One of the first things to realize is that the movie was about a Marine Infantryman in a STA unit.
That's like being an Army Ranger or Scout Sniper. Your there for one and one reason only. All soldiers aren't killing machines. In the army you brake up the type of soldiers into combat arms and non-combat arms. The combat arms soldiers (infantry, arty, engineers, armor) are front line troops. They are trained different, and usually have a different mentality when they join and choose to do that. Your average pogue office bitch doesn't get off on being in the mud and blowing shit up, but a good portion of the infantry really does. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 6:22 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: jarhead > > > From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you go into it > > expecting an action movie? > > Had you read the book? > > All the guys I know that saw it said it was good, that it > dealt with > > more internal feelings and the daily life of an infantryman, and > > wasn't meant to be an action movie. > > I knew it wasn't meant to be an action movie. I have not read > the book but did read a bit about the movie before going to > see it. The problem I had with the movie was that it was too > slow moving. The fact that the movie was tilted more towards > the mindset of the soldier was fine, but the only real > message that was conveyed was that the soldiers only care > about squeezing the trigger and nothing else matters... a > bunch of trigger happy killing machines.... the movie was > just really bland. Jamie Foxx was pretty good considering though... > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184179 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
