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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 3:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
A brilliant film about waiting.

Jedisan
Member

01-11-2002

Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jedisan a private message Print Post    
Does anyone know what music/song they play during the trailer?

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
From a google search it seems like it's Jesus Walks by Kanye West. I've no idea if that's correct or not.

I agree, it was an excellent film. I didn't really want to see it but I'm glad did.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 7:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
Really?!?! I read a bad review and convinced my bf to go with me to Capote instead. I don't really like war movies in the first place, and we ALWAYS go see the BOY movies, so when I read the bad review, I most definitely didn't want to spend my only day off wasting two hours on it.

I think it is Jesus Walks BTW.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 7:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Yes, it's a thoughtful movie. It has a few nasty moments but it's not really a story about a war so much as a story about a guy who joins the army and goes to war. I guess it's mostly about what he goes through and how mundane and at the same time surreal it all is. And that he's just like any other guy his age, he's just in a war. Definitely worth watching imo. It's not really a guy-flick war-movie, so I think that's why it's getting bad press, it's not what some people expected it would be.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
It was Jesus Walks. I saw Jarhead yesterday and it wasn't anything like I expected. I never learned the first name of the main character or the name of the drill sargent. A lot of details were left out, I'm sure Sam had a reason for that. It was very funny and touched on a lot of issues without going into detail. That's why I was very surprised when at the end it got very, very serious. When the movie ended I wasn't sure how I felt.

Did anyone else feel this way??

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
The friend we went with said something similar about wanting a different ending, or a more resolved ending showing more of his life back home. I really liked the ending, I thought it was just part of the whole statement of how life goes on and you just get on with it, whatever situation you're in.

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Friday, November 18, 2005 - 9:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure how I feel about this movie; still sorting it out. It wasn't what I expected.

The most poignant moment for me, ironically, was when the Viet Nam vet came onto their homecoming bus and asked if he could sit down with them. Brought a tear to my eye. I guess I'm dating myself as from that (Viet Nam War) era.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Saturday, November 19, 2005 - 3:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
(((auntiemike))) :-)

Jedisan
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01-11-2002

Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jedisan a private message Print Post    
Heh - I just lolled into this thread to check out more opions, and I forgot I asked that question about the song.
Thanks for all that answered - I appreciate it.