Members Emily Posted March 15, 2006 Members Share Posted March 15, 2006 Anyone seen this? It's about war and stuff...Jake Gyllenhaal is in it, and he's pretty good. I'm not good at explaining movies..so here is a plot summary I found on it.. Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom... Foxx portrays Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while Sarsgaard is Swoff's friend and mentor, Troy, a die-hard member of STA-their elite Marine Unit. I kept and notepad and pen and counted how many times they said "[!@#$%^&*]" or "[!@#$%^&*]" or "[!@#$%^&*]" or "Fucked" anything that had the word [!@#$%^&*] in it...hahaha... They said it 270 times... But besides that, of what I saw of the movie, it was pretty good, not a bad movie. I might buy it..but there sure is some vulgar language...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OneLife Fan Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 A friend of mine says Jake is awesome in this movie. I will have to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alwaysAMC Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 I LOVED this movie...it's not all action - it's more pyschological look into a 'Jarhead's' mind and life...but it was so great. Great character development. The director of this movie also directed American Beauty and there are some similarities - which I loved bc AB is one of my fav. movies too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meredith Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 I love Jake. He's so cute. I wanna see it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OneLife Fan Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Does Jake have sex in this movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alwaysAMC Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 I don't remember sex outright...but he's naked for a long long scene...nothing but a Santa Hat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Emily Posted March 16, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 Nope, he doesn't have sex in this movie...lol but yes, he's naked with a santa hat on his head and on his front 'area'..haha and they are all dancing around and acting like dorks..it's quite funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OneLife Fan Posted March 16, 2006 Members Share Posted March 16, 2006 HHHMmmmmmmm!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bree Posted March 18, 2006 Members Share Posted March 18, 2006 I heard about the language and nudity, so I can't reccommend this to my grandfather, who likes war movies. I think I may wait until Brokeback Mountain comes out on DVD and get both of these at the same time and have a Jake moviefest or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OneLife Fan Posted March 23, 2006 Members Share Posted March 23, 2006 I am buying this movie soon. I watched a trailer and it looks awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WTGH Posted March 26, 2006 Members Share Posted March 26, 2006 Loved it!!!!!!!! Jake also has some ass scenes in the shower, and can be seen doing the deed with his girlfriend in a 10 second flashback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteveFrame Posted March 26, 2006 Members Share Posted March 26, 2006 I have heard the movie was very good. My oldest daughter went to see it at the theaters, but she didn't tell me about the nudity. LOL Of course she is 20 so nothing dad can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alwaysAMC Posted March 27, 2006 Members Share Posted March 27, 2006 LOL - nice to see you're not a strict, overbearing father when she's at 20. We appreciate parents like you Anyway yeah this movie is great - Love the director (American Beauty) - and I love Jake - and I love commaraderie (sp?)/military/character-driven type movies like this. It's good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OneLife Fan Posted April 18, 2006 Members Share Posted April 18, 2006 I am buying this movie this weekend i think. Cant wait to see it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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