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Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) defamer 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: defamer 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. The performances and the photography in the film go a long way to capturing the time and place of Swofford's story and portraying the particular culture defamer 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 a lesson in what happens when a book-length narrative gets squeezed like toothpaste into 90 minutes of linear movie storytelling.
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