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Jarhead

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Just saw it...really great movie. Makes you think. I'd like to see it again. I get the feeling that some things in the movie might have had a political slant (cough), but nonetheless...

Anyone else watch it yet?
 

cvm4

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I will more then likely go see it sometime. It looked like it would be pretty good. I had a feeling it would have a political message though.
 

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I had a chance to watch this too. I thought it was terrible. Just my opinion though.
 

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I want to get out and see this movie soon. I am not suprised about the political aspect of it.
 
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Let me re-itterate....there is a political message, but that's not the movie at all. As the movie goes on, it seems to go away. Not sure if I just got accustomed to it or not, but regardless.

The guys in the movie are very gung-ho-let's-go-kill-us-some-towel-heads. I have a lot of friends who were in the service, and a few that were marines. They said the gung-ho is there, but not nearly to that degree. The rest was spot on.
 

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I thought it sucked too.... just not interesting to me, and yea it was point on in many aspects but I was disappointed not what i thought it would be...
 

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Man how disappointing this movie was to me! I was expecting a kick ass and take names kind of movie. It went from fast to slooooow then to medium. I want my $7 back!
 
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cvm4 said:
Man how disappointing this movie was to me! I was expecting a kick ass and take names kind of movie. It went from fast to slooooow then to medium. I want my $7 back!
That was kind of the point though...not much action, just like the golf war. It was one of those movies I could tell was based off a book. Understandably not for everyone.
 

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cvm4 said:
Man how disappointing this movie was to me! I was expecting a kick ass and take names kind of movie. It went from fast to slooooow then to medium. I want my $7 back!
7 bucks you made out...here in NJ it's 9.25!
 

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I work a security job on the side and we were contracted to work a movie theater in NoVa this weekend because of the 50Cent movie that came out. I caught about 30 minutes of different moments of Jarhead. It looked great and Jamie Foxx was teriffic. Very intense. Can't wait to see the whole thing.
 
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I rented the DVD a few weeks ago. It had some good parts and some lame ones. In that same light, while I thought the entertainment value was on the low side, it did give a fairly realistic viewpoint.
 
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