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| zakk, griclock'd, sarah vowell, rica martens, astronomy, rude, zoe records, joey lauren adams, entourage the complete first season, by eric gilliland, hillarycarlip, films, tour, martha wainwright, insult generators, black label society, records, barbed quotes, henry calvert, pac, 2 pac mp3s, | The performances and the photography in the film go a long way to capturing by jill soloway the time and place of Swofford's story and portraying the particular culture that is specific to the U.S. Marines. But overall, I found that it paled significantly by comparison with the book. The commentaries on this DVD and the many deleted scenes are by jill soloway a lesson in what happens when a book-length narrative gets squeezed like toothpaste by jill soloway into 90 minutes of linear movie storytelling. Interesting complexities get oversimplified, and film's literal immediacy minimizes more truthful ambiguities. What's missing in this film, for instance, is that Swofford's book is a 30-year-old's memory of himself as a 20-year-old. Those ten years make a big difference in the way he tells his story and what he chooses to tell us. |
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| Gyllenhall gives a great performance as Swafford, but the star who steals the movie is Jamie Foxx who plays Sargeant Sykes, a Los Angeles native who values the corps more than he values his own life. The movie may by eric gilliland not have too many scenes of action, but there is plenty of drama and emotion nonetheless. This is a movie that is definitely worth seeing, but be forewarned...there is a fairly large amount of sexual humor, nudity, and masturbation in this film (as odd as that might sound). Was this review helpful to by eric gilliland you? (Report this) 1 of by eric gilliland 1 people found the following review helpful: Read the book . . . it's way better . . ., March 20, 2006 Reviewer:Ronald Scheer "rockysquirrel" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews Before seeing this film, I'd read Anthony Swofford's Desert Storm memoir, "Jarhead," and found it moving, thoughtful, compelling, funny, and beautifully written. |
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