And yet another take on Jarhead

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

This one slams the movie, but as an aside to slamming the
book: the writer claims that its author is a
dysfunctional liar.

Comments?

Update: Hattip to darthbeckman

Comments

[impetuousnote.livejournal.com]

I think someone would have to have a pretty narrow viewpoint to walk away from Jarhead and think all Marines behave as they did in the movie. Some Marines behave better than others. Just because they're Marines doesn't mean they're robots.

Jarhead was a breath of fresh air as far as war films go. I liked that it wasn't on a battle/combat perspective. There was no climactic scene where the hero runs through bullets to save all his fellow soldiers. It really went into a little bit more about what war does to a person and how they have to deal with that on a day-to-day basis. I came away from that movie with a deeper respect for the soldiers fighting in the war. They have to deal with a lot that civilians know nothing about.

As conservatives, we love telling liberals we're open minded, but I haven't seen too much of that lately.