Jarhead

[GQ-Bouncer]

that movie freakin sucked, i'm sure american soldiers are anything but bored in Iraq now

the idea around the movie was trying to tell the audience about how soldier's are trained to want to kill enemies in combat & how the media glorify's it

"Platoon" is a much better movie on the subject, about how a kid wants to go fight for his country and realizes war isn't as glorifying as he thought, plus there are sub-plots between characters which give greater meaning as well

[ManWhore]

I would have rather ate racoon shit then watched it.

[goodcents]

I would have rather ate racoon shit then watched it.

on jarhead.My cousin is a medic over in iraq and I find the damn movie a sick joke

[BigRandy]

that movie freakin sucked, i'm sure american soldiers are anything but bored in Iraq now

the idea around the movie was trying to tell the audience about how soldier's are trained to want to kill enemies in combat & how the media glorify's it

"Platoon" is a much better movie on the subject, about how a kid wants to go fight for his country and realizes war isn't as glorifying as he thought, plus there are sub-plots between characters which give greater meaning as well

hell yeah platoon was the shit. king and charlie sheen were badass

[lucabratzi]

that movie freakin sucked, i'm sure american soldiers are anything but bored in Iraq now

the idea around the movie was trying to tell the audience about how soldier's are trained to want to kill enemies in combat & how the media glorify's it

"Platoon" is a much better movie on the subject, about how a kid wants to go fight for his country and realizes war isn't as glorifying as he thought, plus there are sub-plots between characters which give greater meaning as well

im pretty sure it was supposed to take place during desert storm, or is my memory totally shot...but anyway my boy tells me that he cant wait to be deployed just cause he so frustrated and sick of the shit he has to put up with he wants to kill them...what these movies doesnt portray that well is that the people over there are mostly 18-23...kids..shit 18-19 year old goin to war, thats crazy shit...

[GQ-Bouncer]

im pretty sure it was supposed to take place during desert storm, or is my memory totally shot...but anyway my boy tells me that he cant wait to be deployed just cause he so frustrated and sick of the shit he has to put up with he wants to kill them...what these movies doesnt portray that well is that the people over there are mostly 18-23...kids..shit 18-19 year old goin to war, thats crazy shit...

I was simply referring to the timing of the release of "Jarhead", yes, it takes place during Gulf War 1, the new war in Iraq is RADICALLY different. I would much rather hear the story of a career enlisted infantry soldier serving in the last 10 years, than hearing about an enlisted infantry soldier during the operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm period. I also think it would be more relavent to the public, so civilians can identify more with war veterans.