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...part of the opening weekend gross.Yeah I know, it got 2 1/2 stars on average, but it was a damn good film. The thing held my attention totally, a criterion that reviewers never seem to acknowledge. Sure there were some derivative and some self-referential elements. But while I am generally of the opinion that war movies are hell (three words: Saving Private Ryan), and while I agree that most "war movies" are anti-war movies, this more properly should be called a non-war war movie.
It ain't about war, rather about the guys who do the war.
All elements -- acting, writing, directing, cinematography and cutting are exceptional. Names: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Walter Munch, Sam Mendes. OK, so the book by Tony Swafford was probably better, so what?
Caveats: The language is most foul (although appropriate), leftwing sentiments are voiced and the final fifteen seconds fall flat.
On the other hand, there are SUCH MOMENTS. Always I enjoy it when a movie unexpectedly develops into a famous photograph, as Ride with the Devil (basically an intimate film) does with the bloody Battle of Lawrence, or Carandiru (similarly intimate) with the shot of thousands of guys in their shorts lying in the prison yard. In Jarhead, the scene is the burning oil wells of Kuwait.
Recommended? FUCK, YEAH!
clark
Follow Ups:
Did you dislike SPR? Just curious. It kept my attention, even if the latter portion of the story was a little on the trite side. Also, the editor's name is Walter Murch. My correction is not meant to be offensive. He's a great editor (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, Ghost, among them), I just wanted to let you know.
...Murch is an avowed opponent of digital sound?clark
I didn't know. I wonder if he edits his movies on an Avid? If he still cuts film, he's one of the very fortunate few.
I don't think anyone cuts features on film anymore.A couple of books you may find interesting are...
"In the Blink of an Eye" written by him and "The Conversations : Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film" which is a a conversation between Murch and the author of the book The English Patient.
He's a bit full of himslef but both are interesting reads.
"Where are we going? And what am I doing in this hand basket?"
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1879505622/102-2510093-0005754?v=glance (Open in New Window)
...Murch begain working on Final Cut Pro. As a long time "Avid-ophile" who only recently scoped out the FCP interface I don't yet get why someone might prefer FCP...but I plan to spend more time with it in the near future...
eb
I've now done 3 projects with FCP and I still greatly prefer the Avid but I was surprised how user friendly FCP can be. The place I work has Adrenalines with G5's and that can run the Avid or FCP. It still doesn't do media management well enough for most of the people/companies I know to switch to it full time but they're all - based on what a miserable, gouging copmany Avid has been - looking forward to the day when it's relaible enough to replace Avid.
"Where are we going? And what am I doing in this hand basket?"
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...but who don't much get to BE a soldier. Didn't read the book, but this movie is very good.
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