Jarhead
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Topic: Jarhead
Posted By: sporx
Subject: Jarhead
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 5:46pm
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NOTICE: I can't remember if someone had made a thread over this movie yet, so if there has already been one then I'm sorry.
anyways I finally watched that movie last night and I loved it. ------------- 
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Posted By: slacker guy
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 5:47pm
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wtf is it about ------------- 
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Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 5:48pm
| It's a war movie for girls. |
Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 5:48pm
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I'll jarhead your mom.
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 5:50pm
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i loved it. It was like, huh, the life of the marines during Desert Storm and stuff...of what they had to go through and what they did. -------------
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 5:53pm
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sporx wrote:Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 5:54pm
that. -------------
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Posted By: TippmannBro
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 5:57pm
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I thought it was pretty good. I read the book before going to see the movie, and I was impressed at how much the movie followed the book. I dont know how accurate of a portrayal that movie is of life in the Marine Corps or war in general, but it is a pretty good movie.
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Posted By: slacker guy
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 5:57pm
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3 kings is better? -------------
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:00pm
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I just bought a HST book. So.. Me>you ------------- 
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:00pm
Much. ------------- 
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:01pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:03pm
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I can.
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Posted By: TippmannBro
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:10pm
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????
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:12pm
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Bango speaks Sporx. -------------
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:12pm
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Posted By: Hitman
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:25pm
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HOO-RAH! How did Ray Charles get in the marines..? ------------- |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:34pm
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It was good for me until the part with their last objective (can't get
too specific or I'll spoil it). I had already heard the outcome so I
was disappointed when what happened happened. If I hadn't known that, I would have enjoyed the entire thing. ------------- 
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Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:37pm
| i want to see it |
Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:56pm
| Meh, it was all right. Nothing great. |
Posted By: 98God
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 6:58pm
| I wanted to see it when it came out but never got the chance so I have to wait until it comes out. |
Posted By: dmp4892
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 7:38pm
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I loved it.
And I believe Cadet made a thread about this. ------------- 
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Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 8:43pm
...How? ------------- 
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 9:57pm
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Jarhead is to the Army as Top Gun is to the Navy Overall, I thought is was disapointing when all the trailers made it look like an adventurous war movie, and then it turned out not to be... ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Ghostslinger
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 10:25pm
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the movie was great (for the first time in a movie with guns and lots of em, the people ACTUALLy kept their finger off the trigger like you are supposed to) ------------- 98 custom R/T 16 in. J&J ceramic SystemX N2 system 3000psi If I had a paintball for every time I got called pale even though I'm one step above untannable... well I guess I could play the PSP |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 11:02pm
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Excellent movie. Basically the Full Metal Jacket for the new gneration of infantry or marines. It was incredibly cerebral, and basically defines the infantry. Those outside of the military culture likely won't 'get it'. I'd like to think it was made for thsoe of us within it. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 11:19pm
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FUll Metal Jacket, now that's a movie. -------------
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Posted By: bethehead101
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 12:47am
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ya my friend saw and he said it was that it was **edited** because none of the main character shot there guns until there very end ------------- Johnny Cash like that lucky old sun rolls around in heaven all day |
Posted By: bethehead101
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 12:48am
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whoops srry for the fowl langauge ppl
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 12:51am
because we all know the edit button doesn't exist... ------------- 
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 1:40am
that was basically part of the whole movie. they wanted to make a kill and they never did. the 4hours, 4 mins, and 1 sec is time of thier war and they didn't get to make a kill so they were upset about it. (not gonna give away the ending) -------------
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Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 1:43am
| Didn't see the movie. I read the book though. |
Posted By: Jamie Foxx
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 3:26am
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Did somebody say Jarhead?
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Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 3:29am
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Sporx and Robert....sittin' in a tree.....
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 3:40am
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^haha. -------------
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 6:18am
Jarhead is Marines. "Hoora" is a marine thing. "Hoowa" is the army thing. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors"> 
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Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 7:42am
I thought it was OOOOOH-RAAHHH |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 7:48am
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Well yeah. Things i hear i say like i would spell them, in french the H doesnt really get prnounced.
