| Re: Jarhead Sucks [message #178474 is a reply to message #178403] |
Tue, 08 November 2005 23:28   |
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i thought it was pretty cool, but just from an entertainment standpoint. They ripped a ton from full metal jacket (partly because it's the same corps) and a certain amount of surrealism from the likes of Apocalypse Now, though I like the way they changed the atmosphere near the oil wells. They also completely played off on the surplus of anti war crap being thrown all over the place. i'm definitely not saying that the thoughts and ideas of the transposed characters weren't legitimate and respectively truthful, but the whole marketing scheme was to attract that demographic of anti george bush people (i could tell that each young adult's hair on their neck stood up when that character said something about 'George Bush', but meaning senior, during a monologue about the government's motive). don't get me wrong, i don't like the war from a moral standpoint any more than the yuppy standing next to me, but i got respect for those men, and i don't like people tryin to fuck around with me and my position through big buck movies.
"God isn't on our side either, cuz he hates idiots also."
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