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PostThu Nov 17, 2005 11:40 pm    Jarhead

This movie is about the life of a Gulf War Veteran and his experience that he wrote in a book. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx.

The is great in my opinion I haven't had a chance to see it yet though. I hope to see it soon.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418763/


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PostFri Nov 18, 2005 2:41 pm    

My brother went to see it he said it was a great movie..I saw the previews on tv seems to be a pretty good movie

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PostFri Nov 18, 2005 4:10 pm    

Saw it a week ago. I thought it was hilarious, especially the beginning Though I was hoping for a bit more action. Still a great movie, I give it 4/5 stars. A must-see for any military fanatic like myself.

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PostMon Mar 13, 2006 1:15 pm    

I thought it was ok. It would have been better had it been based on an account of a soldier who had actually fired his gun, though. All we really saw was the POV of some guys who cried every five minutes.
After seeing Black Hawk Down a few days ago, then this, I'd give it maybe 2 stars?



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PostTue Mar 14, 2006 9:39 pm    

Well I agree that it would've been cooler if there had been a bit more action, but I still laughed through a lot of the movie. My JROTC buddies and I like to talk about it a lot. Black Hawk Down is really cool too, I should get the DVD. They used to play it on TV all the time.

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PostWed Mar 15, 2006 4:55 am    

That was a horrible movie, supposedly funny but no humor in it at all.

Jake Gyllenhaal is a weird freak too.

One of my most hated movies, tha i watched till the end for unkown reasons.



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PostMon Mar 20, 2006 4:54 pm    

I just watched this. I thought it was pretty good. War movies filled with fighting get kind of boring pretty fast. Sam Mendes is a great director, and Gyllenahaal is a great actor. So it all turned out good.

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PostMon Mar 20, 2006 7:09 pm    

Well, that, and you're as fixated on *beep* as they are.


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PostMon Mar 20, 2006 8:14 pm    

Ha. Everyone could use a little.

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