But yeah, its more of a "Whoo-raah" ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: bluemunky
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 8:09am
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I heard it was pretty good, but I don't intend on seeing it until it comes out of theaters.
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 8:51am
Oops, sorry about that, but you get my point, it is definetly a recruiting tool... ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 8:53am
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No. Its pretty much a tradition. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 10:29am
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No, he means the movie is a recruiting tool, not HOO-RAH...
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 10:32am
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Oooh.
Still doubtful. The movies soul purpose is to make money. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Ejp414
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 11:23am
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Uh, I wouldn't want to join the Marines after watching that movie. I loved it, though. ------------- __________________ __________________ |
Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 11:48am
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I own the DVDs from when the discovery channel follows a raising navy seal class. They say "Hoo-yah". I guess every branch of the military has it's own little "hoo" type of saying. -------------
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 12:10pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: Trogdor2
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 12:11pm
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I liked it a lot. I thought it was absolutely hilarious though. The war part was great, but I couldn't keep a straight face the whole time.
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Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 12:53pm
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The entire movie was just crappy liberal propaganda.
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 12:56pm
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before every softball game we yell the word "HOO-HAH" -------------
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Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 2:33pm
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 2:44pm
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I think most people who didnt like it, were people looking to see another BlackHawk Down or Private Ryan... A mindless movie of explosions and "ZOMG REALLISTIC KOMBAT". Jarhead was not that. It was about the other side of a soldier, not just the combative side. ------------- 
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 3:35pm
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^YES!!
it was a very good movie. -------------
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Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 3:41pm
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It was an interesting movie. Jihad>Jarhead -------------
sporx wrote: well...ya i prolly will be a virgin till i'm at least 30. |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 3:42pm
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How did you manage to extract that from the movie? ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 3:49pm
Because he scouts for anarchy. Duh. -------------
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Posted By: sneaky_sniper
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 6:21pm
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Posted By: DBibeau855
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 6:23pm
Nice filter dodge.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/DBibeau855/?chartstyle=myspacecolors">
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Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 6:24pm
correct me if i am wrong but didnt the Marines release a statement saying that the movie portrays the Marine Corps. in a completely false way? also. sneaky... you are gona get striked for that foul language 
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Posted By: Whazuuup!
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 7:32pm
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Interesting... In the last thread about this, almost everyone said it was lousy. I guess it was all those folks who wanted to see Battlefield 2 with real people and props. ------------- 
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Posted By: Heres To You
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 7:33pm
Exactly, the marines were very quick to say they didn't support the movie or any of its content. ------------- |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 8:35pm
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A lot of people don't seem to realize that it's a true story. Anthony Swofford was a marine in the gulf war who wrote the book as a sort of memoir. The movie follows the book quite well. It's not made to be pro war, or anti war, or pro marines, or anti marines or anything. It's simply a true story, someone bearing witness on their experiences in the marines. Judge it on its own merits, not on your conception of what it's supposed to be or support. Agian, I think it was an excellent movie. It shows the mental side of being a soldier... There were a dozen times where I saw something happen and almost laughed aloud in the theatre because it so closely mimiced some of my (relatively limited) experience in the military. The bit about them complaining about their canteens being broken in the NBC suit football game jsut cracked me up. I've never sen a military movie that protrayed kit deficiencies like that. Friggin' funny. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 8:52pm
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Yeah, I thought the movie was pretty cool. I also read the book before watching the movie. I too, was impressed with how close the movie followed the book. Like brihard said, it was based on a true story and the movie followed the book very closely. More closely than I would have thought, hence the reason for the rating. I agree that the people who didn't like it were expeciting some kind of saving private ryan movie. All-in-all, a great movie. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 9:19pm
dude, it was based on an actual guys accounts in desert storm...if you dont believe me, google it |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 10:01pm
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Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 10:06pm
I think what he means is that sometimes things get changed when they're published. And because it's someones account of something it is their opinion. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 10:13pm
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True, however his opinion of the Marines is likely much better informed than any of ours... I consier his account pretty reliable.
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Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 10:55pm
Must be Old-Turkish because the modern word for it is "oldur" and is pronounced in a way in which none of you can ever understand. -------------
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