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RE: Just Watched "Jarhead"
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:25 pm
by DerTroof
ORIGINAL: Jeffrey H.
I didn't like the movie it seemed too contrived to make some artificial point. I've almost completely forgotten about it.
I did like the movie called "The Thin Red Line" which everybody else seemed to not like.
I found Jarhead tedious too. And like you I liked TTRL but don't know many others that do! [:D]
Re. the latter, I didn't mind the philosophical narration (as many did), I thought it gave a fascinating counterpoint to the action and griminess being portrayed. And I thought the extended sequence on the assault on the hilltop bunkers was very well done, the viewer got a feeling for how difficult it must have been to make an assault across minimal cover on a position like that.
RE: Just Watched "Jarhead"
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 3:34 pm
by Jeffrey H.
ORIGINAL: DerTroof
ORIGINAL: Jeffrey H.
I didn't like the movie it seemed too contrived to make some artificial point. I've almost completely forgotten about it.
I did like the movie called "The Thin Red Line" which everybody else seemed to not like.
I found Jarhead tedious too. And like you I liked TTRL but don't know many others that do! [:D]
Re. the latter, I didn't mind the philosophical narration (as many did), I thought it gave a fascinating counterpoint to the action and griminess being portrayed. And I thought the extended sequence on the assault on the hilltop bunkers was very well done, the viewer got a feeling for how difficult it must have been to make an assault across minimal cover on a position like that.
Good to know ! I often question why I have unpopular opinions on these things, at least I'm not alone here.
RE: Just Watched "Jarhead"
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 4:26 pm
by VPaulus
ORIGINAL: Jeffrey H.
ORIGINAL: DerTroof
ORIGINAL: Jeffrey H.
I didn't like the movie it seemed too contrived to make some artificial point. I've almost completely forgotten about it.
I did like the movie called "The Thin Red Line" which everybody else seemed to not like.
I found Jarhead tedious too. And like you I liked TTRL but don't know many others that do! [:D]
Re. the latter, I didn't mind the philosophical narration (as many did), I thought it gave a fascinating counterpoint to the action and griminess being portrayed. And I thought the extended sequence on the assault on the hilltop bunkers was very well done, the viewer got a feeling for how difficult it must have been to make an assault across minimal cover on a position like that.
Good to know ! I often question why I have unpopular opinions on these things, at least I'm not alone here.
Definitely, you are not alone.
The Thin Red Line is one of my favourite war movies, maybe the second after Coppola's masterpiece
Apocalypse Now. [&o]
That extended sequence on the hilltop bunker is quite good. [:)]