Jarhead...

[matrix]

Is anyone else as excited about this movie as me?

 

Sam Mendes is a brillant director. Road to Perdition is one of the best films I've seen. The cinematography looks to be amazing, and Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx are amazing.

[static]

I had no clue that it was Mendes directing until 2 or 3 days ago. The red door in the trailer brought back memories.

[glassjaw]

this movie looks great, I love the Jake...and Jamie Foxx in an under-promoted role is always the best...I hope this film takes an outside approach and doesnt hold anything back...(apocalypse now) that's what makes a great war movie

[manfromharoldwood]

i'm hesitantly anxious for this movie. american beauty was delicious. i just hoping it's not a full metal jacket or apocalypse now knock off (and i'm just going from what i've seen in the trailer).

 

jake gyllenhaal = yay!

jamie foxx = meh...

[glassjaw]

there's no meh for Jamie Foxx!

 

she take ma monay when I'm in need!

[S.E. Hardy]

I can hardly wait to see it. I've read the book, and the movie looks very faithful to it.

[static]

i'm hesitantly anxious for this movie. american beauty was delicious. i just hoping it's not a full metal jacket or apocalypse now knock off (and i'm just going from what i've seen in the trailer).

 

jake gyllenhaal = yay!

jamie foxx = meh...

Apocolypse Now was much more of a social/inner-psyche film, than a war film. The Vietnam war took a real back seat to the film's theme. The same goes with the book Heart of Darkness (which the film is based off of.)

 

Also,

 

Jamie Foxx = Hoo-rah.

 

Someone had to say it. Yeah but no, i f'in hate Jamie Foxx.

[crazycanuck]

Heart of Darkness as in Joseph Conrad?

[static]

The very same.

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

Apocolypse now was pretty damn cool as far as adaptations go. But as for Jarhead, as I was watching the trailer I got more and more relieved that it didn't appear to be a non-anti-war movie. That had so many double negatives. Anyway, it looks quite good.

[stupid password]

it's a lot better than you expect it to be.

and then mendes decides to be creative.

 

 

and it features "fight the power." film fucking rocks.

[manfromharoldwood]

Apocolypse Now was much more of a social/inner-psyche film, than a war film. The Vietnam war took a real back seat to the film's theme. The same goes with the book Heart of Darkness (which the film is based off of.)

 

Also,

 

Jamie Foxx = Hoo-rah.

 

Someone had to say it. Yeah but no, i f'in hate Jamie Foxx.

i always get yelled at for saying this, but i didn't like heart of darkness at all, and i REALLY didn't like apocalpyse now. i found them both to be very boring...

 

but the concepts surrounding the two are admirable, so i have respect for them.

 

in any case. jarhead. looks like good stuff.

[stupid password]

the jamie foxx quote reminds me.

 

is it "hoo-rah" or "oo-rah"?

[crazycanuck]

wait, wait, wait. Jarhead is based on Heart of Darkness? Or have I totally misread this thread?

[primetime_deliverance]

Apocalypse Now --> Based on Heart of Darkness

 

This has gotta be one of the greatest trailers ever made. The music, the shots all make this movie look like its gonna be epic. Not many trailers can outright sell the movie to me, but this one did in about 5 seconds..impressive stuff

[Ravenous itchy]

From the trailer it looks like anti-iraq war propaganda.

[S.E. Hardy]

Okay - well first off it takes place over a decade ago - during the (1st) Gulf War... And I don't think that there has ever been a theatrical film made that is pro-war... and third - who gives a fuck if it is?

[static]

Apocolypse Now was much more of a social/inner-psyche film, than a war film. The Vietnam war took a real back seat to the film's theme. The same goes with the book Heart of Darkness (which the film is based off of.)

 

Also,

 

Jamie Foxx = Hoo-rah.

 

Someone had to say it. Yeah but no, i f'in hate Jamie Foxx.

i always get yelled at for saying this, but i didn't like heart of darkness at all, and i REALLY didn't like apocalpyse now. i found them both to be very boring...

 

but the concepts surrounding the two are admirable, so i have respect for them.

 

in any case. jarhead. looks like good stuff.

I hear you on the playing field of boredom. I couldn't get into Heart of Darkness, and i've made multiple attempts to watch Apocolypse Now but i always end up falling asleep. Literally. They're both incredibly well-done. Just both incredibly boring.

[squall17]

i think it looks like a good movie

[IndieGirl]

I'm going to see Jarhead on Saturday, and I can't wait.

[deftpunk]

The trailer was well done, good pick of music with Kanye West.

[supercanuk]

I hope to see Jarhead tonight, but seriously, that song Jesus Walks by Kanye could sell a fridge to an Eskimo I swear.

[Ruettiger]

For those who haven't read the book and expect an actiony-war movie, then you might want to skip this one. It's a really good drama and by no means pro or anti war. It's just a movie about one guy (Swafords) experiences as an STA soldier. The directing was done very well and the music was well placed. I enjoyed it, my friends didn't.

[matrix]

I enjoyed it as well. My complaint is about the reviews I've read. Some of the reviews say it's too slow and a war movie needs to have more action, and to that I say...it's a god damn true story. The main character was actually there. If they're playing football out in the middle of the Iraqi desert in the movie, then they actually played football in the middle of the Iraqi desert. I thought it was great insight into the whole war spectrum. From what I remember about that war, there wasn't much fighting, which is what the movie portrays.

[S.E. Hardy]

Fuck reviews. I was a good book and is a great film.