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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 3:19 pm
A brilliant film about waiting.
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Jedisan
Member
01-11-2002
| Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 3:49 pm
Does anyone know what music/song they play during the trailer?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 7:43 pm
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.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 7:50 pm
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.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 7:56 pm
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.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 8:19 pm
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??
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 1:27 pm
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.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Friday, November 18, 2005 - 9:50 pm
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.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, November 19, 2005 - 3:09 pm
(((auntiemike))) 
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Jedisan
Member
01-11-2002
| Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 11:23 am
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.
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