I believe you meant to ask if I had "written" post #55. No sir, I didn't. I merely copied and pasted one of the less than stellar critiques a reader had posted at Amazon.
As for the movie, I watched it last night with my wife and twin sons who are leaving for Marine Corps boot camp in a few months. From what I had read from some reviews, I was expecting a stinker, but I was pleasantly surprised. Sure there were embellishments and some "Hollywood" touches, but as a Marine who served for 22 years and was a participant in Desert Shield/Storm, it was typical of what I would expect from a 'Jarhead' who had penned his own experience.
Some folks have expressed shock at the profanity, but I can assure any FReeper that profanity is alive and well in the Fleet Marine Force, regardless of what official policy is.
The characters in this movie are junior enlisted grunts and they probably fit Eleanor Roosevelt's description rather well, regarding their language.