhead" is fundamentally an examination of the psychological effects of service and warfare on marines. Comments welcome.
5. The DVD's commentary by the director (a Brit) is openly anti-war, epsecially in the context of OIF. Nevertheless, he spends much time trying particularly hard not to offend anyone, but praise everyone he worked with. I wonder if he might have been even more critical of OIF if his comments had been recorded later, as anti-war sentiment seemingly increased. I suspect he's a pragmatist, stroking everyone he's ever worked with or might work with again.
6. Outtakes on the DVD are even more anti-war than the final film, heightening my suspisions that the director is a pragmatist. If he went too far on his anti-war bent, he would have had low sales in the USA.
7. I like the movie "Jarhead." It's neither totally anti-war nor totally pro-war. It's more of a commentary on individual characters than on countries or institutions (e.g, the USMC). Those characters might not be ideal Marines, but how many are?
8. Fire at will.