After conditioning himself for war time situations, and training to be a sniper, the boys get word that they are to be shipped off to Iraq, for what would be known as operation Desert Shield. This is when it really hit me that I could not be in the military I have a real problem with people yelling at me and humiliating me.
Swoff, as he is affectionately called, enrolls in the Marines, and endures the hellish hazing of boot camp. The movie starts by introducing you to Anthony Swofford, the Marine that wrote the personal memoir Jarhead, which the movie is obviously based upon.
And third, just plain old curiosity or hot marines, can’t remember…Īnyway. This will give you perspective as to what the soldiers may be experiencing now, and give you some context as to what they are going through. Second, in a time of war, where you don’t necessarily agree with the reasons we are there and whatnot, it is interesting to see a personal account of the predecessor to this war especially since it occurred in the same area. That is a good reason to see any movie (not to mention that it was said that he had 3 nude/semi-nude scenes). Now, when I went in to see this movie, I really went for a couple of reasons. Interesting tidbit: If you google blogs of jake gyllenhaal, I am the #2 result. As far as specifics, I tried to be pretty vague. (At the risk of pissing anyone off, here is your warning that there may be some spoilers as to the nature of the story and what happens. Luckily, that has no bearing on the actual quality of the film.Īnd without further distraction, my review of Jarhead. The only other stitch about the theater, which was extremely nice, was the fact that it was about 90 degrees in there the entire movie, and considering it is a movie about a war in the desert, it wasn’t something that heightened the experience, it made it miserable. Unfortunately, it was so full that we had to exchange our tickets for the 12 am show (which made it so the movie wouldn’t end until around am… Nice). We went to the new Atlantic Station theater to see the movie, and it was, as expected completely packed.
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